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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1969
Page
3
Eight people were injured when a Southern California Rapid Transit District bus collided with a car in downtown Los Angeles at Seventh and Alameda. Two Long Beach women aboard the bus were hospitalized. driver James Faison of Los Angeles was jailed on drunken driving suspicion after the crash.
Three traffic accidents on Sunday killed Daniel Popjoy 23 of San Pedro Neil Gehl 24 of Westminster and Mrs Greth Huffman 65 of Anaheim In Harbor Freeway crash Popjoy died en route to Harbor General Hospital while Gehl perished at Costa Mesa Memorial Hospital and Huffman died at Daniel Freeman Hospital after being struck on Crenshaw Boulevard and Florence Avenue in Los Angeles The other driver in Popjoys crash Vincent Panico was in serious condition with leg and internal injuries Walter Taylor 37 of Los Angeles drove the hit car in Huffmans incident and was hospitalized with a broken pelvis John Morgan 57 escaped uninjured
A 34 year old car salesman was booked on suspicion of murder after police found 14 year old Yolanda Farrell dying at his Montebello home. She was pronounced dead on arrival at Beverly Hospital. Officers found the unconscious girl on a kitchen floor with bruises. An autopsy will determine the cause of death. Farrell's mother Vera Farrell had filed a missing person report last September 4.
Burglars scaled a six foot fence pried a sliding glass door and ransacked John Hamilton's home at 1460 La Perla Ave escaping with over 7000 in valuables including a color TV silverware a mink coat and jewelry. Hamilton found the break in when he returned about 1 15 a.m.
George L. Eastman a Hollywood civic pioneer died Sunday night at his home. The Hollywood Bowl founder and key figure in developing Los Angeles International Airport suffered from a heart ailment.
Operation Intercept stretches from the Pacific Coast to the Gulf as inspectors search travelers and vehicles. Mexican and U.S. border businesses warn of delays harming tourism and work, while officials tout drug price suppression as the goal.
Stewart Udall criticizes the approval of offshore drilling in the Santa Barbara channel as a Bay of Pigs for conservation. He cites the 1969 oil spill and beach contamination as evidence the department was too confident and resistant to change. He spoke in Oakland at the conservation conference on Saturday.
A two month old Garden Grove boy, Ronald William Clarence Cole, drowned in his family pool at 11892 Banner Drive while his parents hurried to church. Police say the infant apparently toddled through a back door into the pool amid the morning rush.
Autumn chill and overcast skies reduced beach crowds Sunday at Southland shores. Lifeguards reported about 5 000 people at Long Beach and South Bay while Orange County beaches saw fewer umbrellas.
The Air Pollution Control District issued smog alerts for today in the east and west San Gabriel Valley and the Pomona Walnut areas. All schools in these regions were advised to excuse students from strenuous exercise.
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