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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1969
Page
4
Ground control says midcourse burns are tweaks as Apollo 11 heads toward Earth. Stafford notes feeling like leaving the cratered moon and approaching Earth, while the crew enjoys a successful shaving experiment in space and anticipates Polynesian greetings on landing.
A stock fraud indictment linked to Wolfson faces Douglas remarks and raises questions about Parvin Foundation. Critics note the foundation’s start with nearly 3 million from Parvin’s Flamingo Hotel sale profits. The file includes IRS scrutiny of the foundation’s tax exempt status and documents responding to more than a dozen questioned transactions.
Sherman Grinberg Film Library offers a 20 minute 16mm sound film Spectacular Disasters with a Hindenburg segment for 5 dollars and 200 feet of 16mm disaster footage for 10 dollars. A dirigible burst into flames at Lakehurst New Jersey on May 6 1937 during its landing after the first transatlantic crossing killing several people.
A reader questions downtown Long Beach parking meters with a one hour limit urging two hour spaces and noting impact on shoppers. The letter comes amid other items mentioning the Parvin Foundation and SEC inquiries into Parvin Dohrmann, with references to tax issues and foundation activities abroad.
The Nixon Administration faces a likely Senate approval of a $192.9 billion spending ceiling tied to a $3.8 billion supplemental bill. Senate leaders from both parties debate the flexibility and purpose of the ceiling with Mansfield proposing broader cuts and reallocation from defense to domestic programs.
The Indianapolis Star reports a laser armed satellite, dubbed the sky guardian, could destroy nuclear missiles soon after launch. A super laser in orbit might render ICBMs obsolete, while debate over ballistic missile defense budgets continues and defense silence hints at progress. Ordered satellites and manned detection destroyers are cited as future steps in global surveillance and weapons control.
Four Massachusetts clergymen read the names of about 35 000 Americans killed in Vietnam on a small town common. The muted vigil drew a crowd of around 85 as readers spoke without amplification, pausing every 30 minutes for prayers while cameras watched.
A 9 year old girl fell from an overpass onto the Santa Ana Freeway in Los Angeles. Police arrested Stella Altamarino, 19, and George Hernandez, 25, on suspicion of assault with intent to commit murder. The girl remained in serious condition at USC Medical Center.
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