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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Mar 15, 1969

Page

21

Campus pastor rails at neutrality amid student dissent

San Francisco State College campus pastor Gerald O Pedersen urged clergy to avoid neutrality amid student protests. He recalled his 1968 arrest during a peace march, urged black and minority leadership in education, and noted need for minority faculty while reflecting on his own path from Poly High to Pomona and Claremont Graduate School.

San Francisco Gerald O. Pedersen Poly High School San Francisco State College Brown Long Beach Dru Spong Trinity City College Pomona Claremont Graduate School

Seaport Village parking access plan delays planning approval

Safren Enterprises faces a postponed Planning Commission vote on Seaport Village at Long Beach Marina as a last minute change to parking access is reviewed. The four acre parcel south of Basin No 1 houses a restaurant and shop concept requiring a special public use permit due to zoning.

Planning Commission Long Beach Marina Safren Enterprises Basin No. 1

Carson Area Park Plans Set for Two Buildings at Sonny Park

Preliminary architectural plans for two buildings and related improvements in Stevenson Park Carson area call for about 63000 dollars. LaSala and Squire of Woodland Hills will design a restroom first, then a multipurpose activity building shade shelter and enclosed patio. The plan includes seven buildings and an 11-boat marina mooring along the east entrance channel.

Stevenson Park Carson Area L. S. Hollinger LaSala and Squire Woodland Hills Hollinger Marina

Welfare Clients on Panel May Be Formed by County

Two Long Beach welfare clients Jean Rasmussen and Sarah James lead a suit to require the county Department of Public Social Services to establish a welfare advisory panel. The planned board, named Family and Children's Services Advisory Committee, must include one third welfare clients. State and federal law mandate its creation, with action awaiting Board of Supervisors Tuesday.

Long Beach Norman Gilbert Family and Children’s Services Advisory Committee Jean Rassmussen Sarah James Los Angeles Superior Court County Department of Public Social Services Carmelitos Welfare Rights Organization Long Beach Central Area Ellis P. Murphy County Social Services Long Beach Area

Schizophrenia Linked to Faulty Information Path

Dr Jacek Szafran of USC outlined a minority view that schizophrenia stems from disrupted information presentation to the brain. He cites laboratory findings of slowed visual processing and fragmentary input, suggesting an organic deficiency and potential drug-based restoration targets.

Jacek Szafran USC St. Mary’s Hospital Szafran

Water Dept Wins 32000 Rebate Antitrust Settlement

Long Beach Water Department secures a $32,000 settlement from nine chemical companies over purchases of chlorine caustic soda and soda ash from 1960 to 1964. City Council must approve. Prior antitrust settlements involving steel pipe have already netted city agencies over $300,000. Another case on copper tubing is ongoing in pretrial.

Long Beach Board of Water Commissioners Water Department Harbor Department Leonard Putnam Long Beach Putnam

Car Buyer Satisfaction From Local Classified Ads

Six solid offers were received and a buyer purchased a 63 Chevy the first day the ad appeared, Dick Cadine of Long Beach reports. The Independent Press-Telegram classifieds promise quick results with HOT LINE numbers for Long Beach Bellflower Lakewood Orange County.

Dick Cadine Elm Ave Long Beach Press-Telegram Bellflower Lakewood Orange County

Potter named new dean of engineering at Long Beach campus

Dr. Richard C. Potter, then director of educational services at California State College at Long Beach, is appointed dean of the campus school of engineering effective July 1, succeeding Walter J. Arnell who will take a Hawaii job. Potter, arriving in 1967 after leading Northrop Institute of Technology, has held posts at Kansas State and Purdue and has industry experience in gas cooled nuclear reactors. The school enrolls about 1,400 students and 54 professors across civil electrical and mechanical departments.

Richard C. Potter California State College At Long Beach Walter J. W. Arnell Arnell Hawaii Potter Northrop Institute of Technology Kansas State Purdue

Extradited Rapist Gets Prison Term

Ronald Conner, 28, extradited from Indiana in a Stanton home sex and drug party case, offered no defense, jailed for one year with five years probation after admitting one count of statutory rape. Charges of sex perversion and child molesting dropped as he waived a jury trial. A 13 year old girl alerted deputies about marijuana parties tied to sex orgies. Police from Stanton, Westminster and Buena Park detained 15 people on sex and narcotics offenses. three men received prison terms, others were fined in municipal court.

Ronald Conner Indiana Stanton Conner Santa Ana Westminster Buena Park

Public Chest X-Ray Offer At Cerritos College

A mobile unit will offer chest X-rays to the public at Cerritos College on Monday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. The $1.50 films will be interpreted for lung cancer heart enlargement and tuberculosis checks, per health nurse Margaret Manire.

Cerritos College Margaret Manire

Recital and concerts at Long Beach State events

At Music Hall 127 pianist Jacqueline List and violinist Don Kramer perform Beethoven Sonata in C Minor. An open ship tour of USS Preston at Pier 15 follows, then CSLB Symphony at Little Theater. Evening draft counseling, and a writers workshop with James Moser run at local venues through 10 p.m.

Preston Long Beach Naval Station Long Beach Lincoln Park Story Hour Joyce Mockridge Long Beach Douglass House Center Lime Ave Don Kramer Jacqueline List Music Hall California State College At Cslb Symphony Orchestra Little Theater Draft Information Committee Long Beach Women’s Strike For Peace Unitarian Church Atherton St James Moser Douglass House Center

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DR. Pedersen Kent Henderson Ralph Hinman JR Free Speech Lutheran Students Association Wesley Foundation United Ministries In Higher Education DR Pedersen University of East Africa Independent Press-Telegram Pedersen American Federation of Teachers Kansas Trinity Lutheran Church Poly Oscar Pedersen Pedersens California Pacific Northwest Ernest Mayer Jr Mayer Marina Drive Edward A. Killingsworth Killingsworth Local 1785 International Association of Machinists Downey Tahitian Long Beach Naval Shipyard Gene Barry Bat Masterson Screen Actor’s Guild Robert Simpson IAM Southwest C. M. Hart Paul Burnsky IAM International Burnsky Board of Supervisors Rassmussen Carmelitos James Olive Ave Valerie Vanaman The Western Center On Law and Poverty Murphy Vanaman Cambridge University England Lovelace Foundation Albuquerque N.M Water Dept CSLB
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