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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1968
Page
3
California politics hinge on Assembly races as Democrat Jess Unruh risks losing the speaker post if Republicans gain control. The outcome depends on coattails from Humphrey and Cranston campaigns, with 15 open seats and possible 40 40 tie in the Assembly.
City and county offices close except emergency services and rubbish collection. Federal departments including the Post Office stay open. Long Beach Chamber of Commerce notes businesses operate except for sale of alcoholic beverages which is banned on general election days until polls close.
A suspect in the slaying of Dallas trucker Steve Le Roy Aberes was arrested near Oakland. Robert Higgs, 35, Emeryville, was taken into custody after Long Beach detectives traced Aberes route and interviewed witnesses. Aberes was found shot five times in his locked van on East 59th Street. about 1300 dollars in expense money disappeared.
Effren Sandoval aged 38 died when his car skidded off the Santa Ana Freeway in Anaheim and struck a light standard near Euclid Avenue. California Highway Patrol said he was dead at the scene.
Los Angeles faces a potential loss of about 2 million dollars in revenue if the City Council adopts quarterly collection of the 5 percent tippler's tax on sale of alcoholic beverages, instead of monthly. Walter Kettmer of the Tax and Permit Division urged monthly collection to prevent shortfalls in the 1968-69 budget and to balance the current budget.
About 100 county repair men reported sick for a second day as a pay dispute halted power equipment work. The issue centers on changing salary formulas from the current top of 776 to 846 dollars monthly, with the county citing policy limits and funding as obstacles.
Drippy clouds dropped .17 inch of rain on Long Beach Sunday while a warming breeze returned for a mostly sunny Monday. Forecasts predict only high cloudiness with no rain in the near future and the weather station at Sixth Street and Pine Avenue logged .17 inch and .09 inch at different sites.
In a surprise move Los Angeles officials halted a voluntary busing plan for about 220 Woodcrest Elementary students to Amestoy Gar dena Meyler Street and White Point schools saying the time was insufficient to ensure full community understanding and integration details.
Superior Court judge rejects motion to dismiss a $13.1 million suit filed by Los Angeles against several oil companies and landowners stemming from the 1963 Baldwin Hills dam collapse.
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