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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1969
Page
3
Police said the helicopter sped up and plummeted after losing control near 6811 Anaheim Road. The rotor detached from the craft just before or during the crash and the aircraft fell to about 100 feet before crashing in the street in front of the address.
William Langlais a 52 year old Columbia Pictures artist died of an apparent heart attack while racing from Santa Catalina Island to Seal Beach aboard the Naniloa witnesses said he collapsed about 1 15 p m as he adjusted sails Langlais from Los Angeles was flown to Harbor General Hospital for autopsy The Seal Beach Yacht Club sponsored the 26 mile race across the San Pedro Channel
The body of John J. Shea Jr. was found on a driveway to his G S Metal Polishing Co. shop at 2615 E 67th St in Long Beach. Police say he may have been murdered. autopsy planned. Last seen alive by Arthur Clark who saw him near 67th Street Saturday night.
Gloria Jean Alford, a 21 year old Lakewood barmaid, remained in fair condition and may lose sight in her left eye after a shooting at the Kozy Kitten Bar in Bellflower. Marine Sgt Edward Simon Whelehan was arrested nearby. William S Matheny, 43, was killed at the scene. A .65 mm pistol was recovered as evidence.
Sheriff Lt. Norman Hamilton says a 19 year old in Azusa beat his mother over car use, then stabbed his younger brother who came to aid. Michael Steinhardt was found dead in the living room of the Los Angeles suburb home with his mother Bertha Holmes and brother David, 14. The mother and boy were released after questioning.
A bus and a cable car collided at Sutter and Powell streets Sunday night in San Francisco. Eleven people were reported injured, none seriously. Police said the bus was in the intersection when the cable car hit the rear door, tossing passengers who were taken to Harbor Hospital.
Nearly 500000 people flocked to Southland beaches as high 70s temperatures and warm waters drew crowds. Two drowning incidents marred the day with a Whit tier man missing near Avalon and a Riverside woman dying during a Laguna Beach diving class.
Three separate brush fires scorched over 1300 acres in the Angeles National Forest foothills and near Fresno on Sunday. The largest blaze in San Francisquito Canyon north of Saugus surpassed 350 acres by 6 p.m. with containment unknown. Fire crews including Los Angeles County and Forest Service units fought it with 12 engines, three bulldozers, four helicopters and four air tankers. A second fire near Rowher Canyon started about 15 minutes earlier. A separate two day old fire about 45 miles east of Fresno burned 1000 acres and remained out of control with over 400 firefighters battling it.
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