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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1969
Page
9
A two page picture feature titled Early Man shows bearded naked men throwing rocks with a publisher blurb prompting a quip from Reader Reta Bennett. The column then shifts to local anecdotes about a nervous HOSE license test, a memorable Postmaster Dave Selcer, and Driftwood notes on Long Beach locals.
David Selcer longtime Long Beach postmaster since 1962 died Monday at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital Los Angeles at 71 He lived at 4541 Montair Ave and had been in hospital since August Services will be held Wednesday at 1 pm in Hillside Memorial Park Chapel Los Angeles with Malinow Silverman Mortuary in charge A native of Duluth Minnesota he moved to Long Beach in 1955 from Beverly Hills where he designed clothing for movie actors He owned Kaye women’s apparel shops and was known as a leading Democratic wheelhorse serving as district chairman for both Adlai Stevenson and John F Kennedy campaigns.
George F. Weaks 64, chief editorial writer for The Independent Press Telegram, was beaten to death Monday in his Belmont Shore residence. His son George F. Weaks Jr. 35 was arrested on suspicion of murder after police found the body. The elder Weaks began at Telegram in 1946 and became chief editorial writer in 1966. He was born 1905 in Water Valley Kentucky and attended Centre College.
Fritz C. Runge of McDonnell Douglas Astronautics outlined an expandable space station concept at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics meeting in Anaheim. The design would start with 12 crewmembers and grow to 50, with a 12-man station possible in orbit by a Saturn type booster in 1975.
Long Beach Harbor Commission backed in principle a 50 million revenue bond issue to fund port projects. Chair Thomas J. Thorley warned of a need for 400 extra acres to handle containerization driven growth. bonds to be issued as needed over five years and repaid from project revenues.
Assistant Secretary of Transportation J D Braman said highway interests are convinced that autos won’t sell unless driving is pleasant and traffic is eased by public transit He warned freeway expansion must be wiped out if transit is to succeed Braman cited federal funds of about 10 billion over 12 years as incentive Mayor Kaoru Chuma of Osaka urged subways as the congestion solution saying cities with over a million may soon have them
At a Long Beach session of the 10th biennial Japan American Conference of Mayors and Chamber of Commerce presidents, Assistant Secretary Marshall Green said U S interests in Asia remain but may depend on regional self help and cooperation. Ambassador Takeso Shimoda urged Japan to take major responsibility to foster regional stability and noted Japan’s postwar economic rise and growing trade, predicting trade with the United States and others could reach about ten billion dollars soon.
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