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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1967
Page
1
Action Line offers guidance on a variety of reader questions from juvenile custody issues and damage claims to tax delays and prenatal care. It provides steps for filing city claims, identifying manufacturers, and locating affordable health services with direct contacts and office locations.
Long Beach residents vent over the city’s shoreline neglect despite funds for a new pier and swim area. They cite debris, nails, and junk along beaches from Ocean Boulevard near Helmont Pier to the wider coast, urging a prompt cleanup to restore visitor appeal and safety.
Financier Herbert J. Young paid 250000 dollars for his son Kenneth's safe return after the kidnapping near the San Diego Freeway in Los Angeles. A hidden device captured the kidnapper's voice for analysis and authorities study another recording of the ransom phone call. Kenneth was released in Santa Monica in a basement garage. no injuries reported. Lawrence G. Kersta extols voiceprints as a strong ID tool, rivaling fingerprints.
Rowley M Crowe, 44, of Detroit, drove into the Detroit River from a boat ramp while fleeing police after an illegal left turn. Officers chased, shouted for him to return, and he briefly reached Canada before returning to U. S. waters and being arrested for the illegal turn. The border case hinged on leaving the auto on Canadian soil. Crowe sells amphibious autos.
Mrs Elaine T Kirschke 43 wife of a deputy district attorney and Orville W rankham 41 were found dead in a Naples Canal front apartment bedroom at 185 Rigo Alto Canal Long Beach police said no gun was found, suggesting death by other means. Neighbors identified the victims and noted the husband Jack Kirschke is an assistant deputy district attorney in Downey.
In Dominguez a fire killed five year old Gary D. McNabney and injured three family members. The boy died on arrival at Wilmington Receiving Hospital from smoke inhalation. His father suffered cuts and burns during a rescue attempt for daughter Tina, while Tina and mother Mary Jean McNabney were burned. The fire caused $5,000 damage to the condominium.
The Apollo 1 accident watchdog blamed a faulty wire as the probable fire cause and harshly criticized NASA, North American Aviation, and the Apollo team for design and engineering deficiencies. The 3,000 page report warns such issues created hazard and could imperil future missions, proposing quick-release hatch and reexamining pure oxygen use.
In Nashville, a Negro college student, Calvin Conners of Memphis, was shot in the neck during a second daytime outbreak of racial violence. Police, rioters, and fires marked overnight clashes near Tennessee State University and Fisk University, with arrests and gunfire met by riot squads.
A 17 year old diver from Fallbrook died Sunday afternoon near Corona del Mar after his air supply ran out while his buddy tried to share air. The two divers were about 200 yards off Scotsman’s Cove three miles southeast of Newport Beach in 25 feet of water. The second diver’s name was not known at press time.
The Independent announces prize winning financial columnist Sylvia Porter joins with Your Money's Worth on page B7. Beginning Tuesday the paper expands coverage of the American Stock Exchange and provides detailed reporting on the New York Stock Exchange.
A young Marine Vietnam veteran was held today in the bludgeon slaying of a woman whose body was found a week ago in a ravine near Orange County s new Laguna Niguel development. L/Cpl. Lloyd W. Beach dn 21, was arrested Sunday at 1 am along a quiet Oceanside street near the military base.
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