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Independent from Long Beach, California • 3

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Independenti
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Long Beach, California
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-5 rc 1 1 J-5 yl4X i' i t'' 5' t'V'iY'-jf ifM'V' v.v 'Yv'T. st i tfj i 4 -r 1 h- 1J 1 1 Yl' 'Yl'' 1 if INDEPENDENT iAM) ft PRESS-TELEGRAM (PMHU3 I hm. My am- wont Things Does! ion Jtoxau lnoboo if opposijtion strong, state vows iib flunls her rail test' Bay marshland adjoining the 'station. Experts from California State College, Long Beach, and tiie. stria Dept of Pish 2 pating in the discussions, tiie spokesman arid.

been adopted, and Mghway commission approval will be needed to reopen the studies. Robert Nmc nd Gum cr lafUd-. mioo offlen Highway Deportment said the department was aware of Long Beach Congress-PRESEVT plans call for man Craig Hosmers pro-construction to begh in poul to have the Anaheim Seal BeMh -in 1976. In- Bay marshei declared a vowed is a three-mile federal wildlife refuge. W0 have no Nance said, $ut I Yam sure that Congress will weigh all tiw considerations, including the need for meeting the areas transportation needs, be- strptch extending from Route 1 (Pacific (toast Highway) on the eastern boundary of Long Beach to Route 22, -the Garden Grove Freeway.

From there, (he proposed' freeway would loop south and Southern Pacifics first brakeman of the opposite sex flunked her agility test and win not be hired, a spokesman for toe railroad said in Los les'. Gaylene Snow was admitted to tiie brakmans training program three weeks agb but among oth- er things, she fen off a moving boxcar, had it was decided not to hire her. Miss Snow reportedly may go to the State Fair Employment Practices Commission and riaim discrimination against her because of her sex, a labor union source said, i policy of tiie state was to serve traffic demands. The; hew policy, lie said, will be to' explore all at -tematives in solving the: proHems of increased traffic ami the cmisequent burdens on the coastal communities. THE NEW state policy, announced this week, sets up a coastal zone running the length of the.

state and extending inland to approximately the Mghest etj evation of the nearest coastal mountain range, in areas where broad plains, join the ocean, -the zone will extend at least a mile inland. The jdan is designed to encourage traffic to use inland highways and Consideration will be given to tiie constrwdion of only those roads necessary for recreational and buriness traveL FranUand printed out that in other areais of the state' the primary consideration still is the movement of traffic on the state highways. Although he ctid not spell it out, obviously the desig- nation of a coastal zone is By BOB SANDERS Staff Writer "A- Orange Countys coastal were assured Tues day that if they strongly oppose the proposed Padf-ic Coast Freeway, it wont' be built i Bamford FranUand, assistant director of rpubUc woAs, made the pledge to the traffic safety committee of Newport Beach, where the freeway is strongly opposed. 1 HE SAID THAT local coastal communities', will have the final say in future freeway construction within their boundaries. FranUand spoke to the committee while explain i ing Gov.

Ronald Reagans new coastal highway planning pottey. In anwer to questions from the floor, at the com-mittee meeting in the Newport Beach council chambers, FranUand stated that protection of the coastal zones natural re: sources and conservation of its environmental qualities are primary in the new policyv Prior to tide time, FranUand emphasized the opposition to coastal freeways, particularly from the Orange County cities of Newport Beach, HUutlng-ton Beach and Seal Beach. FRANKLAND emphasized, however, that at indicate that 150,000 cars per day win be using the Pacific Coast Freeway corridor, and this problem must be salved hi someway. FranUand urged the committee to make their strong and assured them that they would be considered by the legislature in the 1972 session. He said tiiat Ms department was malt-.

ing a report to tiie leglsla-tore which is due in January of 1972. The state Highway De- partment is cunently working on preliminary de-. sign drawings for Pacific Coast Freeway, through Seal Beach. A spokesman for tiie department said' engineers have been holding discus-. sions with the commander of the Seal Beach Naval Station on the en- vironmental factors 'inX -vrived in routing tiie freeway tifrough the Anaheim east through the Anaheim fare it does anything.

Bay marsh, and toen Although the coastal pri-southward, paralleling tile icy announced last week coast highway a mile or -by-Gov. Reagan Is intend-two inland. ed primarily, to apply to The environmental as-, future transportation plan-pects wMdi have been, ring, there is a possibility raised are not insurmoun- it could have an impact on able, the spokesman said, freeways, presently. The only alternative planned but scheduled, in i seems to be re-routing the the distant future, the INDEPENDENT cCau 5as MS IMS SSm CARRIIR MUyiRY bul 432-3451 ACTION LINE i your service, solving your problems, getting your answers, cutting ref tape and standing up for your rights. To get action, write ACTION LINE, Box 230, Long Beach, Calif.

90801, or dial 432-3451. between 9 am. and 9 p.nu, Monday through ErMayr Questions to be answered are selected for their-general interest and helpfulness. recreation Q. Css ACTION UNE find out what tig city plan to do with file south end of Pier J.

Are they going to close the little strip we use for fiWng and camping? Its the only place 1 dose by that we can 1 camp, fish, watch the boats and Just enjoy the ocean. If that area is closed, we and many other people will have no place to go. Is there anything we can do to keep this area open? R. H.i Downey. A.

No. Docks and shipping terminals are planned for that areai but constroe-tloa will be completed in stages so that the' entire area will not be dosed to ttie public all at once, according to a spokesman; for the Long Beach Harbor Department The construct tioa project should be completed in about a year; and there redly Is nothing that Can do about JL.Ia the JPort of Long Beach, Bag Commerce is sovereign. Privatemethadone Q.I am the mother of a drug addict-Every article I have read lately about the methadone centers for treat ing heroin addicts has said that there aren't sufficient funds available to help more people. I dont want charity, I am more than willing to pay for the treatment my boy needs if there is day place where he can get on methadone without having to wait, far, months and months for it. N.

Long Beach. A. At Rosemead Lodger a new privately ran metha maintenance cento1 at 4069 N. Rosemead Rosemead, a heroin addict pays for his own treatment The mlwhnmw fwMri fee for inpatleat service is 1315 and then $100 per month for outpatient care. They are admitting new patients.

Call Austin Toder at MS-2734 for fur-' ther Veterans addicted to herota can get treatment at the Veterans Administration Hospital, 15111 Plummer St, Sepulveda. There is a six-to-eight-week waiting period. Call Dr. Elaine Holmes at Mffil for information. The Veterans Administration Center la West Los Angelas is planning a methadone program.

Call their admissions Wm at 478-3711 and ask them to notify when it will beginT Assemblyman Joha Vascancellof, r-C, D-San has ca-anthored a bill which would provide -methadone maiuteuauce treatment far more addicts. But according to Frank Oirich, assistant to VasconceDos, Yiv'any leglslatiou proposed to authorise private physicians to prescribe the drug to their addicted patients wMU fail at this time because of the argument that some "-J. 1 spokesman said. THE Pacific. Coast Free-X way, which is a controversial.

matter in. Newport Beach as well as Seal Beach, could be-affected, -he said. freeway north of tiie Naval Weapons Station, but that would affect a substantial number of homes and would seem to be undesirable." Yj: In any event, the iae-sent general routing has a jsajog WJi Mil result of vodfeorous methadone might get on the black market la addition, -he methadone advocates feel the heroin substitute is effecttvroaly la conjunction with psychological conn seling. The Los Angeles County Mettiadone Maintenance 1 Center, lMlf 8. Western Los Angeles, and the Or ange County Methadone Maintenance program, 05 N.

Broadway in Santa Ana, both have long watting lists for admission to their state-financed programs. Going bananas yq. Two months ago, I ordered. a banana bowl' and i spoon from Chiquita Brand, and I have never re Vy ceived them. The advertisement said to allow four weeks, for delivery.

I wrote to the New York post office box ad-- dress tiiat was printed in the ad, but I never got a reply. Can ACTION UNE find out what is going on? M. Paramount, and others. Thoe was a manufacturing delay and an ever- wbdming response to the advertiaemeBtrhutthe bowls now are being made and sent out at the rate of MN to a day, acemding to a sprisesman fCr CUqnltn Brand, Inc. She added that all of the orders will be filled as Soon as possible, but if you dont care to wait, you 1 ean get a refund by writing to Chiquita Brand, 61 Newport Center Room 512, Newport Beach, Calif.

Bicycle thief After teaching my ddldren all their lives to spect police officers and convincing them that policemen an thereto help us, I amtiuiroughly discouraged. My u.year-old son tod Ms new-ld-speed bike that he tod scrimped and saved, to buy himsrif stolen from.a Em-v tington Beach bike rack. The Mke was locked and he no-XXticfii if rniwing 20 minutes after parking it. He tried to report it to the officer on the beach, but he was ignored. so he walked all the way home.

On Ms way, he saw the -XXXbike stock in the trunk of a passing carLHe got the cense number of the car, but 'when wecaDed to report it iXij to the pdlicerthey wouldnt even take the license number aaving, its not worth our while to check the Swurtmeot of Motor VeMdes. I am. beginning to un-vY -Y derstand why the youth of today have so Htfie respect iXWjfflr'-flm law. What should 1 tell my childrea now? Huntington Beach. 1 2 A.

Detective Raymond Hattatongtf of tiie Hmng-ten Beach Police Department said that ta to tUDk'tbat didtft happen since it certainty, is not the departments pottey to refuse to follow any leads. you call Battabaugh at 535611, he wffl take the infer-It 'mation from you and investigate. X'. -'-j v. Judge condemns Mane day SAN LOIS OBISPO -'J tov XX'XX he' unprecedented ta.

forMa Mrioiy a jqdge Tregeagle, wo had waived Ms right to a jury, trial and asked, that- a judge hear the' case, showed no emotion on Y'vteted and sentenced a youth six montos lj stqeriar Court Judge P. CUuk. Jr. found D. Ttegeagle, 23, of had been slashed .4 four Provo, guilty of first de- times in tiie torori and "gree murder during a'S stabbed Oreo times intiie mnmlng court session and chest testified hearing too verdict and Payton, 17, of Los Angeles, vtoo, investigators srid..

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