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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Nov 28, 1968

Page

3

Sunken Triple Crown Oil Tenders Crew Hope Fades

Divers report no air pocket inside the 170 foot Triple Crown as seven men believed trapped below decks after the vessel sank eight miles off Santa Barbara early Monday. Sixteen were rescued from the wreck, with Coast Guard aircraft spotting an empty life raft and life jacket while current and depth hinder further access.

Santa Barbara Laddie Handelman Santa Barbara’ Channel Long Beach Pacific Saturn Coast Guard

Sealab III Leaks During Initial Pacific Test Off San Clemente

Sealab III, the 300 ton undersea habitat, dipped into the Pacific near San Clemente Island, sprang a leak, and was raised for repairs by Navy welders. It was re lowered to ocean depth as crews test pressurization and life support connections ahead of multi team aqua habitation runs.

Pacific Bob Shumway Navy Pacific Ocean San Clemente Island Sealab III San Clemente Sealab Ill Murphy Pacific Co San Diego San Francisco Murphy

Hayakawa Named Acting SF State Chief Amid Bomb Threat

San Francisco State College elevated Dr. S I Hayakawa to acting president after Dr. Robert R Smith resigned. A bomb threat prompted doubled guards at Hayakawa's Mill Valley home and police help. Faculty leaders criticized the selection process while students urged a campus voice strike and power-sharing.

S. I. Hayakawa San Francisco State College Robert R. Smith SFSC Smith John Summerskill Hayakawa Mill Valley Dan Terzich

New Trial Delay Sought for Sirhan

Sirhan Bishara Sirhan's attorney filed a motion in Los Angeles Superior Court seeking a new trial delay until after January 2, 1969. Russell E. Parsons asks to appear before Judge Herbert V. Walker to request the continuance. Sirhan, 24, faces trial December 9 for the Kennedy assassination, with no specific reason given for the delay.

Sirhan Bishara Sirhan Robert F. Kennedy Los Angeles County Superior Court Russell E. Parsons Herbert V. Walker Sirhan Walker Kennedy California Parsons

Card Cheat Trial Jury Excused Until Monday

In Los Angeles the Friars Club card cheating trial jurors were excused by U.S. District Judge William P. Gray to observe Thanksgiving. Foreman John P. Delgadillo said verdicts are partly reached as deliberations continue on 49 counts. The 12 jurors face a 22 count indictment and the prosecution alleges show business names were cheated of over $400,000 in gin rummy games.

Los Angeles Friars Club U.S

San Fernando Students Protest Administration Over Rights

About 300 San Fernando Valley State College students marched on the administration building on Wednesday to protest infringements of student rights. Eighteen leaders chained themselves with paper mache links and chanted Chains of fear and oppression shall hold us no more.

San Fernando Valley State College

Medi Cal Bilk Claim Upheld by State Controversy

The attorney general rejects an eight million dollar annual Medi Cal fraud claim as unfounded and says prosecutions will follow. The report alleges doctors dentists pharmacists and nursing homes submitted false claims inflated charges kickbacks and double billing. Chief Deputy Attorney General Charles A. O'Brien says the medical spokesmen failed to disprove the report and notes over 200 cheating instances since its release.

Charles A. O’brien Los Angeles

PMA Seeks Court Ruling to Resume Port Operations

PMA files federal suit seeking court orders and damages tied to a shutdown at the port. The action targets American President Lines and two other firms with daily penalties and flat expense awards while longshoremen’s cooperation remains uncertain.

Local 13 Curt Johnson Taylor PMA American President Lines, Ltd Consolidated Marine, Inc Metropolitan Stevedoring Co American President Lines Consolidated and Metropolitan MacEvoy

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