04 Oct 1969
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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1969
Page
1
Readers are invited to write ACTION LINE Box 230 Long Beach California 90801 or call 432 3451 for help with general interest questions. Service hours are 9 am to 1 pm and 5 pm to 9 pm Monday through Friday.
The weekly lunch menu for Long Beach elementary, junior high and high schools is printed every Sunday in the Women's Section of The Independent Press Telegram.
Q and A discuss city rules banning front yard trailer parking to preserve street views and set back rules. City Manager Julian notes the law designed to protect residents view. Tradeoffs with traffic laws and enforcement via specific complaints are mentioned.
The House approved a 21.35 billion dollar military procurement measure after a heated debate. The bill funds programs including the Safeguard antimissile system, C-5A transports, F-5 fighters, and expanded Navy shipbuilding. A major liberal victory limits chemical and biological weapons provisions with annual DoD reports. Differences with the Senate will be resolved in conference.
President Nixon pressed the Senate to swiftly confirm Clement F. Haynsworth Jr. to the Supreme Court amid demands to withdraw. Nixon sent a letter to Senate Republican leader Hugh Scott urging dispatch and stating he would do all he can to secure confirmation.
A state financed three year Mobile Math Lab served eighth graders below grade level using a 40 foot trailer with 24 students, two teachers, and college aides. The program was cut back when state aid ended but praised as successful and expected to renew funding and expand to seventh and ninth graders.
Readers are advised to use Action Line’s special number to record questions. If lines are busy, send postcards or letters with name, address and nonpublic phone number. Include important details but no photos or documents. Only one query at a time and no stamps or SASEs are needed.
Maritime unions at an AFL-CIO news conference announced a plan to boycott all U.S. ports within weeks. They seek Nixon administration action to rebuild the U.S. Merchant Marine and halt foreign flag operations and consolidation by Hess Amerada and Walter Kidde.
Downey officer stops a gunman at 9356 Farm St after he threatened self harm. Lt. Joe Guthrie talks for nearly an hour, disarms himself, then gains Marshun’s trust as others back away. The despondent 35 year old electrical engineer at North American Rockwell is described as wavering before surrender.
A new oil slick washed ashore along 25 miles of Santa Barbara beaches coating sand and rocks and fouling harbor hulls. Union Oil Co installed recovery devices but a loose trap released trapped oil. Interior Chief Hickel declined bans, favoring drilling to drain remaining pockets.
Guests at the International Hotel noted a strong odor on the 27th floor as health experts searched for sewer issues and then investigated attic spaces. Workers, aiming to finish the 30 story building by July, admitted plastering more than 270 bats into an attic area.
San Francisco The University of California regents voted 14 to 6 to allow Angela Davis to remain on UCLA payroll while barring her from teaching during her appeal. The decision followed an emergency meeting after Davis acknowledged being a Communist.
Americans must be getting stronger. Twenty years ago it took two people to carry ten dollars of groceries. Today a child can do it.
A report notes the use of marijuana sniffing dogs at Camp Pendleton as part of base security training. The brief outlines a high profile raid incident that went wrong and a separate Chicago trial involving Abbie Hoffman.
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