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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1969
Page
4
Apollo 9 faced an engine misfire but resolved the issue by restarting the engine to lower orbit. Ground control and crew clashed over autopilot and camera alignment during an experimental photo sequence over California. The crew manually corrected hatch window direction and captured images of an offshore oil slick.
About 100000 Russians protested near the Chinese Embassy shouting Blood for blood and Down with Mao. Some threw stones and ink bottles damaging 104 windows while police contained the crowd with 500 officers and a loud speaker urging orderly marching. In Peking China denounced Soviet actions as 200000 soldiers and civilians rallied in Urumchi vowing to defend against incursions.
A body washed ashore near San Luis Obispo was identified as John Anderson of Long Beach, a crewman on the kelp cutter Ellwood which sank in the Santa Barbara Channel on February 13. Another body was found last week and three crewmen remain missing.
Community questions range from a WWII aircraft group in Odessa to refunds for an Electric Bug Master order in Kansas City. Assembly Bill 630 on property tax relief evolves into AB120 with changes and advocacy, while Dan Speraw School of Gymnastics in Long Beach offers women’s gymnastics and ballet training with lesson details.
A letter from N. H. F. of Los Angeles corrects an earlier item about Consumer Credit Counselors of Los Angeles at 945 S. Western Ave. There is no fee for counseling. if a pro rate plan is needed a nominal fee applies at 5 percent of disbursed funds or $10, whichever is lesser.
A San Francisco political observer says 47 year old Assembly veteran Unruh intends to run for governor, aiming to avoid a long primary fight. Backers cite his 15 year Assembly tenure and speakership as proof he seeks the top state office, while Reagan has not announced a second term.
Police sources say an investigation is underway into a possible wide spread Czechoslovak espionage network operating in Austria. The probe follows the Thursday arrest of a 21 year old Austrian and a 46 year old Czech companion on espionage charges.
In Marine Stadium a hydroplane driver, Tetsuo G Ishimaru, was seriously hurt when accelerator stuck at the finish line and the craft struck an outboard. Five youths, including Bill Terheggen Jr and Todd Brown, escaped serious injury by leaping overboard as spectators witnessed the crash during a trial for the All Races Meet.
In Paris a motorcycle officer was killed and another officer seriously wounded when they tried to stop a car speeding the wrong way on a one way street. Witnesses report the car was full of youths who fled on foot after the shooting.
Beachgoers at Cabrillo Beach reported a foreign vessel firing from offshore shouting Norwegians are coming. Witnesses recalled shrapnel and shells but Los Angeles police said crew aboard a Norwegian registered ship fired at sharks and no bullets hit shore with no official reports filed.
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