Coroner Enlists Help to Save Job in LA
Dr. Thomas Noguchi, Los Angeles County coroner and controversial chief, hired a team of attorneys Friday as investigations into his office continued and whispers about his future grew.
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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1969
Page
3
Dr. Thomas Noguchi, Los Angeles County coroner and controversial chief, hired a team of attorneys Friday as investigations into his office continued and whispers about his future grew.
California State Colleges Chancellor says Gov. Reagan opposes expansion of the educational opportunities program for minority students amid campus disturbances concerns. Dumke cites a Senate Finance setback and possible reallocation of funds if the $2 million request isn’t restored.
Acting President S J Hayakawa announced a select six member committee to resolve student strike demands in response to an academic senate request. The panel will meet with Third World Liberation Front and Black Students Union representatives as soon as possible. Earlier, striking professors canceled a news conference amid talks on ending their six week walkout.
Black Panther George Murray a controversial San Francisco State College figure was jailed for six months after Superior Court Judge Albert Axelrod revoked his parole for disobeying probation rules. Murray was arrested in East Palo Alto after police found a gun in a car during his pickup last month. He had been suspended as an instructor at the college following a campus speech urging students to arm themselves, a demand tied to student strikes.
Students at Wesleyan University in Middletown Connecticut barricaded Fisk Hall for classes, while at Penn State black students protested a flag policy. Michigan State Stillman College and Oberlin also faced sit ins and class boycotts as administrations ordered actions or removals.
Governor Reagan backed interim sanctions and a new regulation to suspend or dismiss students for violence while regents met amid to tense campus protests. Police National Guard and military units maintained a heavy presence as 2,500 demonstrators clashed with authorities. 36 injured and 15 arrested in Thursday rioting.
Richard C. Newell a 58 year old Oxnard grocer shows improvement after a Thursday heart transplant at Harbor General Hospital Torrance. He is alert resting comfortably and often talks with caregivers. His wife was visiting after the operation. The donor Mrs Shirley Ann Highhouse 23 of Torrance died Wednesday night from gunshot wounds. One of her kidneys went to a Pasadena boy aged 15 in Children's Hospital of Los Angeles and is reported good after the operation. The second kidney went to Edward F Saxton 44 of Baldwin Park at Wadsworth General Hospital in West Los Angeles and he is progressing adequately in intensive care.
Faculty at UC Irvine pace a 30 day cooling off period after 24 instructors walk out of an Academic Senate meeting over the ouster of two English instructors Stephen Shapiro and Donald Brannan. A mail ballot will decide on the moratorium with a 30 day wait.
Union Oil Co. pressed Friday to shut off a small remaining leak from a Santa Barbara offshore well blowout that ended two weeks ago after a 114 day gusher. Fritz Springmann said crews would enter a third well to relieve formation pressure as lawmakers schedule hearings for February 24 and 25. Caspar Weinberger signaled drilling will be barred in San Pablo Bay until safety is proven, with the State Lands Commission likely to reject a Bay drilling plan.
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