16 Nov 1969
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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1969
Page
1
Thousands march in Washington and San Francisco in a climactic second Vietnam moratorium. Police fire tear gas as about 5 000 youths clash near the Justice Department in Washington. Demonstrations draw hundreds of thousands in both cities and across the nation amid mixed support for Nixon policy.
Peace forces estimated at 125000 strong gathered at Golden Gate Park Stadium in San Francisco for a rally against death and to celebrate life. The crowd included more than 1000 Southlanders and featured Mort Stein who called for the silent majority. Marchers came from Embarcadero, through downtown, to Geary Expressway, with no arrests reported.
Saigon reports 43 accused including ex adviser Huynh Van Teong will face treason charges with possible death penalty on November 28 in a major spy case for South Vietnam.
The column fields finance questions from readers in Long Beach and reports on a Bank of America inquiry in Pasadena. It also explains the decline of 3-D movies by the mid 1950s, noting reasons from weak integration to polarized glasses and synchronization issues, and cites sources available at the Long Beach Library.
The Los Angeles County DPSS requests volunteers to adopt elderly blind or disabled persons and Cuban refugee families lacking local relatives for holiday remembrance. The program expands social work services and invites contact with Gale Schoepf at 591-6611 Ext 414 for the Long Beach DPSS office.
Prewar classical arrangement of Deep Purple featured a section later issued as a separate piece titled Lilacs in the Rain. The note references ACTION LINE continued on page 4 9 column 1.
Apollo 12 passes midcourse toward the moon on a wider slower path. The crew transmits a color telecast from 156,180 miles Earthward as flight controllers report near flawless systems and an on board clock as the only casualty of lift off.
A brief note argues that families who embrace teen work are the smoothest, presenting work ethic as the key to harmony and success within households. The piece urges parents to value early responsibility.
An Independent Press Telegram probe details stockpiled weapons at Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station and long range warheads at Ft. MacArthur San Pedro Palos Verdes Garden Grove Brea Malibu Chatsworth and Mt. Gleason. Long Beach hosts three of four nuclear powered ships Truxt on Bainbridge and Long Beach while Ticonderoga has been reassigned. Authorities say accidental launch is unlikely though not absolutely ruled out.
Doyle A. Terry, a Long Beach killer on San Quentin's death row, was granted a 500 dollar defense expense allowance and a valet by Superior Court Judge John F. McCarthy to aid in further appeals. Terry, 40, has faced death sentences in 1960 1962 and 1965, each overturned by the State Supreme Court.
Parade Magazine probes childhood dreams of figures like Spiro Agnew Hubert Humphrey and J Edgar Hoover. Headlines note United States Russia nuclear talks begin Monday in Helsinki and health and politics stories on pages A-5 A-19 A-22 A-27 with a focus on public concerns.
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