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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1969
Page
3
The report outlines voter results across districts with incumbents Corbett Graham Deats Sullivan and others advancing to June runoffs. It notes margins for Corbett and Stein in 9th and 3rd districts, details opponents’ professions and prior controversies, and lists remaining standings in the 1st 2nd 4th and 5th districts.
The city clerk reports 47,837 Long Beach residents voted in the municipal primary, about 29.68 percent of the electorate. Mayor Edwin W. Wade faces runoff challenger Howard J. Pollchik, a 24 year old budget analyst with an MBA. Turnout lagged behind the Nixon Humphrey election.
City Clerk Margaret L. Moore praised Tuesday night as ballots moved to the city computer at 10 40 p m almost five hours faster than three years ago. The vote marked Long Beach s first use of Votomatic machines with precinct workers delivering ballots by car to ten check in tables on Everett Goble s parking lot near Third Street and Cedar Avenue.
Joan Irvine Smith failed to persuade Orange County supervisors to reopen 54000 acres of Irvine Ranch as agricultural preserves. County Counsel Adrian Kuyper cited protest irrelevance while officials processed the vote. more than 100 people watched results at the clerk’s office as candidates and press observed.
Councilman Paul R. Deats disputes reports that the Long Beach primary election could decide the fate of the Queen Mary and the airport. He calls the claim an absolute fallacy and states the Queen Mary’s fate is not in jeopardy regardless of the election outcome.
Senator George Deukmejian of Long Beach said he will hold a series of statewide news conferences in Sacramento Los Angeles and San Diego to announce a possible run for attorney general next year. Democratic Attorney General Thomas Lynch intends to seek a second term.
Los Angeles county supervisors approved accepting federal funds to staff a new mental health center at Olive View Hospital. 116 employees will run a 24 hour emergency admitting service, 50 inpatient beds, and psychiatric outpatient services with 90 percent offset by state and federal subventions over 51 months. the county will contribute about 10 percent or $110 000 of the $1.1 million program cost.
A second victim died from injuries after a private plane crashed Sunday in Pacoima. Air Force S. Sgt. Donald Chilcott, 25, of Alta Loma, died from multiple injuries at Pacoima Memorial Lutheran Hospital. His brother Richard M. Chilcott, 28, perished in the crash when the Piper Cherokee struck a tree and burst into a truck near San Fernando Airport.
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