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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1969
Page
3
A 23 000 strong strike by AFL CIO Operating Engineers pauses major Southern California construction including freeways and the Feather River project. Negotiations are unlikely this week after the union rejected a Saturday wage offer raising benefits by 11 percent annually for five years.
A note with two phone numbers allegedly from the victim's former husband was found in her Memorial Hospital apartment. Nurse Mrs. Parker, a 1930 graduate of Methodist Hospital of Southern California, lived in Montebello and joined Memorial in 1964. Police note the case bears a sex attack theory as investigators pursue leads before her scheduled Monday night shift.
An extended Weather Bureau forecast promises sunshine and high 80s across Southern California through week end. Monday saw Long Beach reach 84 as beaches drew crowds despite jellyfish along the coast. A St. Beach sting from warm water drew reports of eye catching jellyfish at Zuma Beach. A separate local crime note described a burglary scene with a mysterious note and a sergeant who knew the victim’s family.
Los Angeles County supervisors will be asked to approve pay hikes for county craft workers at 534386 for the rest of the fiscal year. Gordon T Nesvig recommends raises effective Sept 1 to align with new union and contractor scales. 869 workers are slated for increases while 312 are excluded, mainly in the strike prone plumbing sector amid stalled negotiations.
Los Angeles County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn faced accusations from the JUST committee that he pressed political influence on the Civil Service Commission as it considers Noguchi’s appeal for reinstatement as coroner.JUST vice chair Kenjo Ito called Hahn’s remarks an unorthodox attempt to reopen hearings and seek publicity, potentially harming Hahn's standing with Japanese Americans and prompting political opposition.
A Los Angeles patrol car collided with a car at a downtown intersection then swerved into a crowd, killing John C. Schleining about 70 and injuring several others. The car also struck a fire hydrant and a shoe store window causing damage. the burglar alarm the officers were responding to was a false alarm.
A car stuck to its axles in sand draws comments from state Division of Highways spokesman Ray Law who doubts signs will solve the issue and mentions a possible low fence on the beach. Separately, a note from San Pedro mentions carnival planning and balloon-animal artist Dorothy Willhite who creates clown characters for children.
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