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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1969
Page
3
Pro God fleet boats blocked due to wrong position as Sun Oil Co. towed in a 1,500 ton platform for a multi well offshore project. Protesters vow to pursue court action while authorities push ahead, citing safety and environmental concerns after last January blowout.
Berkeley report says University of California faculty senate votes 157 to 4 to deny access to confidential faculty files by regents without a court order. The vote also rejects regents claim to ownership of all faculty records. Professor John Searle bars committee records from regents in pending suit.
Marcus Price, 29, was arraigned on six charges after reportedly binding his two stepchildren at gunpoint in a Torrance home and shooting a man. Bail was set at 50 000 with a preliminary hearing scheduled for December 9. Simpson, 26, remains in serious condition with a abdomen wound.
A Los Angeles judge ruled that thirteen new city ordinances banning topless and bottomless dancing are partially invalid. He held that without obscenity such performances are protected by the First Amendment and issued a preliminary injunction blocking arrests for dancers wearing minimal covering until a full hearing.
About 800 UAW members ended a 0 day walkout at the Lawndale Army Missile Plant after a three year contract agreement. The stoppage began November 7 and idled production of the Shillelagh missile. The deal increases hourly wages by 33 to 37 cents this year and raises by 3 percent next year and in 1971. old scale was 1.90 to 3.51 per hour.
The article notes a $275 million college budget comparison and controversy over Reagan administration funding for higher education. It cites an extra 900000 state appropriation last year, 10000 denied spring applicants, and Weinberger denying campus closures while planning new campuses. It also reports the accidental electrocution of Jerry Flanders, 33, in Irvine.
The former vice president of the Fuller Paint Co. in Los Angeles was accused Wednesday of bilking the firm out of thousands of dollars by ped dling bills and expense accounts. The scheme surfaced in a $648,000 suit against E. W. Lochrie of Orange California by the successors of W. P. Fuller Paint Co.
The article quotes Luboff criticizing delays and noting failure to connect with tenants. He says connections were hard and that in the area tenants avoided meeting when they were nearby. The remark reflects frustration with ongoing issues.
Samovars in brass copper or silver come in sizes and prices from 20 to 50 dollars. Persian Crown Imports at 198 E Fifth St Long Beach offers them for tea heating as Chekhov fans may recall.
A reader asks why amid many soothsayers none can help locate the Zodiac killer. The letter presses police to supply the name address and whereabouts sought by Mrs W K of Wilmington.
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