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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1968
Page
15
Independent Press-Telegram photographer Tom Shaw captures Southlanders cooling off in a pool, the ocean, and a tub during Operation Cool It. He shoots from 500 feet above the ocean, then climbs in for underwater and diving action shots amid Olympic trials at Marine Stadium.
Esther L. Peterson reports concerns about petition signatures used to influence taxes and recall asks. Camp Tahquitz hosts a Scout area dinner and dances under stars while Beach Combing runs a Doping the Runners contest with cash prizes for predicting the 1968 ballots and Kennedy speculation.
A fragment appears to reference presidential ballot checks for Republican and Democrat candidates, asking if the first ballot has a check and who the voter is. The readable text is incomplete and lacks clear context or outcome.
Instructions request pasting address clip on cardboard and mailing to DOPING THE RUNNERS in the Independent Press Telegram Long Beach California by July 15. Each person to submit one entry and no employee names used.
City Manager John R. Mansell reports no safe and effective barrier exists to stop wrong way driving on Long Beach off-ramps. Tests show spike barriers fail to disable tires. Plans instead include replacing Do Not Enter and one way signs with standard state signs and adding a Daisy Sixth one way sign. Also notes Marine L Cpl Steven Louis Graham killed in Vietnam with services pending.
The city council public relations committee will hear a proposal to install a memorial plaque honoring the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy in Lincoln Park. Mrs John F Carney, committee chair, spoke on the plan three weeks ago and the committee took the matter under advisement.
IAM District 727 president Tom McNett warned negotiations with McDonnell Douglas must show progress within 72 hours. UAW Local 148 plans a secret ballot next Sunday to authorize a strike if talks fail, while IAM talks with Lockheed proceed and McDonnell Douglas talks stall. Local 148 vote set for Veterans Stadium with global UAW locals also voting.
Jameson Campaigne argues in a three part IPT series that the Social Security Act has radically changed from guaranteed refunds to a system where most participants receive far less than contributed. The Independent will publish the first installment starting Sunday.
Llewellyn Bixby Jr. known as Bix, in San Francisco with friends, notices a waiter overcharges by moving the decimal. He refuses to tip, prompting the waiter to correct the bill. Bixby, president of the Bixby Land Co. and Alamitos Land Co., comes from a family long associated with large California land holdings.
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