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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1968
Page
11
The Kerner Commission condemned press sensationalism and white perspective in 1967 urban riots. It noted distrust in ghetto communities, misreporting of causes and consequences, and instances of staged or unverified coverage.
Market briefs and price movements are compiled across pages B-2 and B-3. The May 4 1968 Saturday section provides regional cost trends and commodity notes from the Independent Press Telegram.
City audit shows 13.9 percent revenue decline in the 1966 67 fiscal year to 881 900 with concession income down 13 663 due to yacht sales commissions and the end of a concession. Auditor Courson urges a full profit loss analysis and review of slip rental rates against other Southern California marinas.
A member of the President's Commission on Civil Disorders spoke in Long Beach urging rapid change to institutions. Victor H. Palmeiri urged opening all institutions to reform, warned against a police state, and called for new strategies beyond the New Deal to curb violence and improve social change. He cited civil disobedience as linked to change and urged empowering people with more control and new public services.
Downtown Long Beach merchants hold a day long sidewalk sale during regular business hours. A wide assortment of merchandise at bargain prices will be displayed on sidewalk tables in front of stores. Warren Harper chairs the event and says sales clerks will assist shoppers on the sidewalks.
A 13 member committee allied with Students for a Democratic Society issued a grievances list for a Wednesday campuswide confrontation at California State College at Long Beach. The plan calls for all classes to be dismissed noon to 3 pm and demands broad campus reforms and public debate with President Carl W. McIntosh and several deans.
Fifty eight American servicemen were killed in Vietnam including two Southland soldiers. Pfc. Lester L. Moore of Bell and Pfc. Terry L. Tebbetts of Huntington Beach were listed by the Defense Department as combat casualties.
A desertion of kittens spurred Hobo the tortoise shell cat to seek revenge on rats at Larson Marina on Terminal Island. Joe Benich calls her the station’s resident rodent eradicator and notes she has killed four rats and some mice while prowling day and night.
A list of free events in Long Beach including 9 am Novice Tennis at Long Beach City College, 10 am Fire Service Day open houses, May Festivals at City Playgrounds, 1 pm Ramona and 2 pm Bixby Coolidge Stearns visits, 1 pm USS Brinkley Bass open ship at Pier 16, 2 pm Civic Band concert at Lincoln Park, and 2 pm and 7 pm Junior Theater The Disenchantment of Lerna at Houghton Park Artesia Blvd and Harding Ave.
A Long Beach narcotics raid led to two men held without bail on suspicion of cultivation and possession for sale. Ten other CSLB students, including a 23 year old G Harris and M Lyons, are free on 1250 bail each pending disposal of misdemeanor charges. Officers recovered a potted marijuana plant outside the apartment and seized seeds and debris after a two week investigation.
A 15 month old girl named Valerie Anderson died after being run over by a car backing out of a Long Beach driveway at 1045 Alamitos Ave. The incident occurred around 5 30 pm while she walked behind the vehicle. Driver James Shepeard 35 of 1130 Hill St said he did not see the child and was not cited.
Mrs. Bernice M. Hall of 1876 Santa Fe Ave. operates a real estate firm and was elected to membership in the American Society of Notaries, a nonprofit group of notary public officers.
Burglars forced open a rear door at Edwin Leon Leach 178 West 67th Way. They removed a stereo and tape deck valued at 1965 dollars. Long Beach police reported Friday.
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