10 Apr 1969
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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1969
Page
1
The United States soccer team nears World Cup playoffs after beating Canada and Bermuda in group qualifiers. They will face Haiti on April 20 in the next playoff round. The U S last appeared in 1950, famous for a 1 0 upset of England.
Wonderchek, backed by improved confidence and a recovered elbow, fires a three hit shutout against Poly before Easter. Coach Rod Phillips notes Wonderchek's bolstered form as Larry Vanderciek fuels Moore Leagues contention with hard throws and a late-season surge.
Lake Havasu City Arizona prepares for the Desert Regatta with a record 129 sailboats entered. Regatta chairman Robert P McCulloch Jr notes the 1969 fleet is 53 boats larger than last year in Western America's largest inland sailing series. Over 100 entries from six states plus Hawaii compete across six classes.
Cerritos College leads the Metropolitan Conference in multiple categories including batting and pitching. Key players across the lineup dominate team stats with strong performances noted by pitchers and hitters throughout the season.
The Department of Fish and Game plans to stock rainbow trout in 15 Southern California lakes and streams this week, nine for the first time this year. Road damage from winter storms delays the big planting push, with major reconstructions needed on routes to the San Gabriel River, Tuju n ga Creek, Trabuco and Silverado Creeks, and Pim Reservoir. Many access roads in Santa Barbara, San Bernardino, Riverside and Ventura Counties are under repair, potentially keeping anglers off some waters for weeks.
Spawning crews at the Department of Fish and Game Mt. Whitney Hatchery in Inyo County produced a record 9.2 million fertilized eggs in three days after warm water raised temperatures. The two five man crews stripped 14 million eggs in two weeks, averaging 4,600 eggs per female, with 1 million eggs slated for Korea under the international exchange program.
In 1968 California streams received 125.5 million salmon planted by and Gama totaling 109000 pounds, about 55 tons, including kings and silver salmon.
Fragmented OCR readout shows a sports card style excerpt listing boats Bertrand, Barracuda, and Pax plus numbers 38 57 265. The readable items include names Denise and August 42, with unclear context and several garbled terms.
David Jacobs of San Diego hauled a 15 pound largemouth at Miramar Lake last Saturday, the largest on record for the state. The catch, 25 inches long, was taken on a No 16 treble hook baited with cheese while fishing for trout. The report notes Florida and California bass releases and ongoing fishing prospects in Southern California including Long Beach boats and Irvine Lake derby results.
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