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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1969
Page
4
Floodwaters from the Red River, Mississippi, Minnesota, and nearby rivers forced hundreds from homes in North Dakota Minnesota Iowa Wisconsin and South Dakota. Authorities reported multiple displacements with wells threatened and several deaths under investigation.
A Pan American World Airways flight carrying 84 passengers and seven crew was hijacked 250 miles northwest of San Juan and diverted to Havana. The four hijackers, described as friendly and armed, included one man with a Bible who remained aboard, while three surrendered weapons to Cuban authorities.
Harvard officials warned the corporation could close the 333 year old school if rebels repeat their Wednesday invasion of University Hall. Police swept dawn to clear students arresting 184 and injuring 40 as the strike widened. The undergrad council urged a three day suspension and a referendum on ROTC abolition.
Deputies report Sandra L. Marshall booked after her husband Thomas Marshall died from shotgun wounds at their Pico Rivera home. In Los Angeles a 14 year old was shot once in the head after a private dance near a youth center. a 16 year old suspect fled with witnesses naming him. The two juveniles are unnamed due to age.
The body of 25 year old Jackie Thomason from La Mirada Calif was found shot near Casa Grande Arizona. Sheriff's deputies say he was killed by a hitchhiker who abandoned a car in Phoenix. Thomason planned to teach next year and was en route from El Paso Texas to Long Beach California.
Senator Walter F. Mondale proposes direct federal student aid to help low and middle income students attend any college. The bill would provide up to $1,500 for undergraduates and $3,600 for PhD or equivalent degree seekers, create a higher education loan bank, and establish 500 Higher Education Opportunity Centers nationwide.
In Santa Fe, staff at the Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art sought to authenticate fire making with a Navajo fire stick. Artist Harry Walters, a Navajo, tried for an hour with no fire while Boy Scout officials claim scouts can start a fire in minutes. Walters denied being a scout.
A mild quake rattled parts of the San Francisco Bay Area causing minor disturbances in homes. Dr. Mansour Niazi at UC Berkeley reported a 3.3 quake at 8 22 p m centered five miles southeast of Berkeley on the Hayward Fault near Lake Temescal. Some Mission District and Daly City residents felt dishes and furniture shake.
Justice William O. Douglas warned that the Tellico Dam would flood Cherokee Indian land near Knoxville and displace hundreds of families and the last 33 miles of the Little Tennessee River. He called the policy of building dams "political hacks" and aimed to halt the project through publicity.
White House denies Kissinger went to North Vietnam for Johnson in 1966 but confirms he may have visited the country that year in a separate role. Harvard sources cited a peace mission. officials say he was not sent on a Johnson Administration mission.
A truck carrying 35,000 bomb detonators crashed into two cars in Laramie, scattering detonators over a 35 acre area as the vehicle burst into flames. The driver of the first car escaped injuries.
Vandals broke a plate glass window at Stanford University Press and damaged a window at the Stanford Bookstore during a campus sit-in. Police attributed possible mischief to police concentrations, while a nearby explosion killed one person and injured several as a bomb detonator crash forced demolition teams to clear detonators along the highway and tracks.
The prosecution continues its case in the nonviolent mutiny trial of 14 men who joined the October 14 demonstration at the San Francisco stockade. Sgt. Thomas Woodring, the stockade provost sergeant, testified Friday as the defense attorney Terence Hallinan faced limits in cross examining him about the prisoners motives.
Des Moines police say 14 or 15 persons were arrested after a Black Panther rally erupted in Goode Park and spread to University Avenue between 11th and 13th streets. Officers reported unruly language and rock and bottle throwing. one person was injured by flying glass.
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