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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1969
Page
2
Readers ask about a Volkswagen loan for a sightseeing trip and about Rudolf Hess. The column notes Lakewood Motor’s generosity aiding an elderly friend, details on Spandau Prison, Nazi trials, and height and age facts for Nixon and wife Pat. It ends with a reader puzzle about a line through doors.
A.M. of Lakewood sent $3 and six proof-of-purchase seals for three scale model cars to Dinky Toys in Kankakee Illinois but never received the prizes. General Foods Corp promo rep Mary Netzel explains next steps for refunds and claims processing.
A Kakee Illinois woman asserts a refund will be given for delayed cars. She explains high demand forced a reorder. Cars are manufactured in England and shipped to the United States with slow shipments hindered by a dock strike.
President Nixon won bipartisan Senate support for negotiating with the Soviet Union and consulting NATO allies before talks. Senate leaders Mansfield and Dirksen praised his approach as it aims to strengthen Western unity and secure a durable peace. He met with Prime Minister Harold Wilson at Chequers and outlined broader aims including Vietnam and Middle East tensions.
A reader describes contacting Action Line to seek assistance. The letter mentions a 78 year old man with a rare bone disease connected to a husband at the Long Beach Veterans Hospital who has been there for 30 years and must remain in a hospital setting.
America's camera craft Mariner 6 blasted from Cape Kennedy atop Atlas Centaur on a perfect course toward Mars with a July 31 rendezvous. Project manager Harris Schurmeier said the trajectory appears on target. NASA officials called the launch the kickoff of a busy space week including Apollo 9 astronauts' 10 day Earth orbit and a weather satellite flight.
The Supreme Court ruled 7 to 2 that public school officials cannot suppress student peaceful advocacy in schools unless such remarks or protests disrupt others or classroom order. Justice Fortas states state schools are not enclosures of totalitarianism and students remain persons with constitutional rights. The decision involved Des Moines, Iowa, where three teenagers were affected.
The State Senate backs a resolution to discipline students in all grades for disorders. A note highlights a ban on black armbands in protests against the Vietnam War. Justices Black and Harlan dissented, with Black arguing schools educate, not easy targets for teachers. Fortas noted no disturbances in the excerpt.
Former President Eisenhower progressed smoothly toward recovery from high risk abdominal surgery to remove an intestinal obstruction. Doctors cautioned he remains vulnerable due to age and prior heart attacks, with careful monitoring planned over the next two weeks. Floods and slides in Southern California forced thousands from homes and caused traffic deaths as weather forecasts warned of more rain.
Lakewood Navy veteran Commander Lloyd Bucher testified at a court of inquiry into the Pueblo seizure. Chief Gunner Monroe Goldman, 37, of Lakewood, cried while recounting captivity and beatings by North Korean guards. Goldman, a Little Rock native, described punishment for refusing a questionnaire and a later harsher beating for an obscene gesture in a propaganda photo.
A soggy day across Southern California gave way to heavy rains and new emergencies. Mountains brought sleet and snow trapping hikers and campers as the weather deteriorated.
A sheriff department rescue team evacuated 32 adults and 48 children from snowbound Ange lus Crest Christian Camp near La Crescenta on Monday. The group had arrived Friday for a family activities program run by Long Beach Chapter 52.
Aquanaut’s autopsy shows death caused by carbon dioxide poisoning. The Sentinel reports redeployment fight and San Francisco State teachers ending their strike. Tomorrow’s sign reads Open for Business at the clothes closet.
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