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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1969
Page
5
The court of inquiry into the seizure of the intelligence ship Pueblo was postponed for a week at the request of Cmdr. Lloyd Bucher’s civilian counsel. The six day hearing will cover the mission, seizure by North Korea, and crew captivity.
Alcoa raised prices on most items including sheet plate and foil by five percent, following Kaiser’s near four percent hike to 27 cents per pound on ingots. The move broadens past ingots to nearly all fabricated aluminum, with sheet and plate constituting 37 percent of shipments. The industry had last boosted ingots by one cent last June 1 after a new labor contract and a four percent rise on most fabricated products.
Black students at Brandeis University and Swarthmore College continued occupations to press demands for administration changes. Brandeis officials added 16 telephone lines to run campus business as about 65 barricaded Ford Hall and refused written talks with President Morris B. Abram. At Swarthmore, roughly two dozen Afro-American students remained inside admissions and considered concessions offered by administrators while discussions continued.
A protest at an administration building escalated to disorder as BSU presses for control of the program direc tor and faculty. President McIntosh warned against disruption while affirming support for minority student programs and a planned Black studies department.
Two gunmen escaped with about $5,000 in weekend receipts from Off Broadway, a North Beach topless emporium. They entered through a delivery entrance and forced manager Ronal Apostoli's sister to open the safe.
A 3.25 magnitude quake struck near Mt San Gorgonio in the Palm Springs region at 8 23 a m. Caltech seismological lab reported the tremor. Engineer John Nordquist said it was not large enough to cause damage. Palm Springs residents felt the shake but reported no harm or destruction.
Striking teachers from the American Federation of Teachers and San Francisco State College students maintain a small rain-soaked picket line as a Superior Court hearing is set for Tuesday on a possible permanent injunction. Attendance drops due to weather and strikes. Burglars flee with 750 in jewelry and a vacuum from Della M. Johnston’s home.
Los Angeles District Attorney Evelle J. Younger proposes a broad gun control package including recalling all concealed carry permits and barring firearm ownership for some with criminal records. He also backs closing gambling venues for profit and requires dealer reporting and buyer identification to curb mail order sales.
Seventy members of Los Angeles First Unitarian Church urge Governor Reagan to support San Francisco State College strikers via a Fellowship for Social Justice statement. Officials will review background checks for gun purchases as part of the broader political scene. Younger expects improvements in his 1969 legislative package despite past failures in the Assembly Criminal Procedures Committee.
The ACLU says abortion laws rest on Catholic dogma and urge the state Supreme Court to reject civil law based on religion. The brief支持 is filed as friend of the court for Dr Leon Belous, a Los Angeles surgeon convicted of conspiracy to perform an abortion at the request of an unmarried woman.
Federal agents and state police arrested a National Guardsman and a civilian worker after raids on New Jersey houses uncovered a gun warehouse. The haul included machine guns antiaircraft guns carbines and explosives in what IRS officials call the largest black market weapons cache seen in 20 years.
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