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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1968
Page
2
San Diego reports that UC Regents' committee advanced a modification of the one lecture appearance limit for non faculty lecturers like Eldridge Cleaver. The plan would let officials grant exemptions while keeping no academic credit. Legislature and Reagan tied to upcoming operating budget debate figures.
Los Angeles reports the California State College trustees chairman Theodore Meriam warned that correctional steps would be taken against San Francisco State faculty who refuse to teach. The campus had reopened after a crisis meeting as dissident professors skipped classes demanding change. Meriam condemned the activists, saying they defy the people and threaten thousands of students seeking an orderly education.
Longshoremen refuse to work in No 5 hold of the President Taylor triggering PMA to declare it a grieved ship. No gangs to work other vessels until unloading. Port idle count climbs to 19 ships by Thursday night across Los Angeles and Long Beach ports under union jurisdiction.
San Francisco Grand Jury postponed an investigation into charges the Black Panthers are an organization advocating killing policemen. One of eight men involved in Tuesday’s shooting of three officers has been charged as gunman Willie Lee Brent, 37, a Black Panther captain, with assault to commit murder and robbery. Five other militants will be released. Meanwhile three ships diverted to San Francisco and 29 ships in port could use longshore crews as PMA and union dispute continues.
About 300 students and faculty rallied at UC San Diego and another 150 students held a hunger strike inspired by a regents meeting. More than 200 of 830 professors signed a request urging the regents to reject Gov Reagan's proposal reducing faculty control over course appointments. They said they defend academic freedom as the regents meet, with a silent vigil scheduled to continue until Friday.
A UC group reports over 10 000 signatures supporting credit for Eldridge Cleaver in Social Analysis 139 X. UC President Hitch will present the petition to Regents in San Diego. Eight in ten signatures from those surveyed supported the petition despite not representing the entire campus. Cleaver has given two lectures of the ten lecture course before the Regents limited him to one. A burglary on 263 E Nevada St Long Beach saw a coin collection valued at 175 stolen from Gary V Page's home.
Students rallied demanding reforms as about 2,500 filled the campus commons then swelled to the main administration building. Police moved in with shields and billy clubs while fraternities and faculty carried signs. A guard was injured in the melee, and officers fired blanks to disperse demonstrators. Fire and bomb incidents helped prompt the college to close seven days after a larger protest by the BSU and Third World group. George Murray of the Black Panther faction urged continued disruption and said the union would not negotiate while police remained on campus.
In a hospital a 25 year old woman may become the first on record to survive rabies. Candida de Souza Barbosa was bitten by a stray dog and later developed nervous symptoms. Surgeons at Francisca de Castro Hospital injected hyperimmune globulin through brain tubes in a pioneering operation. Doctors say she shows signs of recovery and is probably out of danger.
Congress debated gun control after Senator Robert F. Kennedy's assassination. A proposed form would require buyers to describe weapons and for stores to keep permanent records. Industry spokesmen argued descriptions are unnecessary, while officials defended keeping detailed buyer data for police checks.
Ministry sources say credits for France may total about 2.95 billion dollars with 2 billion from the Bank for International Settlements and 950 million underwritten by other nations. Germany would supply roughly 700 million. Britain rumored to contribute credits as well. A 10 percent franc devaluation and higher UK tax talks circulated by London Times, with no independent source.
Santa Cruz police and the FBI arrested Joseph Francis Cowan Jr age 29 of Oakland in connection with a series of 30 bombings in the San Francisco Bay area. Cowan was identified by a Santa Cruz resident who saw his photo in newspapers. Charles W. Bates, head of the San Francisco FBI office, confirmed Cowan as one of five suspects.
Fremont upi report states Clinton Wright wage son of Fremont Chief Wright was arrested Thursday for marijuana possession. Authorities said an unspecified amount of marijuana and paraphernalia were found after a gas station call. Wright remained jailed at Santa Rita Prison Farm with bail set at 4250 dollars as charges against Tumer were dropped.
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