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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1968
Page
21
Washington reports May consumer cost of living rose by three tenths of a percent due to higher grocery prices for meat and milk fruits and vegetables. The government release notes increased food costs lifted overall living expenses for households.
Gov Reagan faced pressure to veto a bill to split civil process duties from the Los Angeles County marshal’s office while a county committee urged merging the marshal and sheriff offices to save about 1.5 million dollars annually. The piece also notes rising living costs and wage gains affecting workers nationwide.
A requiem Mass is held at St. Rose Church in Santa Rosa for Augustus P. Stryker father of Mrs. Barbara White of Long Beach. He died Tuesday at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital and is survived by his wife Lucine a sister Phebe Key Coykendall and three grandchildren. Private interment to follow. contributions suggested to Santa Rosa Hospital building fund.
Funeral services for Marine Cpl Randall T. Planchon 20 will be held Monday at Waverly Church Fairhaven Memorial Park Santa Ana. He was killed in action near Khe Sanh on June 15. He was a 1965 Jordan High graduate and spent a year at Long Beach City College before joining the service. Survived by his parents and brother Jeffrey 18. Peek Family Mortuary handles arrangements.
Washington TRW Inc of Redondo Beach Friday secured a $27.6 million NASA contract to perform mission trajectory control programing and spacecraft systems analysis for key Apollo program components.
Alameda County files a 75000 damage suit against Kaiser Engineers McBroom Cecchini Carboline Co. and Fidelity Casualty over a 1965 underground civil defense shelter in Oakland with a leaking roof. WASHINGTON awarded a 1775000 contract to Philco Ford Corp for ongoing operation of the Indian Employment and Training Center in Madera California.
Governors will unlock Cal Expo to the public marking the start of a state private venture with a partially finished park. Tourists will see empty rooms and drawing-board features while livestock shows rodeos and concerts are planned for summer.
A long, fragmented list records numerous deaths with last names and addresses, followed by extensive birth announcements from hospitals and families. The notices mention individuals from Barton to Turner and many area households, with birth months and some locations in California.
NASA announces the RAE A radio astronomy satellite will launch from the Western Test Range in California on July 3. The 417 pound craft will deploy four tubular antenna booms up to 1,500 feet long to study low frequency radio signals from the Sun Jupiter the Milky Way and possibly other galaxies. Five global stations will monitor Jupiter and ground observatories will observe solar bursts.
Gov. Reagan signed a bill by Senator Albert S. Rodda exempting motion picture projectionists from liability for exhibition or possession of obscene matter. The law applies to showing obscene movies and relieves projectionists of responsibility.
Disc jockey Buddy Young 19 said a red haired man walked into the WISE broadcast booth in Glen Burnie Md after 1 am Friday and forced him to surrender 67 dollars 50 cents. The intruder returned 1 dollar 50 cents saying it was for a cab home.
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