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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1969
Page
2
Patrolman halts a potential suicide at the bridge edge as Meyers assists, reaching the woman reading a Bible on the piling. Firefighters resurface the rescued person with help from Capt. Argus Abney and Fireman John Parker. Meyers plays down the spotlight, saying he is not a specialist, just the first officer on site.
Lawyers for Sirhan questioned media influence and juror exposure as they argued for a mistrial or venue change. Cooper urged premotion actions citing Supreme Court rulings while Chief Deputy District Attorney Lynn Compton disputed claims of juror prejudice and publicity.
In a Jan 27 letter, Los Angeles County Assessor Philip E. Watson urged major Prop 9 opponents to donate $119,700 to cover a deficit from the defeated measure. Campaign totals show Prop 9 costs at about $389k, its opponents at roughly $1.03 million, with speculation about the source of the request.
San Diego senator George Murphy calls on the Nixon administration to renew air bombardment of North Vietnam. He says Johnson’s halt last year was a political ploy to aid Hubert Humphrey’s campaign, voiced at two news conferences.
An elderly woman was struck and killed by a car in a Long Beach market parking lot. A Torrance woman died from injuries suffered in a traffic crash the prior day. Several others were injured, including a child treated for a skull fracture. The incidents involve drivers Anna Watts and Christopher LaSalle, with multiple Long Beach and Downey residents named.
Hillside collapse behind a hillside setting jeopardized traffic on the freeway. Patrols warned of further slides delaying cleanup as motorists were detoured and holes were cut in fences to reroute cars. Officials predicted westbound lanes might reopen by Friday and eastbound by Monday. Residents fled homes taking only light items while heavy appliances were left behind.
San Francisco dispatch reports Army private Nestey Sood 2H of Oakland convicted by a court martial of mutiny for taking part in a stockade sit-in last October. Sood faced 27 co-defendants, all charged under Article 94, with sentencing to be decided by the same panel.
Beverly Hills police search for a thief who took a leased $32,000 Rolls Royce convertible belonging to actor David Janssen the star of The Fugitive. The high value car was stolen from a garage Wednesday as authorities pursue leads. Two Die and Nine Hurt in Harlem Blaze in New York burned buildings left two dead and nine injured in a predawn fire in crowded east Harlem tenements.
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