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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1968
Page
1
A service advertises ACTION LINE to answer questions and resolve issues. Readers are invited to write Box 230, Long Beach, California 90801 or call 432 3451 during specified hours on weekdays for help.
John Williams says no preference between hospitals as the Naval Hospital light was ordered first. Dr. James S. Glotfelty requests also a traffic light at Seventh Street Veterans Administration Hospital. The city traffic engineer has forwarded the request to the state Division of Highways for a study and potential installation if needed.
The Pan American Highway remains the sole overland link from the U S to South America though rough in places and mostly unpaved. The Automobile Club of Southern California offers maps and permit help at 4800 Los Coyotes Diagonal. For volunteering, contact the Community Volunteer Office at 3515 Linden Ave to be matched with agencies needing help.
Mrs E S San Pedro asks how to file bankruptcy. Forms are sold at legal form outlets like Belcher and Schacht 251 Long Beach Blvd. A $50 fee may be waived with an affidavit of lack of funds from Doris Edwards U S Court of Bankruptcy Los Angeles. File in Room 231 Federal Courthouse 312 N Spring St Los Angeles. You may hire an attorney or do it yourself with clerk guidance.
Readers urged to file complaints with the Bunco Section of the Los Angeles Police Department about Austin Fox Studios and Portrait Arts of America. LADP notes jurisdiction only where the financial transaction occurred in Los Angeles. elsewhere contact local police or sheriff’s offices.
Secretary of Defense Clark M. Clifford announced the Navy will build a superfast nuclear submarine to counter the Soviet threat, with a July 1 decision to proceed. The plan is for a high speed design costing about 185 million, while a quiet electric-powered submarine may face further delays or cancellation.
Postmaster General W Martin Watson announces immediate mail cuts to absorb a 15000 yearly payroll reduction. Saturday window service ends at some offices this month with home delivery to shrink to four days next year if Congress does not exempt the postal payroll. He froze hiring and barred new delivery extensions.
Los Angeles County records its first diphtheria death in 1968.Dr Gerald A Heidbreder reports three year old Paul Douglas Wisner of Monterey Park was the victim.The child had not been immunized and officials warn about the disease despite high vaccination efforts.
A humorous recollection describes a wife so formidable that her presence makes mice flee to chairs. The quip portrays domestic power with sharp wit and old time irony.
President Johnson attended the Marine Corps evening parade at the Marine Barracks with Mrs Johnson and daughter Lynda Robb. He slipped on the last step leaving the commandant’s house, fell to one knee, and was helped up by generals and aides before boarding his limousine. Cpl Jeff Seal broke his rifle stock during the silent drill but stayed in step.
Forecasters say a modest cooldown will follow a heat spike with downtown Long Beach hitting 98 degrees as a high pressure system weakens. Winds aloft may nudge temperatures down three degrees today and a five day outlook shows gradual cooling into normal ranges by midweek.
A ship anchored at Schiedam exploded during cleaning injuring 11 and leaving 6 missing. Police cannot yet identify the vessel or its nationality and the blast rocked the Rotterdam area with the cause still undetermined.
A gunman using a rapid firing automatic rifle killed three men in their early 20s and wounded a fourth in the South Bronx on East 138th Street. Police said the suspect escaped through a basement connecting nearby buildings as the superintendent, Robert Pugh, was questioned. The scene followed a separate Central Park sniper funeral.
An all-points bulletin seeks Roger Clayton Powell 23 of Lynwood as the suspected triggerman in the daylight killing of Willie E. Keeten 23 at 1368 California Ave. Keeten was abducted with Norman Bell 24 and Diana De Costa 18 as investigators investigated a seven hour stakeout in Cudahy. Daniel Lord 19 identified Powell as the slaver and was arrested after the stakeout.
The State Department proposed free seats on the Freedom Airlift for Cuban exiles wishing to return to Havana to reduce hijack incentives. So far this year five American and two foreign planes were hijacked with pilots ordered to Cuba. The plan awaits Castro approval before taking effect.
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