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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1969
Page
1
Readers seek help finding a 1929 30 basketball game reported 50 to 1. The San Diego Union and Tribune cannot confirm the game. access to pre 1900 files may be possible in San Diego, but requires day by day search through archives.
In October 1968 to March 1969 Los Angeles enforces a 1 per cent city use tax on residents who buy outside the city. Buyers are notified to pay within 30 days or face a 10 per cent penalty. The tax targets cars bought out of city but used in Los Angeles.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee urged delaying the Sentinel ABM system as it seeks a strategic arms agreement with the Soviet Union. A bipartisan push led by Senators Mansfield Mansfield and others framed deployment as harmful to national security while Kissinger met White House staff seeking a postponement.
A humorous note on aging postal workers as a longtime postmasters joke surfaces in today’s column. The quip recalls days when carriers wore uniforms and local offices served as neighborhoods hubs.
A defense witness Richard Lubic testified he heard Sirhan cry Kennedy you S O B before the shooting, while other defense witnesses appeared to aid the prosecution. The trial resumes with doctors and psychiatrists set to testify starting Monday, as the defense maintains its strategy.
Space officials hailed Friday’s Apollo 9 linkup as exceeding expectations while weighing next steps toward a moon landing. Lt. Gen. Phillips warned the chance of landing on the next flight is slim, with a decision in three weeks on whether Apollo 10 circles the moon or targets Apollo 11.
Pasadena police said a call threatening to wipe out Sirhan Bishara Sirhan’s family and his defense counsel was made by a close associate. No complaint has been signed, so no arrest has occurred. police keep special guard on the Sirhan household while investigations continue.
A reader asks ACTION LINE for guidance on entering funeral service after a Navy career. Advice covers necessary education, licensing, and steps to pursue mortuary science and embalming work.
Public relations director H R Christensen outlines a two year apprenticeship in a funeral home plus a one year course at the California College of Mortuary Science in Los Angeles. After passing the State Board exam, one becomes a licensed mortician. The article also answers barometer questions and refunds for a Lyceum Theater ticket order.
Mike McHale mail order manager for the Lyceum Theater says a tracer will be sent on the cash refund mailed last December. If the tracer finds nothing, he will issue a check for the due amount.
Ex convict Robert Lee Dacy was sentenced to life in prison without parole after a three hour jury deliberation in Santa Monica. The $250000 kidnapping resulted in bodily harm to 5 year old Stanley Stafford Jr. Dacy will appeal motions for retrial on the double kidnapping charges as a formal hearing is set for April and a probation report is ordered.
A 16 year old Buena Park girl Diane Miller was electrocuted Friday when an outdoor TV antenna she was moving touched a high voltage line. She was pronounced dead at Beach Community Hospital after the 6 15 p m accident. Her mother Mrs Pat Miller found the body and called police.
The Birch Society founder accuses President Nixon of repeating the same political script. The piece appears on page A-5, focusing on alleged actigraphy in governance and public discourse.
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