11 Dec 1969
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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1969
Page
1
A disturbance erupted near the bullet scarred Black Panther headquarters in south central Los Angeles on Wednesday night as about 200 policemen dispersed a crowd of demonstrators. Roughly a dozen people, including State Senator Mervyn Dymally, were involved.
The Action Line service provides problem solving and rights advocacy. Readers can write to Box 230 Long Beach CA 90801 or call 432-3451 between 9 am to 1 pm and 5 pm to 9 pm Monday through Friday for questions of general interest.
A reader from Garden Grove asks today about the cost of operating an automobile. Consumer Reports years ago estimated about 14 cents per mile.
A public relations rep for the Automobile Club of Southern California says a late model car costs about 14 cents a mile or 1400 yearly at 10000 miles. At 20000 miles the cost is about 9 cents per mile. Fixed costs total 982 per year plus 4 cents per mile for fuel tires and maintenance. Police clash interrupts civil rights protest as Dymally and Greene urge crowd to disperse near City Hall.
Detectives search Spahn ranch near Chatsworth for Donald Shorty Shea's body amid grand jury testimony alleging his beheading by the Manson cult. Juan Flynn recalled Shea vanished after the cult arrived. Manson to face arraignment on Tate murders and related slayings.
A brief reflection notes that politeness acts as an air cushion easing jolts in interaction. It suggests there may be little content yet its effect softens friction in dialogue.
A reader asks about appealing condemnation of two rental homes by the Los Angeles City Conservation Bureau. Ralph Sidy of the bureau says the Community Development Program is a clean up paint up fix up effort started in 1950 and ongoing.
UPI reports U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell said massive indictments against the New Jersey Mafia gambling network are imminent within 10 days. The probe targets officials and IRS personnel linked to organized crime as a federal strike force expands its Newark investigations. Mayor Hugh J. Addonizio testified in court amid questions about Mafia links.
A UPI report says a judge in Wilkes-Barre refused to exhume Mary Jo Kopechne's body for an autopsy, clearing the way for a secret inquest into her death in Senator Edward Kennedy's car. The ruling supports that Miss Kopechne drowned and ends a seven week dispute by her parents Joseph and Gwen Kopechne of New Jersey.
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson will meet with President Nixon for breakfast today after voicing support for Nixon's Vietnam policy. White House press secretary Ronald Ziegler said he would not speculate on topics but noted such talks with foreign policy experts outside the administration are not unusual.
Senators debated a $5 billion tax cut package with a vote expected today after a 13 hour session. A Curtis plan to delay cuts until budget surpluses were certified was rejected, clearing the way for final action on the reform bill amid a Nixon veto threat.
Ralph Nader urges a federal inquiry into airline safety in a statement highlighted on page A-7. The push follows concerns about aviation practices and public flight safety standards.
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