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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1969
Page
3
Santa Barbara residents rally against offshore oil after a massive 1969 spill. Leaders argue for canceling 1968 offshore leases and halting future exploration while legal action and federal inertia loom. The town debates whether to present a glossy tourist-facing front or stress long-term ecological risk.
Michael Kane 29 returns to Newport Beach after a 22 month 30 000 mile trimaran voyage around the world. He sailed Aug 2 1967 with a crew of 37 including nine women and survived cyclones and gales. Kane plans a book and may sail again with family as crew.
The Shirley Ann cabin cruiser exploded in Oxnard Harbor during the Channel Islands Harbor celebration. Six aboard were injured, with one in critical condition and two seriously hurt. Coast Guard and a Navy minesweeper aided in rescue efforts as the vessel was moved clear of other boats and the fire was extinguished. No onlookers were harmed.
In Santa Ana Superior Court Judge Claude M Owens will hear whether Orange County legally abandoned Salt Creek Road to Laguna Niguel Corp The hearing was ordered after attorneys Michael Sagar and William C Wilcoxen argued the county supervisors privately gifted public property The road was abandoned in March 1968 without a public hearing and later mapped as private property by the developer
A two day lockout by major Los Angeles chains keeps 12 000 Retail Clerks Union Local 770 members from work after the union struck Food Giant. About 350 stores remain open with supervisory and 2000 nonunion workers. Negotiations with the Food Employers Council continue as unions push for respect for other picket lines and higher wage offers.
Classified ads promise money saving prices on a variety of goods and services. Readers are urged to check the listings for bargains and seasonal deals across categories.
Alexander Lechuga, 29, a convicted murderer, escaped Soledad State Prison Friday by cutting a hole in a security fence. Officials say he wore blue denim prison garb and is believed to be on foot. Lechuga was jailed for marijuana possession and later convicted of second degree murder of a fellow inmate.
Jacqueline Zimmer and Nannie Bessie Wheeler, both nude performers, were found guilty by a Santa Ana Municipal Court jury on eight and six counts respectively of lewd conduct and indecent exposure from a bottomless act at a Santa Ana beer tavern. Sentencing set for June 20. expert testimony cited obscenity standards.
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