Prophecy rumors and weather chatter in Reach column
The column notes rumors of a Jean Dixon prophecy misattributed to predicting disaster, mentions Helen Crozie Greenwood’s wild forecasts, and observes townsfolk traveling to avoid supposed events. It also covers local street instability over a dumped fill site, an automated billing dispute, and Reach’s 19th birthday with a note on rain and desire for a wet winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Dixon
Washington
IPT
Jim McCauley
California
Miss Greenwood
Nelson Rockefeller
Thomas Kucher
Ronald Reagan
Grady Helm
Helm
Yucca Valley
Las Vegas
Emile
Loynes Dr
New Street
Studebaker Rd
Riftwood
Beach Combing
Jess Grundy
W. C. Fields
Prop 3 Endorsed by Schools in Long Beach Area
Long Beach area schools back Prop 3 a statewide educational bond of 250 million dollars to fund rebuilding with 100 million for UC and state college construction and 50 million for city grants to replace substandard school buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Board of Education
University of California
State College System
Mexico
Town Hall Monologues Spark New Left Critique
A Long Beach Town Hall discussion devolved into monologues attacking the establishment. Panelists included Vic Vargas deputy probation officer Saul Stolzberg SDS member Dennis Rorgan and Davy Crockett of the Peace and Freedom Party. Stolzberg urged a petition drive to redraw Long Beach elections to district voting. Rorgan urged greater white support after Black Power influence. Crockett outlined Peace and Freedom ideals. Moderator Rev. Ray Broshears announced his 1969 City Council bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Left
Long Beach
Church of God of Light
Los Alamitos
Vic Vargas
Los Angeles County
Saul Stolzberg
New Politics
Dennis Rorgan
California State College At
Cratic Society
SDS
Davy Crockett
Peace and Freedom Party
Stolzberg
CNP
Ray Broshears
We Are Indio Not Caucasian Declares MexicanCulture Leader
Luis Valdez of El Teatro Campesino spoke at California State College Long Beach during La Semana de La Raza. He criticized San Joaquin Valley landowners and the United Farm Workers, arguing that grape-machine harvesting accelerates Latino displacement while urging pride in Indio heritage and Mexican identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Joaquin Valley
United Farm Workers of California
Delano
Joyful Explosions Protest Theater At Cal State Long Beach
Chicano power energizes Cal State Long Beach Little Theater with four social protest plays by El Teatro Campesino El Teatro Chicano and Teatro de Playa Larga drawing 400 plus to a Mexican Culture Week event. Jose the migrant worker faces exploitation before organizing a strike as Valdez calls out land issues and Delano grape boycott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CAL State
Tom Shaw
Cal State Long Beach
el Teatro Campesino
The
Peasant’s Theater
el Teatro Chicano
Teatro de Playa Larga
Long Beach
Sal Castro
Lincoln High
Delano
Luis Valdez
Jose
el Patron
Voters to Settle Transfers for Longwood Students
The Los Angeles area board ruled 18 Longwood Estates students can stay in Long Beach schools until a Nov 5 annexation vote decides their future. If Long Beach annexation passes they stay. if not they return to Compton at semester end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board of Education
Longwood Estates
Long Beach High Schools
Compton Unified School District
Long Beach
Compton
Compten
Jordan and
Hamilton
Dale Ely
Hurricane Years frames stress as heart disease trigger
Novel by Cameron Hawley, a former carnival roustabout turned writer, argues emotional stress drives heart attacks more than diet or smoking. He drew on six years of cardiology research with Drs. Selye Friedman and Rosenman, linking Type A behavior to higher heart disease risk, with the book drawing praise from the researchers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron Hawley
Little, Brown and Co
Hawley
Cash McCall
Southland
Hans Selve
Institute of Experimental Medicine and Surgery
University of Montreal
Meyer Friedman
Ray Rosenman
Harold Brunn
Mount Zion Hospital
San Francisco
Friedman
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Malcolm Epley
Jimmie McCormick
Ralph Hinman JR
City College Liberal Arts
Business and Technology
Poly High School
Wilson High
Avalon
Boyd High
Franklin
Jefferson
Lindbergh
Rogers
Geraldine Grant
Bill Hazlett
Rergan
Crockett
Black Panther
Eldridge Cleaver
Los Estados Unidos
the Peasants’ Theater
Valdez
West Valley
Texas
United States
Cslb Little Theater
Walt Murray
Andele
America
Hollywood
Pancho
Longwood
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