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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jan 31, 1969

Page

5

Nixon expands study orders after campaign push for crime fight

President Nixon issues a batch of Cabinet studies including a thorough revision of the federal spending program, a supersonic transport probe, and reviews of interest rate ceilings. He stresses a crime fight and law enforcement as a key gauge of his administration.

Nixon Department of Justice Pennsylvania Avenue Congress Frank Borman Europe Justice Department White House Bureau of the Budget Johnson Department of Transportation Treasury Department Treasury Departments of Commerce of Housing and Urban Development Budget Bureau National Science Foundation

California campus proposes ethnic college names Malcolm X

Chancellor Dean McHenry of the University of California at Santa Cruz proposed a new college devoted to ethnic minority studies. He suggested the name Malcolm X College but indicated it was unlikely and did not rule it out amid heated reactions.

Santa Cruz Dean McHenry University of California At Santa

Campus protesters clash with police at Berkeley campus

At UC Berkeley, police confronted demonstrators outside Sproul Hall as about 1 500 to 2 000 protesters marched from Sather Gate to Barrows Hall. Tim Neighbors of the Afro American Student Union was among those arrested for obstructing a public way.

University OF California Berkeley Sather Gate Tim Neighbors Sproul Hall

Pile Driver Head Kills Workman

A 26 year old Westminister workman Clarence Collins was crushed at a Los Angeles Wilshire district construction site when an 18 ton pile driver hammer fell on him during dismantling of a 30 ton unit. He died at the scene and a Long Beach crane helped remove the weight.

Westminster Wilshire Los Angeles Clarence Collins Alchester St Long Beach Collins Raymond Concrete Pipe Co New Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co Wilshire Boulevard Ed Jokisch Wilshire Detectives

Oil slick prompts call to halt drilling in channel

Union officials cite a gas pocket at 3,000 feet that caused oil to rise into a shallow oil bearing formation near the well in a four company lease area. Scientists note possible harm to bottom dwellers from dispersants while fish are not immediately at risk.

George H. Clyde Santa Barbara Department of Interior Washington Houston Tex Union Mobil Texaco Gulf Oil Companies Coast Guard Hickel

Abductor Asked to Allow Tot Call Mommy Daddy

In Allenstown New Hampshire an 11 year old girl Debra Horn is missing after her parents worked. State police report human blood on a highway near the home and a 100 member search including National Guardsmen and state troopers. FBI watching as burglaries in the area are noted. The family pleads for the child to contact them.

Allenstown N.H UPI Debra Lee Horn Debra’s Debbie Kenneth Horn National Guardsmen FBI Horn Granite State Scales Co

Anaheim Stadium Tax Stands in Orange County Board Ruling

The Orange County Assessment Appeals Board upheld a $2.3 million possessory interest valuation for Anaheim Stadium held by the California Angels. A $206,871 tax was confirmed and paid under protest by the City of Anaheim. The city plans to appeal to the courts to seek modification.

Orange County Assessment Appeals Board California Angels Baseball Club Anaheim Stadium Andrew J. Hinshaw Hinshaw City of Anaheim Angels Ball Club Joe Geisler

Fatal sledding accident in South Lake Tahoe claims 9 year old

A 9-year-old girl, Donna Foust, died Thursday after noon when her sled collided with a passing car. Police said she was sledding on a snow bank in her yard when the incident occurred.

South Lake Tahoe Donna Foust

Chicago students stage campus sit-in over sociology professor

More than 300 University of Chicago students occupied the Administration Building in protest of sociology professor Marlene Dixon's nonrenewal. The sit-in drew SDS members, a Roosevelt University historian, and 1,000 other students who debated disruption and called for dialogue with officials.

U. of Chicago Columbia University SIT Inners Marlene Dixon Mandel Hall Gerard LaValle Sit-Inners Dixon

Dope Lab Found In Playa Del Rey Home Racket Exposed

Deputies seized 20 pounds of pure amphetamine 140 pounds of mixed amphetamine plus 1000 pounds of cellulose from a Playa Del Rey lab run by Jack Darby Blair 50 and Ramona Del Rio 45 at Highland Park. A large truck aided transport the pair rented the house two months ago and started pill production. If all pills sold street value near one million dollars. A false bottom in a car trunk aided concealment.

Bennies Jack Darby Blair Ramona del Rio Highland Park Cook Playa del Rey

New Black Studies Department to Open at San Jose State

San Jose State College will start a Black Studies Department in the School of Humanities and Arts next fall. President Robert D. Clark announced the plan, crediting Harry Edwards for pushing the effort. Edwards, a Yale doctoral candidate and former instructor, criticized campus racism while proposing the program. The department awaits Board of Trustees and Chancellor approval on whether degrees will be awarded in black studies or humanities.

San Jose San Jose State College Robert D. Clark Hobart W. Burns School of Humanities and Arts Harry Edwards Edwards Yale Clark State College System Glenn Dumke Maytag HILL

Pennsylvania Woman Dead at 111

Mrs. Terry McGee died Thursday at her home at age 111. A Greenville, South Carolina native, she received a greeting card from President Lyndon B. Johnson on her 110th birthday June 4, 1967. Her husband Wayde McGee died in 1937 at 94.

Harrisburg Terry McGee Lyndon B. Johnson Greenville S.C Wayde

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