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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1968
Page
3
The acting principal ordered Fremont High School closed after a half day to discuss faculty, students, and public input amid escalating tensions. Donald Bolton halted access to the campus to nonfaculty and nonstudent individuals, while banners and pickets lined the streets and attendance fell from 42 to 51 percent.
Southern California Rapid Transit District head Samuel B. Nelson told lawmakers the agency faces a gloomy financial condition and may cut bus service or raise fares next year unless $32 million in revenue bonds is assumed by the state or other fiscal supports are granted. He urged a limited local tax authority and other measures to restore operation as a public service. Separate report notes a major oil blaze at Getty Oil Co in Porter Ranch with firefighting efforts from Red Adair and local crews limiting spread to nearby tanks.
The Los Angeles City Council by default approved a controversial expansion at International Airport allowing Pan American World Airways and United Airlines to build facilities worth 92 million dollars.
President Johnson narrowed the CAB Pacific route dispute to its international phase but left Hawaii service unresolved for Western Air Lines and American Airlines. The CAB will wait on domestic decisions while Japan Air Lines looms as a competitor.
Six year old Jerry Franklin of Long Beach suffered first to third degree burns over half his body when his pajamas caught fire from matches he was striking in his bedroom. Doctors at Pacific Hospital listed his condition as fair. His grandmother Billie Sarah, 57, said the boy feared the dark and was sent to bed moments before the fire. Neighbor David H. Clark helped extinguish the flames. Jerry waved to officers and said Merry Christmas as he left in an ambulance.
Denny's Restaurants Inc. is negotiating to acquire Caesar's Palace Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The company president stated the talks were active on Thursday.
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