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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1969
Page
1
The notice presents Action Line as a problem solving service. It invites readers to write ACTION LINE Box 230 Long Beach California 90801 or call 432-3451 during specified hours for questions chosen for general interest and usefulness.
The U S Bureau of Labor Statistics notes Los Angeles area CPI shows housing up 14 percent, medical care 22 percent, and food 8.9 percent over three years with an overall 12.5 percent rise. Figures available by request at the Los Angeles office.
A reader asks if Betty Crocker is real and how the name originated. The answer explains Crocker as a General Mills advertising character created in 1921 to symbolize the ideal homemaker, named for a former director and a Minnesota mill. The column also describes Muriel Avenue’s new 320 foot pedestrian underpass beside the Artesia Freeway to improve safety near schools and notes an optometry clinic offering eye exams and glasses with possible county relief eligibility.
The article describes Medi Cal aid for indigent individuals not on county aid and directs applicants to the Bellflower Department of Public Social Services office. It also notes eyeglass donations to the Long Beach Optometric Society for the Direct Relief Foundation. It explains how sales tax revenues are allocated back to cities.
Judge Bernard Brominski reserved a decision on autopsy for Mary Jo Kopechne after a two day Luzerne County hearing. Father Joseph Kopechne testified of an unalterable opposition, saying an autopsy would be another funeral.
Gen William C. Westmoreland opposed a U S unilateral cease fire arguing it would fake gains and harm Saigon momentum. He noted risks of a countrywide Viet Cong offensive during a pause and urged a mutually negotiated pause with safeguards accepted in advance.
Hurricane Laurie, packing winds over 100 mph, moves east in the Gulf toward Florida. National Hurricane Center director Dr. Robert Simpson warns of possible landfall Thursday with large, wet conditions and substantial coastal damage. A watch covers 20 miles of coast from Cedar Key to Everglades, with tides 2 to 4 feet above normal. Early Tuesday Laurie lies about 390 miles west-southwest of Tampa, moving east at 8 mph.
Pentagon sources said senior military men including the Joint Chiefs and the commander in Vietnam oppose any unilateral cease-fire. Senator Mansfield claimed a cease-fire was in operation but officials said such orders were not in effect and contingency plans cover bombing Hanoi to full withdrawal.
Dusty hot Santa Ana winds swept the Southland signaling fall. Gusts reached 30 to 40 mph inland and coastal areas, limiting vision along Pacific Coast Highway in Long Beach, with power outages and downed lines reported in Malibu and the San Fernando Valley.
Police convoyed school buses around Palo Alto after a telephoned threat from a man signing as The Zodiac killer. He vowed to "pick the kids off as they get on the school bus" and linked the warning to the San Francisco Chronicle letter after the Oct. 11 taxi driver shooting. Handwriting tests and survivor descriptions tie to five San Francisco deaths.
Angela Davis hailed a court decision ruling Communists cannot be barred from teaching at UCLA, naming Ronald Reagan, Dr. Max Rafferty, and the regents as "unscrupulous demagogues" and urging a new three R s. The assistant professor said the ruling exposed the administration and Regents as targets of political action.
Superior Court Judge Jerry Pacht ruled the regents in University of California actions unconstitutional. He signed an order blocking the rule and barred public funds from further enforcing the dismissal of Miss Davis and penalty credit removal. Regents plan an appeal as Sen Schmitz suggests higher court review for potential sale of assets.
A 17 year old boy identified as Henry Shorn hijacks a Pan American Boeing 720 with 37 aboard en route to Havana after being denied a Cuban visa. He said his parents live in California and claimed his father is Maj. Mike Shorn. The plane returns to Miami at 5 p.m. Barred from Havana, the hijacker said he acted against the system.
The newspaper highlights President Nixon's goal to transform the United States into a first-rate maritime power. It notes two antiwar groups planning mass demonstrations and previews other A-section topics such as racial tensions, the Haynsworth case, dock fee protests at Newport Beach, and campaign funding shifts.
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