29 Long Beach Schools Fly Green Pennant Safety Flags
Twenty nine Long Beach junior and senior high schools join the Green Pennant safety program. The flags indicate no student caused accidents and will stay raised until an incident occurs, then moved for a month and later returned with the state and national flags. Previous year seven schools earned awards for accident free records.
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Lindbergh
Donessa Day
Health and Safety
Louis Cook
William Mooney
Long Beach
General Motors
The
Independent, Press- Telegram
Long Beach Police
National Safety Council
Safety Council
Hughes and His Phantom Plane Endures in Las Vegas
The article recalls Howard Hughes pressing vast Las Vegas real estate moves from the Frontier to McCarran Airport as part of a secretive spree. It traces his wartime Hercules flying boat, delays in testing, and later lease extensions while Long Beach clings to hope, framing the aviator as a ghostly figure behind ongoing phantom projects.
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Caesar's Palace
Vegas Strip
Frontier
Castaways
Tn Trave Lodge
Carousel
Tom O'Shanter
Imperial
McCarran Airport
Hughes
Las Vegas
Sands
Jane Russell
San Francisco
George Haldeman
Hughes Aircraft
Culver City
U.S. Navy
Long Beach
Belmont Shore
Resolutions Push Light Marijuana Penalties At Bar Convention
Monterey delegates to the State Bar convention vote for two resolutions to let courts impose lighter sentences for marijuana possession. If enacted by the Legislature, sentences could be up to one year in county jail or 1 to 16 years in state prison, down from the current 1 to 10-year felony. The convention also features talks by Gov Reagan, A G Lynch, Chief Justice Traynor, and legislative leaders as well as a Family Court Act proposal under Assembly Bill 1420.
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Monterey
State Bar Convention
State Bar
Bar
Monterey County Fairgrounds
Gov
Reagan
Thomas Lynch
Roger Traynor
State Supreme Court
Assembly
Jesse UN- Tuh
Senate
Hugh Burns
Judiciary Committee
Marijuana Debate At Long Beach Seminar Shapes Views
A public seminar at California Heights Methodist Church addressed rising marijuana use among youth. Dr. William F. Quinn and local narcotics officers argued marijuana is a stimulant that can lead to harder drugs, while Sgt Jim Miller warned of underreported narcotics offenses and urged maintaining illegality. Dr George Andersen cited parental discipline and spiritual inquiry as factors in seeking why youths turn to cannabis.
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California Heights Methodist Church
Paul R. Woudenberg
William F. Quinn
State Narcotics Advisory Commission
Sgt Miller
Milker
George Andersen
Los Angeles County Medical Association
Los Angeles County Narcotics Commission
Brother of Montoyas Seized in Dape Case
Sam Montoya a 32 year old San Pedro longshoreman was jailed on suspicion of possessing heroin for sale after a Wilmington street corner rendezvous with two suspects. Police seized four ounces of heroin valued at $1,000 and arrested Gil bert Moreno and Robert Trani on the same charges. Montoya’s brothers Alfred and Harnld were arrested in Hermosillo Mexico on July 8 for suspected murder of Border Patrolmen Theodore Newton and George Azrak.
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Sam Montoya
U.S
San Pedro
Montoya
18Th St
Wilmington
Gilbert Moreno
249Th St
Robert Trani
Cruces St
Alfred
Harnld
I Hermosillo
Mexico
Theodore Newton
George Azrak
Victor Botto
Florencio Mallong
Montoyas
Bono
Mationg
Britain Consul General Warns of Problems and Bold Stance
A. A. E. Franklin, British Consul General in Los Angeles, told a Long Beach Town Hall that Britain faces issues from foreign policy to economic strains and military commitments. He urged reductions in European, Middle East, and Asian forces in the 1970s while maintaining Atlantic ties and weighing European Community entry against Anglo American relations. He also addressed recognizing Red China and cautioned against ignoring de facto governments.
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Los Angeles
Long Beach
Franklin
England
Hong Kong
Aden
Rhodesia
Malaysia
Britain
Europe
Middle East
Asia
Singapore
Malayala
Red China
Nab Doctor Tell of Row
Freeman confronted Buckman during an attempted arrest in a tense struggle. The doctor allegedly drew a 32 caliber pistol and pressed the barrel against Buckman’s stomach saying he would shoot. Buckman wrestled the weapon away, keeping a finger from triggering it as deputies subdued the scene and recovered the fully loaded pistol.
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Freeman
Buckman
Pace county tax reduction filings lag behind last year
First day filings to seek reductions in county tax valuations ran slightly behind a year ago Monday. Taxpayers have until Nov 17 to file petitions. Some 92 taxpayers filed papers at the Hall of Administration by late Monday afternoon. Last year protests hit an all-time high.
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Hall of Administration
L B Family Arrests in Narcotics Raid
Police ended a prolonged Long Beach narcotics probe with the arrest of a West Side truck driver Tom Tester 41 his wife Wresser 18 daughter Shurftee 18 son De Witt 15 and a family boarder William Ralph Childs 21 on dangerous drugs charges. A 22 year old Navy man Gary Lynn Rhodes was also arrested at Long Beach Naval Station bringing total arrests to 32 since Saturday. Authorities seized 6000 Benzedrene tablets and nearly two pounds of marijuana from the driver’s home and car.
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Long Beach
West Side
Tom Tester
Fashion Ave
Willis Penhallow
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Howard
Haldeman
Albert Sutter
Mary
Kelly
Coast Guard
Glacier
Arctic
Conference of California Judges
Joint Committee of the
Assembly and Senate of
California Trial Lawyers Association
Judge Advocate Association
Calfornia District Attorneys Association
Public Defenders and Legal Aid Association
John Paap
Compton
Danny R. Jones
Art Winsee
Long Beach Narcotics Bureau
Jim Miller
Miller
Consul
A. A. E. Franklin
L.A
Servica Dent
Bop
Frase Ager
Consten
Craused
Norwalke
L.B
Ascension
Forest Lawn Memorial-Park
Cypress Daft Fores
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