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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1969
Page
1
The notice advertises ACTION LINE as a public service helping readers solve problems and cut red tape. It lists contact options including Box 230 Long Beach California 90801 phone number 432-3451 and hours 9 to 1 and 5 to 9 Monday through Friday.
A temporary foster parent recounts filing a claim with Los Angeles County for expenses after caring for a girl placed in a permanent home. County eligibility officer Brenda Bleaker says approval came Oct 1 but delays persist due to paperwork backlog. Checks expected by end of October. contact Bleaker at 746-0552 if issues arise.
The Southern California Association of Governments adopts a resolution to codify and apply uniform emission standards to stationary sources in Los Angeles Orange Riverside Ventura and San Bernardino counties. The move aims to preempt state action and align local antipollution rules with tougher regional requirements.
A Long Beach expert says pre 1935 silver certificates did not bear In God We Trust. The cited bill is notable as a Short Snorter Club item a military airmen gag where signed bills served as membership cards and drink-promising tokens. Members collected signed dollars, sometimes by celebrities, creating long taped strips by war’s end.
A question about Regan Street in San Pedro being posted with parking rules by Todd Shipyards. The Los Angeles Harbor Department leases parts of Regan Street to private firms for harbor use and says these access roads are not standard municipal streets. traffic is regulated by the harbor department under lease terms.
N N from Long Beach asks where to buy small flat earring clamps. The Musical Jewel Box at 2162 Bellflower Blvd in Los Altos Shopping Center sells clamp backs for 25 cents a pair and hook type ear wires for 50 cents a pair.
A Paramount reader asks about a $40 loading fee on a U Haul trailer rented to move gear to Washington. A company supervisor says U Haul charges a small advertised fee on equipment going to certain crowded areas, noted by staff at U Haul headquarters in Phoenix.
Kyodo cited reliable sources in Okinawa and Tokyo claiming eight Sprt Air Command B52s based at Kadena are on 24 hour alert for patrols near China and North Korea. The aircraft fly in six plane formations with KC135 tankers and may carry hydrogen bombs. No official confirmation was given.
Washington The former sergeant major of the Army and three sergeants invoked the 5th Amendment more than 100 times as Senate investigators seek links to irregularities possibly running into millions of dollars. Sgt Maj William Wooldridge, removed from his rating, and Sgt William Higdon plus Narvaez Hatcher and Seymour Lazar refused to testify citing counsel. The probe concerns alleged systematic thefts from officers clubs in Germany Vietnam and the United States and money funneled into several foreign and domestic bank accounts. A Defense Department official said court martial decisions for Wooldridge and Higdon have not yet been made.
San Francisco police inspector Capt. Martin Lee says most recent intimidating calls are not from the Zodiac killer. He notes the caller is likely mentally ill but doubts the Bay Area serial is responsible for the bulk of calls despite five murders attributed to him over 10 months.
A forthcoming government study from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare indicates about one million Americans quit smoking in 1968, with more young people avoiding starting the habit. The report also notes women quit less often than men and a continued decline in smoking prevalence from 39.6 percent in 1966 to 37.7 percent in 1968.
An earthquake struck the Long Beach region at about 1 29 A M lasting around 30 seconds. Reports to the Independent Press Telegram came from Huntington Beach Wilmington Belmont Shore and Santa Fe.
A car plowed into a group of students near Whittier killing Dominick Zaffrin 11 and Henry David Duenas 26 and injuring Cecilia Gallegos 13 and others. Clinton Mills 61 of Paramount and Fernando Frausco 18 of Whittier were cited as investigators described the fatal crash on Meyer Road near Carmenita Road.
President Nixon proposed a ten year plan to raise U S merchant ship output from 10 to 30 vessels annually, reduce subsidies from 55 to 35 percent, and extend insured mortgage ceilings to 3 billion dollars. The aim is to cut costs and boost competitiveness with foreign shippers while rebuilding a modern fleet.
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