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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Dec 07, 1968

Page

3

UCI Negro Students See Crisis Warning Over Grievances

Negro students at the University of California Irvine warned of a potential campus crisis if their demands are ignored. The BSU seeks an Afro American studies course and housing reforms while criticizing the Financial Aid Office and a race sensitive survey.

University of California, Irvine John King Black Students Union UCI BSU Ron Ridgle Associated Students Gateway Commons King Jim Winder USC David Martin el Camino Auditorium

Refinery Worker Dies From Steam Burns in Torrance

Theodore Rangel age 28 of 1026 Colon Street Wilmington died at Little Company of Mary Hospital Torrance from steam burns suffered when a pipeline broke at the Atlantic Richfield refinery on Sepulveda Boulevard. He had been hospitalized since the accident with second degree burns over 95 percent of his body. Co worker Leroy Birdine 39 of Los Angeles remained in fair condition with second degree burns. The men were on scaffolding when the steam line failed near them.

Theodore Rangel Colon St Wilmington Little Company of Mary Torrance Atlantic-Richfield Sepulveda Blvd Rangel Leroy Birdine Los Angeles

Rehabilitation talk slated Tuesday in Long Beach

James Walker deputy director of the California Division of Vocational Rehabilitation will speak on the rehabilitation legislation outlook for 1969 at a 7 30 p m Tuesday meeting of the National Rehabilitation Association harbor chapter in the Pacific Hospital of Long Beach auditorium.

James Walker California Division of Vocational Rehabilitation National Rehabilitation Association S Harbor Pacific Hospital of Long Beach

Plan to Relocate Torrance Juvenile Court Sparks Battle

The Torrance Community Council opposes moving the Torrance Juvenile Court to Inglewood citing travel delays and police dispatch issues. Judge Alfred McCourtney says consolidation with Inglewood and Santa Monica areas could improve efficiency amid rising caseloads.

Torrance Juvenile Court Crossfire Inglewood Torrance Community Council Patricia O’betz Torrance Civic Apppear

Delayed Rat Ship Unloaded Amid Court Action Drop

A court action against the International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union Local 13 was removed from the calendar Friday by order of the plaintiffs the Pacific Maritime Association. The action aimed to challenge labor practices related to unloading and shipping operations.

International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union Local 13 The Pacific Maritime Association

Traffic deaths in Orange County from multiple accidents

Two people died in Orange County hospitals from injuries sustained in traffic crashes. David Turnbull, 37, La Palma, died at Costa Mesa Memorial Hospital after a collision with a car driven by Elaine Cecilia Schurr, 48, Santa Ana. Irene Felix, 67, Los Angeles, died at Orange County Medical Center following a five car crash on the Santa Ana Freeway near Ball Road in Anaheim.

Orange County David Turnbull Canbury Drive la Palma Costa Mesa Memorial Hospital Elaine Cecilia Schurr W. Pomona St Santa Ana Irene Felix Los Angeles Orange County Medical Center Santa Ana Freeway Ball Road Anaheim

County Opens 5 New VD Clinics in Long Beach Area

Five new County Health Department clinics opened in San Pedro Wilmington Torrance Compton and Bellflower to treat general disease. The 24 clinics are part of a $240 000 allocation approved by county supervisors to combat rising gonorrhea and syphilis rates. Information is available by calling 625 3212.

County Health Department Long Beach Area San Pedro Wilmington Torrance Compton Bellflower

Bugs Delay Sealab III Descent Until January

Navy reschedules the Sealab III undersea test for no earlier than January delaying astronauts contact with aquanauts 600 feet underwater off San Clemente Island. Crews returned to bases as the USS Elk River and Sealab gear were secured amid flood and prior malfunctions at the ocean floor habitat. Separately UC Irvine received a $600000 HEW grant for a social science building.

Navy Pacific San Clemente Island University of California At Irvine U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare

Court Halls Teamster Picketing at San Francisco Piers

Federal Judge Albert C. Wollenberg ordered Teamsters Local 85 to withdraw from San Francisco piers where dock disruptions occurred amid a jurisdictional dispute. The NLRB seeks to investigate unfair labor practices after the Pacific Maritime Association alleged the picket lines blocked sailings. The union countered that Marine Terminals displaced a Teamster worker with a housemen's union member over crane operations unloading containers.

San Francisco UPI Teamsters Albert C. Wollenberg Teamsters Local 85 National Labor Relations Board Pacific Maritime Association NLRB Marine Terminals International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union

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