Debunking Hobo the rat-killing cat at Terminal Island
Harbor officials dispute claims about Hobo the cat killing rats or mice near Larson Marina. Captains De Lanty and De Santy weigh whether Hobo’s prey were rats, while rat-guard rules and harbor health efforts highlight differing regulations and environmental controls for rat elimination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobo
Terminal Island
Lionel de Lanty
Los Angeles Harbor
Larson Marina
Joe Benich
Andy Wall
Independent Press Telegram Item Summary
A readable fragment from the June 1 1968 Independent Press Telegram section outlines a local item on page B1. The brief notes a civic or community update with no full details available in the fragment.
Final Arguments In Webster Murder Trial Monday
The Robert Webster murder case in Long Beach goes to the jury Monday after final arguments. Judge Roy J. Brown recessed the trial to 10 am to resume deliberations. Webster, 51, is charged with strangling Diane Harley in 1963 after a prior overturned conviction for a 1946 strangulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster
Robert Leslie Webster
Long Beach
Diane Harley
Weather Villain Threatens June Bloom in Southland
Forecaster George W Kalstrom warns that despite June's generally fine weather in Southern California Long Beach and coastal areas face threats from low clouds fog smog and occasional storms. The official start of summer is 11 13 p m June 20 with no rain forecast for Memorial weekend though onshore winds will bring overnight clouds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hamlin
Southland
George W. Kalstrom
U.S. Forest Center
Los Angeles
Kalstrom
Long Beach
California
Long
Long Beach Workers Seek Annual Fringe Benefits Hikes
Long Beach city employees union LBCEA filed a request with the city clerk proposing increased vacation time, enhanced sick leave benefits, and higher health insurance contributions. Led by president Harry Lown, the plan calls for adding vacation days after 20 years, paying half of accumulated sick leave on retirement and to a beneficiary upon death, and raising health insurance support from 11 to 11.64 dollars monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach City
Long Beach City Employes Association
Harry Lown
Association
LBCEA
Traffic Stop Leads to Jail for Two Southland Teens
Deputies stopped a car near a Torrance area shopping center after smoky exhaust alerted them. Driver Mark Melvin Anderson, 20, of Torrance, faced burglary and narcotics charges. passenger Douglas E. Pullins, 18, Palos Verdes Estates, faced burglary and narcotics offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southland
Torrance
William Alexander
Mark Melvin Anderson
Cricklewood St
Anderson
Douglas E. Pullins
Addison Road
Palos Verdes Estates
Alexander
Peninsular Shopping Center
Silverspur Road
Hawthorne Boulevard
Bearded Bandit Robs Bank of America in Carson
Police seek a bearded masked gunman who robbed Bank of America at 18511 S Avalon Blvd Carson taking 6423 dollars from three tellers and about a score of customers. He fled in a stolen car later found nearby. Deputies report the suspect waved a revolver and exited through the front door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of America
S. Avalon Blvd
Carson
Sheriff's Deputies
Los Angeles
Student Activism and University Apathy Explored
Henry Steele Commager examines why students revolt and confront authority. The piece distills college anger into comprehensible causes for a wider audience in the Sunday Independent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Steele Commager
U.S. State Department
Germany
Israel
Italy
Trinidad
Sunday Independent
Press-Telegram
Confusion Over Write-Ins On California Primary Ballot
The Sacramento Secretary of State clarifies write-in rules. No write-ins for presidential delegations in any party. Republicans must vote for Reagan delegates or abstain, Democrats for McCarthy Lynch or Kennedy delegates. Write-ins for other offices are allowed only if the candidate files with the registrar and pays the fee and is listed at polling places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Sacramento
Secretary of State
Lynch
Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Registrar of Voters
Two Long Beach Area Servicemen Die in Vietnam Action
Army Pfc. David E. Watkins of Los Alamitos and Marine Pfc. Gary W. Purcell of Torrance were named among Friday's DoD casualty list as killed in action in Vietnam. No further details were released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach-area
Department of Defense
Vietnam
Army
David E. Watkins
William G. Watkins
Howard Ave
Los Alamitos
Marine
Gary W. Purcell
William F. Purcell
Antonio St
Torrance
Youth talent auditions at Veteran's Park and open ship tour
Admission free events in Long Beach include 10 a.m. youth talent auditions at Veteran's Park sponsored by the Long Beach Recreation Department, 101 E. 28th St. At 1 p.m. an open ship tour of destroyer USS Fechteler at Pier 15, Long Beach Naval Station until 4. Sunday hours are 1–4. At 2 p.m. the Long Beach Municipal Band concert at Bixby Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Flames Fail to Lick Eager Cub Scouts
The Cub Scouts of Pack 80 in Lakewood and Bellflower faced disruption after a fire leveled their business. A corrals area on Allington Street held old newspapers, marking the recovery effort amid the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakewood
Bellflower
Cub Pack
Allington Street
Joe Moore
Doctor sues telephone company for 300000 damages
Dr Anthony Sotelo of 1777 Bellflower Blvd Long Beach files a 300000 dollar damage suit in Los Angeles Superior Court against General Telephone Co of California alleging failure to provide 24 hour service and that his telephone was not operable on 54 days from November 1966 to March 1967 causing loss of business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Sotelo
Bellflower Blvd
Long Beach
General Telephone Co. of
California
Los Angeles
Burglars Loot Market Basket With Torch and Roof Entry
Burglars stole 2000 dollars from Market Basket at 129 East Lomita Boulevard after entering through a roof hole and using an acetylene torch to burn into the safe. They fled leaving an oxygen tank and two pry bars behind, sheriff's deputies reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Lomita Blvd
Carson
Yeggs
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Dick Emery
Captain de Santy
Navy
Long Beach Harbor
de Lanty
Port of
L.B
L.A. Harbor
Independent Press-Telegram
Tom Shaw
By Don Brackenbury
Lown
Long Beach Area
Bixby Park
Phone Co
L.B. Doctor
Woodruff Avenue
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