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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1969
Page
5
Lynn of LAPD says bodies found at 2:55 p.m. after a shooting as campus police sealed off Campbell Hall. Investigators emphasize uncertainty about shooter identity and whether outsiders were involved while most students fled the humanities building.
In his last days in office Lyndon B Johnson teased reporters and lawmakers about misquotes and Alamo ancestry while showing off his grandson Lyn and boasting about his wife and Luci. He recalled Mary McClendon and joked about Warren and Dirksen eyeglasses as he prepared to hand over duties to Richard Nixon amid unfinished Vietnam war concerns.
Governor Reagan contends regents and state college trustees face pressure from a broader California ruling class as student demonstrations demand disclosure of investment policies and credit for Hayden lectures. Reagan defends black studies, warns militant control hurts the university while demonstrators jeer and throw eggs at his limousine.
Around 400 students and teachers protested on the San Jose State College campus after an AFL-CIO strike rally. A group of 40 invaded McQuarrie Hall on the fifth floor breaking a glass door, injuring one student, and damaged a sprinkler system flooding the gym. Main march remained peaceful despite scuffles.
About 26 striking teachers at San Jose State College were dropped from the faculty roster Friday because of unauthorized absences. They have officially resigned, college President Robert Clark said in a statement.
Two UCLA students were slain at Campbell Hall after a black students meeting on Afro-American Studies Center. Police released suspects. 150 attendees fled. Victims identified as Carter 25 and Huggins 22, both linked to Black Panther organizations.
Washington bureau reports President Johnson will proclaim transferring five million acres of public lands into a conservation recreation land bank two days before leaving office. The action would shift land in Alaska Utah and Arizona from the Bureau of Land Management to the National Park Service with Mount McKinley area cited as a possibility.
President Lyndon B. Johnson departs office with a personal salute from Airman J C Nugent, son-in-law of his daughter, Luci. Nugent praises Johnson for pursuing peace in Vietnam as he notes his unit faced mortar fire in Katun during a cargo flight. Nugent also mentions his impending return home and family interactions, including Christmas with Maj. Charles Robb and his son Lyn.
A four member team from the National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice will study the San Francisco State College disturbances as part of a multi year effort to find new ways to reduce and prevent violence. Dr Ralph G H Siu will lead the panel with interviews planned with college officials students police and city leaders.
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