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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1969
Page
1
Action Line announces its service in Long Beach California offering to solve problems and answer questions. Readers are invited to mail to Box 230 or call 432 3451 during listed hours for assistance and guidance on public matters.
The Water Ski Clinic Guide from the Golden West Tournament Water Ski Club lists ski sites from Bakersfield to San Diego with facilities and club addresses. ACTION LINE can send copies. consider joining the Golden West club at 6711 S Sherbourne Dr Los Angeles 90056. Notable sites include Marine Stadium Long Beach Newport Beach Back Bay Lake Elsinore Lake Piru and Mission Bay San Diego.
The column reports veterinarians and a humane society director agree cats can find their way home over long distances. It cites cases of cats traveling 10 to 2000 miles and a Minneapolis return after 18 months, with advice on bonding and older cats. It also notes a reader awaiting free frozen foods from Food Programs, Inc. awaiting shipment.
The January 18 1969 Federal Register clarifies a regulation by the U S Land Management Bureau allowing private groups to seek special use permits for recreational events on public land. It strengthens federal nonliability for accidents in private sports events and requires route inspection, event purpose disclosure, vehicle counts, and liability acceptance. The government may reject applications that risk safety or scenic values.
President Nixon presses Fortas resignation amid reports Abe Fortas took a 20000 dollar fee from the Wolfson Family Foundation. Attorney General Mitchell reportedly met with Chief Justice Warren in secret to urge Fortas to step down as the affair involves executive legislative and judicial branches. Newsweek covers the Mitchell Warren meeting.
A earthslide on Interstate 80 westbound collapsed lanes severing a gas line beneath the freeway. Gasoline flowed into storm drains in Terra Hills El Sobrante as fire crews mobilized. Traffic rerouted over old U S 50 and Alta Dam Road. Evacuation warnings issued to keep residents safe.
Rear Adm. Levering Smith, director of Navy strategic systems projects, says the 41 submarine Polaris fleet cannot be attacked now and will remain safe in the foreseeable future. He notes no proven Russian antisubmarine methods threaten the fleet and satellites cannot realistically detect submarines underwater.
Viet Cong battled Saigon police in the capital and bombed markets wounding civilians. A commando unit attacked a school near President Thieu’s palace. police killed or captured the whole group. A separate squad tried to assassinate the U S Navy commander but failed. More towns faced shelling and casualties as battles raged near Pleiku and Da Nang.
UPI reports Dr. John S. Foster Jr. says as few as 100 of the 1,000 Minuteman ICBMs might survive a Soviet first strike by 1975. He links this to Nixon’s ABM plans and a projected Soviet SS9 force of 500 missiles with triple warheads totaling 1,500 warheads.
Governor Ronald Reagan argued on a statewide broadcast that some Californians will pay more under the tax reform plan aimed at shifting the burden off homeowners by raising the income tax. He said there would be no overall tax increase and urged viewers to send comments to his reform effort.
Five members of the Jessen family were killed when their rented four place Cessna 172 crashed in heavy fog near Chino. Richard A. Jessen 32 his wife Ruth 35 and their sons Joseph 11 John 7 and James 5 were aboard the plane bound for Lake Havasu. The aircraft owned by Holiday Flying Service at Chino Airport crashed into a plowed field after engine sputtering.
Shelby Township police raided an American Legion hall north of Detroit and arrested 81 people including three nude women.
A fragmented quote notes that resisting temptation risks losing it forever. The line suggests a paradox about self control and the lure of opportunity, implying advice on restraint and timing in moments of choice.
A brief item notes the plan for one in twelve residents to be on county welfare next year as outlined on page A-8.
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