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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1969
Page
3
Prague radio asserts the regime would have faced 'burning' streets without Husak's crackdown and cites military force, tanks, and tear gas used in Prague and Brno to quell demonstrations marking the first anniversary of the 1968 invasion. Curfew in Brno persists as broadcasts accuse youths of counterrevolutionary violence.
Final probate appraisal shows Helen Crocker Russell daughter of William H. Crocker left 12.7 million estate in 1966 Provident Securities Co stock accounted for 10.9 million with 555000 in paintings and a Carmel Valley ranch. Paintings bequeathed to San Francisco Museum of Art and California Palace of the Legion of Honor.
Seven people died when a single engine aircraft crashed in a remote Rio Grande National Forest canyon on May 6. The victims include Philip Ciulla 42 and his wife Patricia 32 with their four children and Patricia Ciulla's father-in-law James Teevan. The group from Wichita Kansas was en route to Farmington New Mexico. Coroner W E Sharpe said only bones and melted metal remained with the tail section preserving one letter and two numbers.
A Saturday blaze swept a second floor laundry in the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital service building. Six units of city firemen fought the flames, with efforts focused on preventing spread and minimizing damage to hospital operations.
Rosemary Keough, 24, of Washington, D C, says she did not know the men invited to the Chap Paquiddick Island party were married. The July 18 event included Kennedy aides, the driver John Crimmins, and Ray Larosa. An inquest is set for Sept 3 in Edgartown and a Wilkes Barre hearing will consider exhumation and autopsy orders for Mary Jo Kopechne.
Long Beach health officials report 1267 gonorrhea cases from January through mid August, far above the five year average of 684 for the same period. A clinic administrator explains testing methods and urges contact notification rather than disclosure.
For eighteen months the Opportunities Center has offered free job training in English math typing filing and many trades. Funds are depleted and donations are needed to continue the program. Contributions should be sent to Percy Anderson executive director Opportunities Industrial Center 1324 Alamitos Ave Long Beach.
A Charleston South Carolina high school alumnus asks ACTION LINE to locate retired teacher Margaret Cartier who reportedly kept his early poems. Cartier recalls keeping many writings and may search boxes and files to share pieces with his daughter in Huntington Beach.
Inquiries about a brother's death obituary in Kansas City are answered. To obtain the Aug 6 issue containing the obituary contact the Kansas City Star Times customer service at 1729 Grand St Kansas City MO 64168 and enclose 25 cents. The Main Kansas City Library offers a photostatic copy for 25 cents.
In Downey and Long Beach stores, black neoprene slippers or bootees provide ankle to knee coverage for fragile feet priced $6 to $8 and $6.75 respectively. A Norwalk flower company says mixed bouquets ship now, roses within weeks, and promised to notify by mail.
The Nixon Administration drafts a national consumer protection bill to allow federal class action suits against unfair or deceptive practices. Virginia Knauer, the president's consumer affairs adviser, describes a measure enabling pooled claims, lower litigation costs, and attorney fees to deter fraud and promote accountability.
About five thousand members of Romania's revived peoples militia marched in Bucharest on Liberation Day alongside regular forces. The display, attended by a Soviet delegation, aimed to show Romania would back Nicolae Ceausescu's independent line with militia armed and ready, including 400 women and weapons from grenades to rifles. Regulars showcased Soviet-built tanks, jets, missiles, and other hardware.
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