This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1968
Page
9
A gunman opened fire in a Paramount bar killing a bartender and wounding several, including Anna Madge Jones, known as Madge Vaughn for her charity work with Christmas card drives. Jones, a local volunteer, is hospitalized, while the case prompts readers to send her encouragement.
A town hall at Alamitos Branch Library drew 25 attendees as Rev. Raymond Broshears led sharp criticism of the Long Beach Police Department over harassment of Black people and perceived reform delays. A three member panel from McCarthy campaign volunteers urged reforms including private security, disarmed officers, neighborhood policing, and civil disobedience training.
Ann Bishop secretary of the Queen Mary Club has turned a spare room into a personal museum of the Queen Mary. The room displays photos ship programs and a schematic of the liner from the Last Great Cruise and invites visitors to sign their quarters. The club plans its bi monthly meetings around December 9.
Admission free event listings for Long Beach. At 7 P.M. Dr. Agnes Moreland hosts a forum on Literary Contributions of Black Americans with readings of Gwendolyn Brooks and Langston Hughes at Boyd High School Auditorium 235 E Eighth St. Also at 7 P.M. a Writers Workshop by the Poetry Group at Long Beach Douglass House Center 1021 Lime Ave.
Compton city schools reported weekend break ins at the board headquarters with juveniles entering through a skylight and drinking from the employees’ lounge refrigerator. Superintendent Leonard Erickson urged monitoring as a possible deterrent.
McDonnell Douglas Corp reports after tax earnings of 60,027,694 for the first nine months of 1968, with 2.12 per share. Third quarter earnings reach 26,604,429 or 93 cents per share. Sales total 2,748,275,319. backlog stands at 3,907,315,297. Regular dividend of 10 cents declared.
Mrs. Frank Lee of the Council of Oriental Organizations warned at Belmont Shore Library that liberalized federal immigration could bring up to 20 000 Orientals a year to the United States, heightening fears of white Californians past anti Chinese movements. She cited history of exclusion and noted current interethnic cooperation while stressing potential job competition could inflame bias.
Velma Mengelboch of Long Beach fights California limits on women’s work hours claiming civil rights violations under Title VII. Her suit, filed as an Autonetics assembler in La Palma, was dismissed in federal court and directed to the San Francisco Circuit Court. She argues the law hinders working women who are heads of households.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.