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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1968
Page
1
The notice invites readers to send questions to ACTION LINE Box 230 Long Beach California and to call 432-3451 during specified hours for help with problems. It promises selection of questions for general interest and usefulness.
A Long Beach reader asks ACTION LINE where to buy 1000 plastic golf tees cheaply for 100 tic tac toe games for a children's hospital. The editor could not locate plastic tees. George Lake of George Lake Golf Shop at Recreation Park Golf Course offers discounted wooden tees, contact 438 9124.
The Teen Center 106 on 1495 Alamitos Ave in the Central Area has started a photo development class for teens. They request donations of old but functional cameras and other serviceable photographic gear, to be sent via the center's director Thomas White at 591-1815.
Public Law 90 351 the Crime Control and Safe Streets Act governs who may wiretap with federal or state court orders. Section 802 covers federal authorization for national security investigations. states permit court-ordered taps for serious crimes. Copies available from the Government Printing Office. Also guidance on a wig refund case and gas leak response from Long Beach agencies.
Action Line confirms Pvt John W Mosteller of the 54th Pennsylvania Infantry earned the Medal of Honor near the Civil War end. The Long Beach Public Library notes the list in Above and Beyond by Joseph L Shott, available at the main branch Ocean Boulevard and Pacific Avenue.
C S Long Beach reports her 18 year old son facing five police stops for no apparent violation over months. He owns a well-kept 6 year old car with new paint and stereo and feels targeted. She argues ongoing stops amount to harassment of youth.
Dr. S I Hayakawa and the campus leadership resisted a series of raids to reopen San Francisco State College after a three week strike. Classes resume with police support as about 300 officers deter confrontations and 5 student leaders face suspensions and arrests.
A Wien Consolidated Airlines F-27 twin engine liner crashed in subzero weather near a small lake about 150 miles southwest of Anchorage. All 39 aboard perished including 34 adults and two infants plus three crew. William C. Horsford 43 of the Alaska State Court System was among the victims.
Five men accused of conspiring to cheat top show business names and guests out of more than $400,000 in rigged gin rummy games at the Friars Club were convicted Monday in Los Angeles.
Thomas Braun, 19, of Ritzville Washington, was sentenced to death in the San Quentin gas chamber for the murder of 17 year old Timothy Luce of Ukiah California on August 21 1967. He faced the sentence in court after a 24 hour jury deliberation following a six month federal trial.
A Los Angeles federal jury deadlocked 9 to 3 in favor of conviction against Long Beach police officers Warren J. Simpson and Eugene J. Brizzolara on civil rights charges tied to the arrest of former California State College at Long Beach instructor Robert Conner Everts. A new ruling on acquittal is set for March 24.
Two workers died and a third was injured at the Atlantic Richfield refinery in Carson from hydrogen sulfide fumes escaping a tank. Behrends and Scroggins were identified as the deceased. Stegall survived after inhaling gas and sustaining a head injury while attempting a rescue.
Fierce winds blasted parts of Orange County and the San Bernardino Valley late Monday, generating local sand storms and felling tree limbs with gusts up to 70 miles per hour. The California Highway Patrol issued alerts to motorists.
A statistician notes larger families have more births while high winds force bans on campers and trailers on State 60 SR Riverside and SR 90 near Corona. Motorists urged to use caution on Riverside Freeway and San Diego Freeway as gusts reach 70 mph atop Santiago Peak with possible area road closures.
The piece notes a defense team headed by a prominent lawyer who previously defended Dr. Finch. It appears on Page A-3.
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