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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1969
Page
3
The California Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee delays Gov. Reagan's 10 percent income tax deduction proposal for 1970 as two Republican senators miss the session. Deukmejian leads the measure with Democratic opposition citing equity concerns and fiscal cost estimates.
California Assembly passes a bill imposing total liability on oil developers for leaks and damages, with a 60 to 4 vote. The measure, after the Santa Barbara spill, excludes public entities like Long Beach and moves to the Senate for consideration.
California homeowners would not have to claim their $70 property tax rebate as income under a bill passed by the Senate on a 24 to 1 vote. Sen. Randolph Collier’s measure was sent to the Assembly, with only Sen. Clark Bradley voting no.
The AEC reported two Yucca Flat detonations with 200 kiloton yields triggered within a mile of each other. Thistle rested 1,835 feet underground and Blenton 1,831 feet, with radiation readings just above background at Blenton but not expected off site.
In Hollywood a neighbor identified as Fred Thomas shot and killed Leta Griffins in her kitchen and fatally injured her husband Louis Griffins, 64, after ambushing him on the lawn. Police detained Thomas, described by neighbors as the neighborhood crank, as the investigation began.
Navy recruiters left Occidental College campus after 45 students occupied the placement office and 225 more held a sit in outside the administration building. College President Dr Richard Gilman said the move aimed to avoid further demonstrations while denying policy change.
The SDS uprising continues with CCNY amid clashes and class cancellations at Queens College. MIT halts new secret military contracts as protests broaden to university military ties and ROTC concerns. National Guardsmen quell Voorhees College sit ins while Marquette endures a tense chapel occupation. Whitewater and Iowa move to curb ROTC and riot-linked funding.
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge refused to dismiss conspiracy charges against 27 students tied to a November 4 insurrection at San Fernando Valley State College. Judge Choate cleared Miss Cornelius Burris of all charges after ruling insufficient identification evidence.
Fourteen protesters who interrupted Governor Reagan’s speech at the Biltmore Hotel were arraigned in Los Angeles Municipal Court. The group including Frank Sandoval faced charges of disturbing the peace and a public meeting. Sandoval and three others pleaded guilty while ten pleaded innocent.
In San Diego a helicopter crash near Lake Murray at Sea World Aquatic Park killed two men. Pilot Carl Granazon, 38, of El Cajon, and flight assistant Larry Orr, 23, of San Diego, died when the five passenger aircraft overturned in a Reynolds yard. No fire followed the crash.
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