Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Independent in Long Beach, California

We have 16,224,693 pages in California

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

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!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 5 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Sep 18, 1969

Page

6

Look magazine sources threaten Alioto libel suit

Look magazine attorneys told a federal judge three sources in an Alioto Mafia link article could be assassinated if their names are made public. Alioto seeks 12.5 million dollars in libel damages and asked for the authors phone records.

Look Magazine San Francisco Joseph Alioto Alioto Magazine Richard Carlson Lance Brisson The Cosa Nostra

Plastic trees reach Nome neighbors ahead of holidays

Residents of Nome Alaska get a September preview of Christmas when a ship arrives with plastic trees. The town about 100 miles south of the Arctic Circle has no live trees nearby. the nearest live trees are 74 miles away and heavy snow blocks deliveries of cut spruce.

Arctic Circle

Weinberger Nominated for Federal Trade Commission Chair

President Nixon offered Caspar Weinberger the chairmanship of the Federal Trade Commission, replacing James Nicholson. Weinberger, California finance director and former Republican State Central Committee chair, faced reluctance and was vacationing in Europe amid confirmation chatter.

Nixon California Caspar W. Weinberger Federal Trade Commission James M. Nicholson Commission Mary Gardiner Jones Weinberger Europe Congressional Republican State Central Committee Ronald Reagan

Call to fire Hickel and probe Interior links to oil firms

Alvin C Weingand of Get Us Out urged Interior Secretary Walter Hickel be fired at a Town Hall address in Los Angeles. He called for a sweeping Congressional inquiry into the Interior Department and its ties to the petroleum industry following the Santa Barbara Channel oil spill and resumed offshore drilling.

Santa Barbara Channel Los Angeles Interior Walter J. Hickel Department of Interior Alvin C Weingand Cochairman Get Us Out GOO Town Hall Hickel Santa Barbara Weingand Interior Department

Clergy Demand on Bobby Seale Location in San Francisco

Eleven East Bay clergy members urge U S Marshal George Tobin to reveal the whereabouts of Black Panther cofounder Bobby Seale. Tobin refuses and says Seale is en route to Chicago in custody with two deputies for a September 24 conspiracy trial stemming from the 1968 Democratic Convention events.

San Francisco U.S. Marshal’s Bobby Seale East Bay George Tobin Seale Tobin Chicago

Also Mentioned on This Page

Look UPI U.S James Brosnan Carlson and Brisson Julio Petro Mr. Petro Hubert H. Humphrey Consid Humphrey Mafia FBI St. Nick Nome, Alaska FTC Washington Paul Rand Dixon Associated Press Ois Largest Clothier Prt Deeptone Bond Panther Shal Bart Bond's Lakewood Blvd Lakewood Center Anaheim Shopping Center Huntington Beach Shopping Center Dacron Supreme Anaheim
Search Courier

Search the Independent Today with a Free Trial

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.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Independent?

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!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication