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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1969
Page
1
A reader asks for a 15 gallon glass bottle like commercial water bottlers use. Arrowhead Paritas Waters glass division says it makes a 13 gallon bottle. spokesman Julie Reid notes availability at its Gardena facility.
Readers seek help on Army allotment payments withheld after marriage and on city costs to install traffic signals. Officials explain delays due to missing marriage certificate and authorization paperwork, promising checks for October to December and weekly Vietnam follow ups. Basic four-light systems run about 5000 dollars with enhanced setups more.
The city reports a new traffic signal system at Cherry Avenue and Wardlow Road with the controller priced at 6255 dollars and total system near 15000 dollars. Some cities have spent up to 35000 dollars for a single controller, the spokesman notes. Another column answers an inquiry about optometry schooling in the Long Beach area, detailing two California schools, prerequisites, tuition, and a two year technician option with Merritt College and Los Angeles City College.
President Johnson plans to recommend extending the 10 percent income surtax to sustain a balanced budget for Nixon. The farewell State of the Union will outline a near small surplus this year and next, with a budget of about 196 billion dollars for the coming fiscal year and wartime expenditures nearing 28 billion.
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan admitted to shooting Sen. Robert Kennedy as the murder case against the 24 year old Jordanian moved into high gear. The defendant's name was publicly mentioned in open court while juror questioning continued.
More than 200 college age demonstrators rallied at California State College Long Beach demanding a Black Studies Department funding and full CSLB autonomy. President Carl McIntosh refused to negotiate with a mob after urging leaders to meet. Police observed. no arrests made.
Two escaped federal prisoners from a nationwide manhunt for bank robbery were arrested in Long Beach. Patrick Kane, 43, and Dale Wilson, 24, both of 5205 Orange Ave, were captured after a patrolman spotted Kane’s car on Del Amo Blvd. Wilson was seized by agents and Long Beach officers near a liquor store at 52nd Street and Orange Avenue.
Thousands of gallons of crude oil spilled into Lima Ohio streets from a broken pipeline late Monday night. The fuel ignited in sewers and caused a $200,000 blaze at the sewage treatment plant. About 10,000 residents were evacuated and a 125 block area was cordoned off.
Long Beach landlord Robert Barr, 70, was found beaten and shot to death in his ransacked two unit home at 237214 Lime Ave. Police described the slaying as execution type with a red wig woman seen nearby. Evidence included a torn room, missing wallets and guns, and a clock stopped at 4 20 p.m.
A SAS DC-8 with 45 aboard crashed into the Pacific during a rainstorm near Los Angeles International after reporting landing gear trouble. Coast Guard rescues saved some survivors. 13 people remained missing as one injured passenger was hospitalized.
A heavy four hour rainstorm drenched Los Angeles area with up to .74 inches at LAX and over .52 inches at Long Beach. Freeways clogged by numerous traffic accidents followed the downpour. Mrs. Jean Ellen Houck, 27, of Bellflower, was killed when her car veered on the San Gabriel River Freeway and crashed through a divider fence. Her husband was injured.
R J Reynolds Tobacco Co will buy the major L B firm Sea-Land Inc in a planned corporate move. The article highlights the potential impact on the tobacco and logistics sectors and hints at broader market consequences.
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