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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1968
Page
1
The notice promotes the ACTION LINE service offering help on problems and rights. Readers can write to Box 230 in Long Beach California or call 432 3451 during specified hours Monday through Friday for questions selected for general interest and helpfulness.
A recap of historic U S disasters lists Galveston 1900 over 6000 deaths as the worst. Other fatal incidents include Peshtigo 1871 forest fire 1182 and 1947 Texas City explosion 561. Marine Sultana disaster 1865 killed 1450. 1960 NYC air crash 134. 1918 Nashville train wreck 101. The second item clarifies McDonnell Douglas Huntington Beach will train 500 unemployed in aerospace skills under a government program, with no guaranteed jobs and no impact on current workers.
Leonard Post, president of the Rare Blood Club in Long Beach, notes the club operates as a volunteer donor registry with no meetings. To register contact Post at HA 14528 or write to 3836 Gondar Ave Long Beach 90808.
A reader asks about joining her husband in Okinawa. The adviser explains check if dependents are allowed, present orders to Lt Sorenson at El Toro for transport steps, or travel as a tourist if not. Also obtain a military entry permit visa from The Pentagon, arrange own travel and housing, Japan Airlines new services, passport and inoculations needed. Contact details: Lt Sorenson at El Toro and Pentagon address.
A voice said Lets Start a Fire as flames swept Keystone Apartments in a 1 38 a m blaze. Two elderly women died as nine units burned and five tenants were injured, with arson investigators examining the incident.
Anti-American violence erupts in Australia and Sweden as Melbourne hosts Independence Day events with speeches by President Johnson and Governor Reagan. Diana Crundansook an American flag in red ink symbolizing Vietnam bloodshed and washed it out as crowds watched. students join a march amid the demonstrations.
In East Long Beach on Independence Day a Viet Cong flag flew from a balcony rail as 20 year old Bob Granafei defended the Vietnam War protests. He called it a tribute to Vietnamese people seeking freedom and said he would go to Canada if drafted. Granafei said he and two roommates created and hung the flag after his birthday.
A 4 year old boy and another person were killed in separate Huntington Beach crashes on Thursday. Duane A Heine died after being struck while crossing along Pacific Coast Highway. The second fatality involved a motorcyclist James Todhunted who lost control on the roadway.
A prisoner being flown to San Francisco simulated a gun to a stewardess on a Trans World Airlines jet. He ordered the Boeing 727 to turn back and scuffled with guards before landing safely. No weapon was found. He is jailed in Las Vegas. Morris, 48, from Martin Michigan, had a prior bank robbery conviction and 15 year sentence.
A series of earthquakes centered in the Santa Barbara Channel, the strongest at 5:45 p.m. measured at least 5.5, caused rockslides blocking San Marcos Pass and damaged a bridge. Aftershocks continued, with Santa Barbara Ventura and northern Los Angeles counties reporting windows and structural damage while Long Beach saw none.
A 19 year old armed robbery suspect, Charles A Barbee of 2002 Fairway Drive Orange, hid in his car after a liquor store holdup on Wednesday night. After three hours of negotiation, tear gas drove him out at 3 30 a m and he was taken into custody. He will be arraigned Monday on armed robbery charges.
Pentagon delays on developing new attack submarines as Admiral H. G. Rickover questions program viability. Officials on Page A-5 report the hold while policy debate and funding issues unfold, affecting defense priorities.
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