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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Apr 12, 1969

Page

9

Harbor Area Faces Meter Problem in Los Angeles Port

The Los Angeles Harbor Department studies where to place meters near waterfront restaurants and other areas. The Board of Harbor Commissioners held over action, while considering paying the city’s taxes and fire protection costs. A viaduct freeway through Wilmington is endorsed to suit harbor development.

Board of Harborommissioners Ment Harbor Department Commission Edward Farrel Bernard J. Caughlin Wilmington Chamber of Commerce Wilmington Lawrence L. Whiteneck

Walks In Confesses to Holdup

A 24 year old Anaheim man surrendered to Garden Grove police after confessing involvement in a liquor store holdup four hours earlier. Jesse E. Moore 1623 Jeffrey Dr Apt 3 was arrested and $154 seized. His accomplice Gary W. Wieley 1282 Crestwood Lane Anaheim also faced robbery charges.

Anaheim Garden Grove Jesse E. Moore Jeffrey Apt Aldgate Ave Westminster Ave Moore Gary W. Wieley Crestwood Lane

Rites Set for Dr Harland Apfel in San Pedro

Dr Harland Walter Apfel 68 a noted oral surgeon who pioneered tooth bud transplanting for teens dies after a long illness in Arcadia California His memorial is Monday at 2 pm at First Presbyterian Church San Pedro He helped establish Harbor General Hospital dental department aided UCLA Extension and taught in Southern California associations He is survived by his wife two daughters a brother and three sisters and four grandchildren

First Presbyterian Church of San Pedro Harland Walter Apfel Dr. Apfel Sunnyside Terrace Methodist Hospital of Southern California Arcadia Shell Rock Iowa Life Time Dental Helen Nancy Kirkland San Marino Janet Weldon Palmdale Leon Redding Nina Burroughs Long Beach Dorothy Schiller Gardena

Port Oil Spills Bring Fines

California Department of Fish and Game tallied 23 oil spills in the Los Angeles Long Beach port complex in March. Spills split among shoreside installations merchant vessels and Navy ships totaling 87 barrels. Eight convictions yielded fines from 100 to 500 dollars.

California Department of Fish and Game Los Angeles-Long Beach Walter Putman Capt. Putman

Pacific Coast Port Traffic Reaches New March Peak

The Marine Exchange reports Pacific Coast port activity at all time highs in March with 878 vessel transits at the Golden Gate, up 144 percent from February. San Francisco customs district January exports total $177 million, up 64 percent year over year, while January imports total $118 million with exports $59 million above that.

San Francisco UPS The Marine Exchange Pacific Coast Golden Gate

Vatican envoy to Rome treated as possible

President Nixon called the idea of a permanent U S ambassador to the Vatican a possibility under study reversing decades of Protestant opposition. State Department backing cites diplomatic leverage and Vatican intelligence flows while Protestant groups warn against treating the Holy See as a secular state and fear a weaken stance on church relations. Religious leaders signaled concern in a Washington Post ad referencing Kennedy.

Nixon Truman Mark Clark Vatican Eisenhower Kennedy Johnson U.S State Department Rome White House Baptist Joint Committee On Public Affairs Apostolic Delegate Washington National Council of Churches Southern Baptist Convention Lutheran Council Washington Post

Religious leaders sign Vatican ecumenical letter amid Vietnam era tension

The Independent Press Telegram reports a broad ecumenical petition to the Vatican signed by Methodist bishops, campus presidents, editors, and denomination leaders including Pepperdine, Princeton Theological Seminary, and Harvard divinity faculty. The piece notes Nixon’s stance surprises observers and predicts the plan may be dropped. A separate article covers a David Wilkerson rally in Anaheim drawing 11,000 with Pat Boone featured. It also highlights a California Methodist minister defending AWOL servicemen seeking asylum due to draft and Vietnam War objections.

Sador Vatican Southland Kennedy Pepperdine College Churches of Christ Christianity Today National Assn. of Evangelicals Stephen Wise New York Southern Baptist Convention Princeton Theological Seminary United Presbyterian Ecumenical Episcopal American Baptist Convention Harvard Together Robert Olmstead Petalu

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L. A. Harbor Ace O. Baldwin Los Angeles Arbor Department Is Angeles Harbor Frank Sullivan Holdup John R. Mansell Atlantic Avenue Market Street Cherry Avenue San Antonio Drive Orange Avenue Carson Street Orange Louis Cochran Gardena Ave H. W. Apfel American College of Dentists American Dental Assn Southern California Dental Assn McNerney’s Panasonic. Radio Panasonic Dooley’s Sean Gues Cael Federal OF T First and PINE Ocean Ave Avings Matic Lutheran World Federation Anglican Church London World Council of Churches Geneva Independent Press- Telegram News OF Religion Billy Graham Baptist Committee Anaheim Convention Center David Wilkerson Pat Boone Berea Baptist Christian Endeavor Alombra Baptist Baptist General Conference Alondre Bird Bellil Deve Therne First Baptist Churce Frank M. Kepner Pester Dr. Kepner Carl Folk Cada Domingo Antonio Tolopile Pastor del Dnio Hispano God’s Grace God Rev Henry Fuller ALL Services Christian Day School Bethany Baptist Church Clark Avenue William J. McKhenny Grace Baptist Palo Verde Ave Jim Berry Ieee West Souh & Lime Belmont Eugene Wright Bilis Sundey Scheel Lero Arroyes Frank Erpner Sowald Servinns Tandy Sullivan Servians S.S Southern Baptist Walnut Lime Ave Bsolime Glenn Clifton Signal Hill Baptist E 20Th Bill Parsons Poster First Southern Baptist Church Orange Ave Dale Aycock Baptist Training Union North Long Beach Compton Bl Bellflower Sam N Jones Pasto Training Union Robert N Schaper Fuller Theological Seminary Pasadena California John Hallett First Baptist Church of Lakewood Robert N. Schaper Arbor Road del Amo Immanuel Baptist Philip S. Ray Gethsemane Calvary South ST. and Leroi Arroyes Bellflower Baptist A. F. McKinney Downey Ave Artesia
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