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Press Telegram

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Dec 05, 1966

Page

2

Six L B Area deaths from crashes on rainy weekend

A sequence of accidents across Los Angeles and Orange counties left six people dead or fatally injured. Katella Avenue crash killed a man who died en route to hospital. Blair died on the San Diego Freeway in San Clemente. a camper collision on Riverside Freeway injured a family. a Newport Freeway crash claimed another life. a Camp Pendleton crash trapped Holton and injured Clabaugh, who later called for help and survived.

Blair San Diego San Clemente Orange County Jan W. Rush Brookmill Road Downey James Ortiz Nysic Court Long Beach South Coast Hospital Laguna Beach Holmes Santa Ana Canyon Riverside Baird Newport Katella Ave Marine Camp Pendleton Holton Pfe Glen Clabaugh Wyoming Clabaugh Pendleton

Heavy Rains Flood Southland Streets

Severe floods hit Carson Long Beach Gardena and Wilmington areas with water up to six inches in several streets. Fire crews pumped out water while traffic was controlled at key intersections as emergency responders evacuated and protected facilities near Harbor General Hospital and along the Long Beach Freeway.

Carson Harbor General Hospital Long Beach Anaheim Street Eisenhower Mont Golden Hours Reas Ee Brant Gru Wil Thomas Rehm Imington-San Pedro Wilmington Western Vermont Avenues Gardena Broadway Water Street Skipjack Avenue Seaside Boulevard Traf

Picketing Protests Sears Labor Policy Nationwide

The AFL-CIO launches a weeks long picketing campaign in 60 to 70 cities against Sears Roebuck and Co to back a five year boycott. Spokesmen say the action is informational and aims to force Sears to recognize workers rights and bargain in good faith with Retail Clerks. Joseph Lewis travels to Chicago to join picketing and plans to visit other cities as the campaign continues.

Washington Afl-Cio Sears, Roebuck and Co Aflcio Union Label and Service Trades Department Joseph Lewis Chicago Sears Adn Afl-Cio Union Label and Service Trades Department Afl-Cio Retail Clerks International Association Ce & 3 Detroit Winvis Afj-Cio Lewis

Rifleman Robs Santa Ana Liquor Store For 150 Dollars

A rifleman held the owner Lewis K. Cram of Bristol Beverage and two customers at bay during a $150 robbery at 311 Bristol St in Santa Ana. He fled on foot after entering with a 22 caliber rifle.

Santa Ana Bay Sanday Lewis K. Cram Bristol Beverage Bristol St

Steal Gifts, Send Them to No Viets

Berlin reports Communist confiscations of Christmas packages addressed to East Germans and their redistribution to North Vietnam. Tokyo natives allege Soviet reconnaissance planes along Japanese coasts intercept and seize parcels, citing radar data and Japanese officials.

Berlin UPI Viet Nam Tokyo West Berlin Japan Shimbun Tereclen Hokkaido Tokyo Bay

GE Plant Pact Near Approval

Union officials are urged to back a contract with General Electric that was hammered out in Washington with federal mediation. Covering about 3,500 workers at the Everendale jet engine plant, the deal mirrors the national wage agreement reached in October between GE and eleven unions after a strike that began October 16 and ended two days later.

Cincinnati General Electric Co Washington Everndale Unnions

Phi Beta Kappa 190th Birthday Celebrated in Williamsburg

In Williamsburg at Raleigh Tavern College of William and Mary students marked the 190th birthday of Phi Beta Kappa founded by five students on December 5 1776, five months after the Declaration of Independence. Today the key holders number in the thousands.

Phi Beta Kappa Williamsburg Raleigh College of William and Mary William and Mary Honorary Scholastic Society

Rainy weekend calms the Las Vegas Strip

Hollywood dispatch notes a quiet weekend despite drizzle and cool winds. Police and sheriffs report 24 arrests by Saturday night, with 14 juveniles among those cited for curfew violations as rainfall totals reach about 0.2 inches and temperatures hover near 50 degrees.

Hollywood UPI Spree Sands

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