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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1969
Page
3
Eight City fire units battled a 6 02 a m blaze at the Patrician Palms, formerly the Torrey Pines complex, injuring residents and sailors from USS Isbell USS Embattl and USS Blue. Fire officials estimated losses at about 100000 with heavy damage to the northeast wing.
Hundreds of workers and prisoners scrub 30 miles of beaches as a vast offshore slick breaks into patches. Authorities explore measures including booms and straw wooding while regional officials seek federal and state aid and a broader drilling review.
Nearly 85,000 people flocked to Long Beach area beaches as mild weather and calm surf attracted crowds from Redondo Beach to Laguna. LIFEGUARDS reported no drownings, 5 000 beachgoers in Long Beach, 30 000 at South Bay beaches, a 2 000 surfing turnout at Bolsa Chica, and temperatures reaching 69 in Long Beach and 75 at Seal Beach.
A 44-year-old Long Beach woman, Dorothy Maddron, was killed when struck by a car on Broadway east of Gaviota Avenue at 6 25 p m. The driver, Richard Moore, 55, was not cited. Another fatality occurred in Garden Grove where William Stump, 20, Covina, died after being hit. Two others died in a separate head on collision near Santa Cruz involving Andrew Au, 20, Hong Kong, and Kenyon F Wilkison, 60, London, England.
Manuel Aragon EYOA director told the Sun that the Los Angeles agency will likely keep running several anti poverty programs if the federal Office of Economic Opportunity is reduced or closed. EYCA is a joint powers agency of city and county governments and boards to handle programs funded by federal, state and local levels.
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