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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1969
Page
19
Long Beach police report 1968 car thefts average 1,500 stereo decks and various parts stolen yearly. Most burglars are ages 16 to 25 from middle income homes, often exploiting car owners’ vulnerabilities. Only a small share of reports yield usable clues for arrests or recoveries.
Police describe car clouting in Long Beach with $420 000 in losses. North Long Beach and Belmont Shore are hot spots for open lots, apartment carports, and college parking areas. Some thefts fund drug use. loot is sold on the street or kept, pawned, or swapped at swap meets.
Avalon officials testified that the Big White Steamer’s absence trimmed 1968 island tourism and reduced revenue by 17.5 percent from 1967. Harbor Carriers seeks PAC approval to run two converted crew boats between Avalon and Long Beach amid protests from Catalina operators and local groups.
Twenty two month old Vietnamese girl Suzie Nguyen Thi Thanh nicknamed by nurses developed a serious infection two weeks after open heart surgery at Children’s Hospital of Orange County. She arrived Nov 27 and had surgery Jan 10 after delays. Surgeons report she is doing fine and has been placed in an isolated high humidity room. Visas for Suzie and her mother are being extended.
California State College English professor Dr John H Sieglen and his wife Pamela were arrested after officers answered a loud party call at their Long Beach home. Four students and a telephone operator were also arrested on marijuana related charges.
Public library events at Long Beach branches include Children's Story Hour at 10:30 am and 2 pm Hootenaany by Tim Smith at Alamitos, plus a 2 pm lecture by Henry E. Roberts Jr. on American Indian claims. Long Beach Museum of Art hosts Microcosm '69 exhibit until 5 pm with 80 works by 23 Southern California artists.
Long Beach faces a strong turnout for the Long Beach Community Improvement League benefit at Municipal Auditorium. Dinah Shore, Skiles and Henderson, the College group, and host Peter Marshall are confirmed with hopes for Bill Cosby and Diahann Carroll joining. Proceeds fund CIL programs and the mortgage on the league HQ at 555 E Pacific Coast Highway. Tickets $2 to $5 at local shops. group rates via Stan Mack. Arthur Reynolds Singers also on the program.
City Auditor Courson reports Thums Long Beach Co. ended 1967-68 with a 97 million dollar deficit due to 43 million in expenses over income plus 54 million in advance royalties. Oil production rose 127.7 percent to 29.1 million barrels, with total oil and gas proceeds at 70.1 million.
Page C recap from Saturday January 25, 1969 covers local briefs and figure summaries in the final column. Readers get concise notes on community events, school updates, and brief notices from area organizations.
A Friday bargaining session in Long Beach between Texaco and the OCAW broke down after 10 minutes. Both sides set to resume talks Tuesday as the strike, idle since January 4, continues with about 40,000 oil workers nationwide out of 60,000.
Immigration and Naturalization Service district director George K. Rosen berg urged filers to submit their alien address report forms by January 31. Reports must be filed at the nearest post office or Immigration Service office.
A whimsical tale features Percival the Cheese Guard and Alden Eisenhauer chasing America’s Mountain of Broken Electrical Appliances across 17 states. They abandon the quest after a plot by the Greater Wisconsin Industrial Booster’s Club to blow up the world’s largest cheese, which had already been cut up and sold. Christopher Cerf defends his humorous book about the episode, saying it satirizes moral seriousness while celebrating cheese.
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