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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1969
Page
4
California officials renew push to ban offshore drilling in the Santa Barbara Channel. Senator Alan Cranston proposes a nationwide ban while Union Oil fights a fresh leak at Well A-41 after an earlier 11 day spill at A-21.
A 10 inch Mobil Oil pipeline under pressure test burst in the 300 block of South Neptune Avenue sparking a six inch oil geyser. Los Angeles Harbor Division firemen rushed to build dikes and summon vacuum trucks to prevent oil from reaching Wilmington harbor. State Fish and Game officials investigated the incident.
New York police say a window washer died after an electric scaffold collapsed at the US mission to the United Nations. His partner, Colson Jones, 39, of Brooklyn, was left in critical condition at Bellevue Hospital. The deceased was James Dorsey, 40, of Manhattan.
A Los Angeles City Council committee urged the harbor department to launch its own pollution investigation. The move aims to define the extent and cause, needed clean-water steps, costs, and who pays, with harbor chiefs cautioning about duplicating state duties.
Two Navy fliers in a snowbound crash near Mt Whitney were saved by an Army helicopter. Los Angeles deputies aided 50 stranded skiers at Kratka Ridge. A car wreck victim, Mrs. Sarah Painter, 58, was found frozen on Highway 38. her daughter walked 16 miles for help. Ventura Marina reports 150 vessels sunk or damaged by the Santa Clara River surge, with losses potentially over 4 million.
GM announced a recall affecting over 2.4 million Chevrolets from 1965 to 1968 and 38,000 1968 models with 350 engines after reports of exhaust fumes entering cars. Investigations found damaged exhaust systems and rusted pipes on some vehicles, with three conditions required for fumes to enter: neglect, a body opening, and interior negative pressure.
Debbie Sherbondy four from 1603 Marshall Place was killed when her tricycle darted from behind a parked car into Walnut Avenue near Marshall Place. Martha Heminger of 1307 East 37th Street said she could not stop in time. no charges were filed. The girl died at Memorial Hospital at 1 15 p.m.
Trustees led by Heilbron and Dollard call the union settlement appeasement while Reagan contests the claim as a distortion. They approve a plan to require teachers to certify attendance, effective March 1, amid faculty strikes at SF State and San Jose State. The Educational Policy Committee also seeks to make campus rule violations a misdemeanor. The Academic Deans say negotiations over disciplinary actions are possible as campus protests shrink, with under 30 rallying while 18 000 students resume classes.
San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto charged Gov. Reagan with trying to sabotage the six week San Francisco State College teachers strike settlement. Assembly Democratic Leader Jess Unruh criticized Reagan for rejecting the tentative agreement as worsening the situation.
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