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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Aug 28, 1968

Page

3

Caltech MIT Electric Car Race Ends In Breakdowns

The MIT and Caltech battery cars faltered near Buffalo New York and Seligman Arizona as transformers and armatures failed. Wally Rippel and crew faced delays awaiting a replacement engine from Pasadena while teammate Patrick Silverthorne recuperated with mumps in Flagstaff.

Alphonse-Gaston Buffalo N.Y Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge Seligman Ariz California Institute of Technology Wally Rippel Hollywood Caltech Pasadena Patrick Silverthorne Flagstaff MIT Ohio

Reagan Signs Final Three Bills in Jobless Aid Package

California Governor Ronald Reagan signed the last three measures of a six bill package aimed at hard core unemployment. The package includes a new Department of Human Resources Development to consolidate job training and services, a nonprofit California Job Development Corporation to spur small business in slums, and a pooled money fund to back bank loans for startups. Unruh praised the plan and urged federal flexibility to let the state implement the program effectively.

Reagan Sacramento API California Ronald Reagan Assembly Jesse M. Unruh Department of Human Resources Development Department of Employment William Campbell R-Hacienda Heights

Death of Tot Still a Mystery

Four year old Cynthia Bryant of 2425 E 115th St died after her body was found along a railroad track. An autopsy was inconclusive with no violence evident. toxicology and microscopic tests were ordered.

Willowbrook Cynthia Bryant William Bryant 115Th St

Reagan Signs 16 Million Hospital Construction Bill

Gov. Ronald Reagan reluctantly signs a 16 million dollar measure to fund local hospital construction under the Hill Harris Act. The administration will not seek further state funding, keeping future hospital funding at the local level. Notable allocations include 430,471 for Los Angeles County Public Health Center, 391,218 for a Park Lane School mental health center in Tustin, and 1,236,710 for Central City Community Mental Health Center in Watts.

Ronald Reagan Los Angeles County Park Lane Tustin Central City Watts

Well-Dressed Thief Robs Lomita Bank

Lomita police report a gray flannel suit bandit robbed Gateway Bank at 3:30 p.m. taking $1,941 after presenting a deposit slip and implying a gun. Suspect about 45, 5 feet 6 inches, 200 pounds, fled in a car.

Lomita Lennox Don Rumery Gateway Bank Pacific Coast Highway Joan Angelo Rumery

Supervisors approve switch in Assessor classification

Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved abolishing the non Civil Service chief deputy assessor post. Gerald W. Miller to become assistant assessor effective Sept. 1, with James R. Vine leaving Aug. 31 for private industry. New salary range named at 22404 to 27924 dollars.

Los Angeles Philip E. Watson Board of Supervisors Watson Gerald W. Miller James R. Vine Civil Service Vine Miller

Bank of America Led Syndicate Buys Vet Finance Bonds

State Treasurer Ivy Baker Priest announced a Bank of America led syndicate bought 75 million dollars in bonds to finance farm and home loans for California veterans. The bid yielded 4.2047 percent net interest, described as excellent. These bonds complete the 250 million authorized in 1962 and are liquidated from veteran loan repayments.

Sacramento Ivy Baker Priest Bank of America California

Two Killed in Separate Accidents

A Los Angeles truck driver Ellworth Booth 43 died after a Santa Ana Freeway jackknife crash near Tustin. In Colorado Harbor City youth Leonard Knott 19 and James Salazar 18 were hurt in a single car crash on Interstate 80 near Wiggins. Knott remained in satisfactory condition while Salazar was released after treatment.

Los Angeles Harbor City Colorado Ellworth Booth Santa Ana Tustin Wiggins Colo Fort Morgan Community Hospital Leonard M. Knott W. 240Th St Torrance James Salazar Delos Drive Knott Salazar

Husband Held in Pedro Wife's Death

A San Pedro mother Daphne Kersee 36 was stabbed to death in her home as three of her seven children aged 14 17 and 18 watched. Her husband Mandh 43 was booked on suspicion of murder after the attack at 946 N Gaffey Place. Detectives said a day long argument preceded the stabbing and that Mandh Kersee waited for police at Harbor Division headquarters.

San Pedro Daphne Kersee Har Mandh The Los Angeles Police Department Sgt. C. S. Hart Hart Kersee

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