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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1969
Page
1
A reader asks about street box mail pickups and lag between evening and morning rounds. An official says no fixed local rule exists, with collection tied to main post office dispatches and higher city-area frequency in business districts.
A reader reports paying 75 dollars for assigned risk coverage to a Farmers agent who later left the company. Farmers says the payment would have been covered if it had been a Farmers policy, but the money may not have been sent to the state Insurance Commissioner. File a complaint with the California Department of Insurance with names, dates, and documents.
The Intercommunity Exceptional Children's Home seeks to convert a five acre city owned vacant lot at 2666 Grand Ave into a park and playground for mentally and physically handicapped children. They have no funds and need grass seed shrubs trees tools and equipment plus volunteers. For information contact Marie Deramo or Lee Kalepp at 426 1721.
A Long Beach photographer Quest Photographic Processes photographed a granddaughter who won first place in a piano contest. The studio is reorganizing its financing but plans to make pictures available to buyers through the Southwestern Youth Music Festival sponsorship.
A Long Beach couple complains after four reserved orchestra seats for Carlos Montoya are moved from the Long Beach Auditorium to the smaller concert hall. About 1100 tickets were sold, prompting the change to a 1300 seat venue. A refund for the $2 difference is not guaranteed, per Concerts International spokesman.
Washington reports the Senate refused consent to Haynsworth forcing President Nixon to choose a fresh nominee for the Supreme Court. Speculation centers on a moderate southern judge, with a push for a rigorous pre approval review to avoid another ethical controversy and a January nomination return. Potential names include Rogers Stennis Mills but legal concerns about lawmakers in line for posts limit options.
The Army says Lt. William L. Calley is charged with premeditated murder of about 100 Vietnamese civilians in the March 1968 My Lai raid. Investigations also involve 24 soldiers, Calley to face court martial at Fort Benning. no date set.
A three story orphanage on the outskirts of Saigon collapsed early today crushing at least nine children and one teacher. Twenty eight more youngsters were trapped but rescued by American and Vietnamese workers. The 18 year old Chinese teacher Ming Chu Loong sounded the alarm before the building fell, and she was among the dead.
Apollo 12 astronauts Conrad Bean and Gordon moved from lunar orbit toward the Pacific splashdown near Pago Pago aboard Yankee Clipper. They reported a steady climb home, and a 37 minute TV relay showed the receding moon as weather aboard the USS Hornet forecast a favorable splashdown.
The Long Beach Los Angeles area CPI rose to 130.1 in October, up 5.1 percent over the year as higher auto and gas costs pushed prices to a record. Dining out rose while grocery prices fell, and housing costs edged up 0.1 percent, widening the gap from ten years earlier.
The Russian 2,500-ton former hydrographic ship Sarychev has operated about 40 miles off the Southern California coast and along the West Coast since November 5. It is under constant surveillance by U.S. ships and is described as an intelligence collector monitoring U.S. electronic emissions. The vessel has reached as far north as Vancouver and on several occasions approached 30 miles from land but did not enter U.S. territorial waters.
A nuclear device was detonated at the Nevada test site in a 1,292 ft shaft. The Atomic Energy Commission reported no radiation leakage. The blast energy ranged from 20 000 to 200 000 tons of TNT and measured 5.0 on the Richter scale at UC Berkeley.
Government stance promotes deferred payment options for University of California tuition. The item notes Governor Reagan’s position and directs readers to Page A-3 for details.
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