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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1969
Page
1
Dearborn fireman Thomas Brackett Jr. paid 80 for two brass poles from a historic two story firehouse to use at home. He plans one as a second exit for his three bedroom house while the second remains to be decided.
Sioux Falls Judge William J Heuermann married a young couple at his residence on Monday night The car decoration caused speculation that it belonged to the groom who drives a similar model and color The judge laughed off the rumor in a lighthearted mood AP Wireastn
Mrs Charlene Scott 19 arrived from Los Angeles with husband Loran to Boston and was found in labor. Police seized heroin and marijuana valued at 80000 dollars at the airport aid station before Mrs Scott was rushed to Lyingin Hospital where she delivered a 6 pound 9 ounce daughter at 10 10 am. A judge was scheduled to arraign her at bedside on four narcotics charges.
Edward Nixon, 38, is running for Snohomish County Republican state committeeman in Lynwood Washington with little apparent opposition after incumbent Meryl Hrdlicka quit amid a dispute with the state party. He declined a $30,000-a-year federal Alaska job after nepotism concerns.
Saigon reports no major shelling overnight for the first time in 10 weeks while Allied forces claim over 200 enemy killed in six engagements. U S and South Vietnamese units say most fighting began with sweeping operations, with casualties including 4 Americans and 15 South Vietnamese dead or wounded and armored vehicles damaged. Fighting centered north of Saigon near the Cambodian border and along the eastern DMZ as a Cavalry unit found a bunker network and engaged in a four hour clash.
A baggage handler at Los Angeles International Airport was shot in the abdomen when a .22 pistol discharged inside a suitcase. The gun, placed by Joseph Strasser, was in a suitcase belonging to Garden Grove man Raderick Wilson, who was at Gate 74 in the United Airlines Satellite terminal. Wilson, 27, was in good condition at Daniel Freeman Hospital in Inglewood after the 8 p.m. incident. Strasser, 42, said he carried cash and did not know the gun was loaded. Police questioned and released Strasser.
Civil rights attorney William M. Kunstler reports anonymous calls linking him to a plot to assassinate Governor Nelson Rockefeller. He says he notified police as investigators treat the matter as a security issue, naming alleged contacts and a fugitive identified as Eldridge Cleaver.
Arson investigators probed a $125000 blaze that destroyed the Bellshaw Memorial Baptist Church of Lynwood and endangered a nearby shopping center and apartment complex. Eleven units from Lynwood and South Gate fought the two story wood frame church at 3221 Minnesota Ave. The fire began circa 6 p.m. from undetermined causes and was under control after about 30 minutes.
Mrs. Beth Nutting, 73, of Los Angeles died from injuries suffered in a rebuilt Stanley Steamer auto explosion during a Buena Park parade. Her husband Wayne Nutting, 74, driving the car at Knott Berry Farm parade, died Monday at Orange County Medical Center. Four other passengers remain in critical condition, including William Schutz, 28, Jo Anne Schutz, 24, and daughters Cynthia, 7, and Christine, 3.
Eastern Iowa rivers near peak as the Mississippi reaches 18.2 feet at Burlington and Iowa cities brace. National Guardsmen depart Dubuque flood fortifications while Wisconsin reports 15 counties with 18 million dollars in damage and Army Corps aid. Operation Foresight to strengthen levees expected to curb losses. Souris and Red rivers recede after floods.
National Guard patrols and hard curfews restored quiet in Winston-Salem North Carolina Cairo Illinois and Linden New Jersey after several nights of racial clashes. In Cairo 29 30 Guardsmen and 30 state troops manned key sites while curfew from 9 pm to 6 am kept neighborhoods calm. Linden reported 21 arrests over two days as about 300 teens roamed streets.
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