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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1969
Page
1
The column invites readers to write ACTION LINE, Ben 230, Long Beach for help on problems and requests about rights and red tape. It cites past reader letters and asks where to take a natural childbirth class in the Long Beach area.
In Long Beach readers asked about local childbirth instruction. Manhattan Beach and Anaheim offer six week evening courses, $27 to $30, with details via instructor contacts. Action Line also notes pamphlets from the American Society for Maternal Prophylaxis in Obstetrics and reports on rabies cases and local rum availability in Long Beach.
President Nixon declares the time has come to end the war and announces at least 35,000 more U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Vietnam by December 13, bringing total removals to about 60,000 since his address. The pullout targets ground units, begins immediately, and aims to lower U.S. forces to a 22 month low as Paris talks continue.
A powerful U.S. antimissile warhead test rocked PaHute Mesa Nevada, melting rock 3800 feet underground and displacing ten million tons of rock. The blast, felt in Las Vegas and Salt Lake City, produced a cavern 700 feet wide with no radiation detected. Air Force officials called it a national defense shot foundational to future weapons systems.
Hundreds of Mexican American students in California staged walkouts on Tuesday to honor Mexican independence and press for reforms. About 300 from Hayward high, junior and elementary schools joined a Chicano Day gathering, while 451 walked out in Hayward. Arroyo Grande saw 40 students march and present demands for Mexican American history classes, holidays, literature, and a counselor. At Sacramento, around 250 students boycotted schools to seek talks with Ervin Jackson, chief of intergroup relations, who urged restraint and criticized candy machine theft.
Molotov cocktails were thrown at the Gardena Selective Service Center on 14911 South Crenshaw Boulevard Tuesday night but burned out without causing damage before firefighters arrived. Deputies from Lennox said this was the second prebombing attempt at the center this summer, with a prior incident also causing no notable damage.
A Florida bound barge carrying about 14 000 barrels of No 2 diesel struck a rocks shoal near Paquoit off Buzzards Bay and began leaking. Coast Guard teams worked to contain the spill as a heavy oil slick spread toward Old Silver Beach and the Furnham coastline while divers inspected the vessel and assessed damage.
At a Carson junkyard near 860 Des ford St by the San Diego Freeway, a Tuesday crowd of youths caused a chaotic scene as a concert deteriorated. Flames spread, lambs and debris ignited, and county firefighters spent hours to extinguish the blaze.
A chaotic scene at a shop ends with a customer alleging a Planned Parenthood ban on his ties. Staff and bystanders dispute the claim as tempers flare and nearby police monitor the situation.
Aide Mum on Final Decision reports Ronald Riegier declining comment on suspending the draft. No firm decision exists. aides confer on reforms and possible executive actions. Senate Republicans say the Nixon administration plans to push draft reform legislation this year, though action under current law remains uncertain.
Page A-8 reports the Senate voting on a new strategic bomber amid defense policy shifts. Democrats pursue high level policy council to boost voter appeal on Page A-15. Other items include kidnaping of a U S envoy in Brazil and Medicare fraud charges on Pages A-16 and A-26 respectively.
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