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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

May 30, 1969

Page

4

Poly High Faces Tense Night Over Student Demands

About 100 people gathered at the Community Improvement League to air a list of student demands. School officials said the list was handed to them late Thursday and no official response would be made before review. A plan to keep classes open with increased security was announced, and a rumor control center was proposed to curb unfounded reports. Police separated a crowd of white youths shouting racial slurs as black students boycotted, with roughly half the Poly High enrollment absent.

Community Improvement League Olive Ave Poly High Henry Garcia Poly Rodriguez Negro

Unclear fragment on student protests and relations

Fragment cites a policeman wounded by gunshot and remark from Rockefeller about small minority blocking normal relations. mentions students but lacks full context or outcome.

Rockefeller

Nixon forms Environmental Quality Council to protect resources

President Nixon signs an executive order creating the Environmental Quality Council at his Key Biscayne home. He names himself as chairman with Agnew as vice chairman and Lee A. Dubridge as executive secretary, joining cabinet members to lead a national resource protection effort.

Miami Nixon Key Biscayne Environmental Quality Council Agnew Lee A. Dubridge

2 Beaches Reopen to Swimmers

The Orange County health officer lifted the quarantine on waters off West Newport Beach and Huntington Beach State Park on Thursday after a Riverside sewer line break sent untreated sewage into the Santa Ana River. Shellfish gathering remained restricted while lab tests monitor safety.

West Newport Beach Huntington Beach State Park John R. Philp Orange County Philp Riverside City Santa Ana

Hunger Strikers at UCLA Face Dehydration

Four UCLA students fasting since Monday to protest National Guard troops in Berkeley showed signs of severe dehydration. Of 29 strikers, nine had stopped fluids, five refused to drink, while others took small sips and salt. Dr. Nicholas S. Assali urged rehydration.

Los Angeles UCLA National Guard Berkeley Nicholas S. Assali Assali

Strike Lockout Fails to Close 350 Markets in LA

In Los Angeles County more than 350 supermarkets stayed open Thursday using nonunion and supervisory staff after an 11,900 member lockout by Food Employers Council retaliation for a strike at 23 Food Giant stores by Retail Clerks Union Local 770. Ralphs Alpha Beta Shopping Bag Safeway and Vons markets remained open. unions say some stores may close or cut hours while hundreds of others have new contracts.

Los Angeles County Food Employers Council Food Giant Retail Clerks Union Local Are Ralphs Alpha Beta Shopping Bag Safeway Vons

Memorials honor boy at grave as train stops each year

A Memorial Day ritual continues as trains halt at the boy's grave to lay a wreath. The Clark Rotary Club holds annual services at his grave, while in Rindigo New Hampshire services for war dead occur at the Cathedral of the Pines. A Sacramento roadwork bid of 4.74 million was submitted to convert 3.8 miles of a US route.

Clark Rotary Club Rindigo N.H America Cathedral of the Pines Sacramento U.S

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