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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1969
Page
3
Det. Sgt. Ralph Iber reports a suspect tied to a 1527 W Sev t Santa Ana shooting death used a pistol found with the crime. Lynem's corpse was transported to D C for an escort home. A memorial mass for officers killed in the line of duty was held at St. Cece- Roman Catholic in Tustin.
Coast guard crews search the California coast for 12 missing aboard the yacht Goodwill after it collided near Ensenada. The vessel named Goodwill sailing from San Lucas to Ensenada reportedly sank with several presumed dead as authorities notify families.
Weather and flood officials warn of imminent emergency as Kings and San Joaquin rivers exceed flood stages. Snowmelt from the Sierra feeds upstream reservoirs and Tulare Lake Basin now holds over one million acre feet of water threatening 50 60 thousand acres of farmland. Volunteers shore up levees while Kings County officials say they have a 50 50 chance of containment.
Thousands of disadvantaged youths in Los Angeles County may be left jobless this summer if private sector employers do not offer more openings. The Greater Los Angeles Youth Advisory Council cites weak employer commitment, with a central phone line for job orders and calls to boost placements. Meanwhile, flood fears around Pine Flat Dam prompt evacuations planning and emergency readiness in Kings and Fresno counties as water levels rise and infrastructure emphasizes levees and shelter resources.
City Councilman J Ogden Markel opposes funding a new 3.5 million Santa Ana city hall via a Civic Center Commission lease back after voters rejected bonds. He suggests taking over the old 34 000 square foot Court House, near the civic center, instead of expanding. County supervisors plan to keep the old building as a landmark and convert it into a museum.
A Santa Ana man, 28 year old Brookes Kent Hanson, is indicted on 16 counts under the 1968 federal gun control act for shipping firearms to individuals nationwide during December 1968 and January 1969. He faces up to five years and $5,000 per count. Hanson is to be arraigned in Los Angeles Federal Court. U.S. Attorney Matt Byrne notes he is the first in Southern California charged with illegal interstate shipment.
The report lists inmates tied to the mutiny including Richard Gentile at 22 in San Francisco California and others in Hampton Virginia St Peters burg Florida Getzville New York Bellingham Washington and Central Utah. It notes the October protest followed a stockade guard shooting death of Pvt Richard Bunch a 19 year old from Dayton Ohio who was deemed a justifiable homicide by Army authorities.
County hearings start at 9 30 a m Monday on the proposed 1 7 billion 1969 70 budget with a tentative schedule for 15 minute slots for property owners and others. The budget by L S Hollinger would raise taxes about 29 cents per 100 of property value and wage growth pressures from salaries welfare and crime fighting are cited as drivers.
Urges readers to place a classified ad to sell a business quickly. Promotes calling HE 2-5959 for ad placement and action producing results.
About 200 nurses marched in informational pickets outside Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles demanding more staff and a union agreement. They plan to continue working without pay to highlight understaffing while urging negotiations with the California Nurses Association, which covers several LA area hospitals through local contracts. The Hospital Council of Southern California provides wage benchmarks, and hospital management says uninterrupted patient care is essential while liaising with the nurses union.
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