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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1969
Page
3
Marxist scholars Herbert Marcuse and Angela Davis urged UC students to revolt against the university structure. The call came at a Berkeley event highlighting campus reform and social change.
A Los Angeles Superior Court summary judgment barred the regents of the University of California from dismissing Angela Davis at UCLA and enjoined further action. Judge Jer ry Pacht affirmed a ruling that firing her for Communist ties violated the law. Marcuse urged continued campus protests and academic freedom linked to broader social freedom.
San Francisco officers identified two men who leapt to their deaths from the Golden Gate Bridge while a CBS death by own action documentary was being shot. George L. Hagemann, 68, of San Francisco, and Karl E. Bybee, 48, of Sacramento, died within minutes of each other as crews filmed the incident. Bybee reportedly jumped north of the South tower during filming. Hagemann jumped from mid span. The CBS crew continued filming and captured the recovery of Hagemann’s body.
A 24 year old Navy steward Antonio V Locansas of the USS Valley Forge was shot on a downtown Long Beach street around 2 am in front of 542 W First St. The weapon was a .22 caliber firearm. He wrote a note to police and a suspect was named.
Hanford Kings County General Hospital faces $250000 suit from Angie Burnins Corcoran and from her four sons alleging a bilateral tubal ligation performed after her last child left her pregnant. Attorneys Friday said two actions were filed noting family finances and concerns over surviving another pregnancy.
Vegetable Oil Products Company of Wilmington plans to close its refinery by December and would not contest a court injunction to stop illegal discharges into Los Angeles Harbor. A Nov 5 hearing will determine the preliminary injunction as production winds down and 250 workers face layoffs. The firm will continue operating by purchasing refined oils for redistribution.
Waymon A Grisenti president of the Hessians motorcycle club will be arraigned in Municipal Court after police found a pistol stolen from a sheriff deputy’s home at a Long Beach beer bar. Grisenti, 36, of Huntington Beach, was booked for grand theft and burglary and posted 3750 bond.
A 16 year old Redondo Beach girl is held in County Juvenile Hall on suspicion of murder after a man, Mark Clinton Benson also known as Schelper, was shot and killed when he pointed a cocked .30 caliber revolver at Officers Watts and Johnson during a stopped stolen car incident in Gardena. Benson, a California Youth Authority parolee wanted for parole violation, was killed by one of three shots from Officer Watts service revolver. The car had been reported stolen in Torrance last Saturday. The girl was driving and booked on a murder technicality due to Benson's death.
Judge Brandler dropped one count of kidnapping and one count of false imprisonment against 24 ex-students at San Fernando State College. Clarice Bryant testified she was not kidnapped and remained calm during 90 minutes in a conference room. Remaining charges include one conspiracy count, 32 kidnapping counts, and 36 false imprisonment counts.
Neil C. Reuck a 43 year old driver and Emile A. Pierre 59 year old collided while swerving to avoid a deer on a rural San Pablo road. Reuck suffered cuts and bruises but both men escaped serious injury and the deer fled the scene.
San Francisco notes the creator of STP tells a House crime committee he would undo the drug’s development after its tragic use. Scientist Albert Shulgin, who developed STP in 1967, says he would erase the pathway that led from DOM to harm and cites medical misadventure as the outcome. Linkletter calls for early drug education and mentor influence from youths who quit dangerous drugs.
William E. McIntosh Jr. of Eli Lilly urged tougher government licensing for drug makers before the House Select Committee on Crime. He called for pre licensing inspections, security standards for warehouses and carriers, and annual mandatory inspections of manufacturers, packagers, and distributors of dangerous controlled substances.
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