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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1967
Page
17
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Project Sky Knight helicopter is restricted to sheriff patrolled areas and has not operated in Long Beach. Long Beach police prefer ground forces for protection and have not planned a similar air project due to cost.
The column advises using two black nylon antibird mesh to protect peach trees from birds and notes stores will mail mesh sources plus care info. It also covers Alaska disaster relief with Foreman Joe Holbert and Fairbanks officials urging flood recovery aid and employment information from state and Red Cross offices.
Readers are advised to use Action Line’s special number 432 334 or mail a letter to record questions. Include name, address and phone for follow up, but not for publication. Do not send photos or documents. One query at a time, no stamps or self-addressed envelopes.
In Pasadena a juvenile melee broke out near a recreation center Monday night as two officers attempted to arrest a teen girl. Investigators say the scene near a junior high was blocked by youths. one Neville officer was struck by a brick during the incident.
Vietnamese guerrillas blew up nine bridges in South Vietnam as part of intensified sabotage before the elections next Sunday. More than 500 people, mostly civilians, have been killed or wounded. U.S. forces ordered off streets to protect lives.
The year’s second smog alert was issued Monday in the San Gabriel Valley. Ozone read 84 near Azusa at 1 15 p.m., with 43 in Burbank the second highest. Smog ranged from 4 in Long Beach to .22 in Los Angeles and AZ in Pasadena, with August-smog patterns likely to continue.
Philip M. Battaglia, Reagan's executive secretary and 1966 gubernatorial campaign chairman, resigns to return to his Los Angeles law practice while offering to help the governor. Observers expect him to still back Reagan for the GOP nomination, with William Clark to replace him as cabinet secretary. Battaglia will not confirm future campaign plans but says he will assist the governor and party.
Governor Reagan reportedly abandoned his University of California tuition plan amid threats to take the fight to voters. Press secretary Paul Beck said Reagan would push for adoption at a regents meeting in Los Angeles, while critics pressed for a ballot fight next year. Former governors Brown Knight and Warren signed an open letter opposing tuition, claiming it would discriminate against low income students.
Lightning storms touched off more than 25 new forest fires in Oregon on Monday night while British Columbia battled a sprawling blaze. In Willamette National Forest northeast of Eugene at least 11 fires were out of control as crews fought fires in Ochoco, Rogue River, Winema, Fremont, Dischutes and Umpqua forests. Northern Idaho and Montana firefighters fared better as weather aided containment efforts.
UPI reports a brush fire behind Piru elementary school in Los Padres National Forest has torched over 1,000 acres by Monday, moving toward Lake Piru with 350 firefighters on the lines and four tanker planes dispatched. Nearby Dehesa burned 120 acres as larger blazes continue to threaten multiple regions.
Jack Kirschke sat with head in hand as Assistant Attorney General Albert W. Harris probed prospective jurors on sentences if Kirschke is found guilty of killing his wife and her companion last April 8. Harris pressed on circumstantial evidence and death penalty views, seeking clear juror leanings.
The Kirschke prosecution stresses that no unwritten law grants a husband the right to kill an unfaithful wife. Prosecutor Harris urged jurors to decide for themselves in the jury room, explaining direct versus circumstantial evidence and inviting excuses for those unable to face the task. Continued Page A-4.
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