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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1968
Page
4
A $500000 ransom, in cash, was dumped into Biscayne Bay by millionaire Robert Mackle, who pleaded for his daughter's safe return as police halted city exits and sought three abductors. A neighbor described the missing family as Deacon's spouse and two children.
San Mateo College canceled classes for Friday after a Thursday shutdown by Negro community leaders protesting funding and tutoring cuts for minority students. They demanded restoration of Robert Hoover as director of the Readiness Program and his white assistant Jean Wirth following a campus rampage last Friday that injured 12 and caused more than $5 000 in damage.
An autopsy was conducted at Camp Pendleton to determine the cause of death of Lance Cpl. Michael Morales 21 of Omaha found dead in his barracks after returning from a Vietnam tour on October 18.
NASA officials say the Apollo 8 mission, despite high confidence in the engines and control systems built by North American Rockwell and Aerojet General, faces greater risk as it flies outside Earth’s protective belts and loses radio contact behind the moon. Crew training pauses and ground crews fix two oxygen and hydrogen loading issues as countdown proceeds.
An American Negro hijacker with his young daughter boarded Eastern flight 47 from Philadelphia to Miami armed with a toy pistol. The jet diverted toward Havana after the pilot said the hijacker intended to land there while the State Department and FAA began handling the incident. The DC-8 had 143 aboard. 138 paying passengers, three non paying passengers and eight crew members. The plane later returned to the United States with a plan to off load passengers on two Eastern Electras due to Cuban takeoff limits.
A Fort Lauderdale reader describes a dispute with Savon Rent-A-Car and an uncooperative manager. The Long Beach BBB had a similar August complaint and Savon did not reply to the agency. The BBB suggests filing a written complaint at 130 Pine Ave.
A reader asks how to claim a promised trophy for a 1964 Anaheim Municipal hole in one. The pro shop manager says if the scorecard exists, apply to the trophy maker. expect a bronze PGA medal and a Golf Digest ID tag as proof. He will send the proper application.
A Long Beach reader, Mrs H A T, argues against tipping beauty salon staff and suggests salons and restaurants should pay their own workers. She notes six years with her salon and claims good service without tipping.
Joe de la Cruz a 7 year old resident of 339 E Pacific Coast Highway was struck and killed Thursday evening when he darted into the street in front of his home. Bernard Hude 19 a sailor assigned to the USS Guide was driving the eastbound car and was not held after the accident. He died after arriving at St Mary's Hospital.
Charles Coatney Bray, 40, of Napa, shot six of his children in their sleep after a fire at his one story bungalow and left a suicide note for his wife Sylvia Bray. The victims were Charles Allen 16 Raymond 12 Debbie 15 Shirley 14 Stanley 7 and Charlene 5. Bray was found dying on the lawn with a .22 automatic nearby and a one gallon gasoline can. The house fire was controlled by firefighters and police said Bray had recent mental health history and had been committed after threats and harassment claims by his wife.
Private negotiations between the United States and North Korea at Panmunjom lasted 4 hours 50 minutes with a possible further session. Officials said the U S position demands an apology for humanitarian reasons before any release, while North Korea insists on acknowledgment that Pueblo entered its waters.
Police arrested Victory Thuesen Margorie Czech Gerald Davis and Saulot Sarmien to after a clash near Kaiser Hospital during a strike by 4300 hospital workers in Northern California. Captain Mortimer MacIernery was struck during the incident.
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