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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1969
Page
1
A Goodyear blimp expert explains that the blimp cannot clear the mountains on a Goodyear blimp route to Aspen Colorado. The blimp’s ceiling is 3500 feet and Aspen lies at 7909 feet. It also carries enough gasoline for 20 hours at 35 miles per hour.
Apollo 9 astronauts James A. McDivitt David R. Scott and Russell L. Schweickart completed a splashdown in the Atlantic in calmer seas than the planned Bermudas zone. Controllers shifted the 10 day mission by 96 minutes prompting McDivitt to urge the change.
Readers complain about the Pacific Coast Highway and Lakewood Boulevard circle in Long Beach while city traffic engineer Robert Dier notes state control and warns signals could worsen jams. He cites 50 000 daily vehicles and predicts the Pacific Coast Freeway will ease through traffic later.
The Fishing and Hunting News editor in Seattle says the Billy Casper bass photo was taken just before press, not a stale image. A reader asks about college rules for demonstrators. official notes discipline applies if identifiable and grades determine re enrollment. Morse Code recordings are sold by Lafayette Radio Electronics with option of records or tapes.
An 11 year old Lakewood girl Tracy Ann McHugh disappeared Tuesday after going to empty a trash bag at the East Carson Street motel apartment. Deputies searched the area near the San Gabriel River with 65 officers and the Sky Knight helicopter aiding the hunt.
Joan Kennedy wore a glittering six inch above knee mini dress to a White House reception for congressional spouses. First Lady Pat Nixon preferred long gowns but several guests chose short frocks. Mrs Kennedy said a local dressmaker made her outfit as she and Sen. Edward Kennedy era discussed politics with the President.
The Senate extended the proposed penny a gallon gasoline tax for three more months from April 1 to September 30 to fund flood damaged road repairs. The measure passed unanimously with debate postponed to March 19, and supporters said tourists and motorists would pay the tax.
The acting general manager warned the Board of Harbor Commissioners that an unresolved dispute over containerized cargo handling on the West Coast could trigger a stoppage at the Port of Los Angeles.
Lakewood hosts the annual Moonlight Sale Friday evening from 7 to 10 30 p m featuring bargain regular merchandise in a special section. John J Parkinson cites waterfront rumor and notes talks between the International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union and maritime employers seem at a crisis stage. Officials say talks with Har ry Bridges longshoremen's union broke off last Thursday and stop work meetings are scheduled widely though not yet in the Long Beach Los Angeles area. A union spokesman says one is expected locally.
A second whale washed ashore near Pacifica with oil found in its mouth and baleen. A third carcass near Half Moon Bay follows as scientists warn of a possible major catastrophe as gray whales migrate north amid the Santa Barbara slick.
An hour-long shootout in a Central Los Angeles home ended with a man and a woman shot. The suspect, Herman Alexander, 39, was wounded in the face and listed in serious condition. Helen Matthews, 35, the woman inside the residence, was shot five times and in critical condition. Police had responded to a report a woman had been shot at the home.
Rampaging students forced Venice High School to close after a damage riddled melee injuring a vice principal. Across Los Angeles violent clashes, arson and property damage hit about six other campuses on the third day of a strike called by black militant groups. Twelve youths were arrested citywide and an LA City College instructor suffered a possible broken nose when militants entered his classroom.
Globs of crude oil washed onto the Los Angeles and Orange County shoreline on Wednesday, with spots reaching Laguna Beach. Cleanup crews monitored the spreading slick as residents reported tarry strands along the coast.
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