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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1969
Page
1
TV star Art Carney refused Chandler Arizona mayor George Nader's invite to dedicate a sewage disposal plant to avoid being linked to his Ed Norton sewer character. Business manager William McCaffrey said Carney wants to shed the sewer man image.
Virtually half of California is listed as disaster area as new snow and freezing rain hamper recovery from recent storms. Gov Reagan adds 11 counties to disaster tally raising total to 25. 95 dead and seven missing. Federal aid spans emergency loans at 3 percent and tax relief for affected residents across multiple counties.
PORTERVILLE UPS Two Southern California boys camp counselors were snowbound in the Sierra Nevada since Monday and rescued Wednesday afternoon by 2 deputy sheriffs. Larry Norris 20 Sylmar in satisfactory condition with severe physical distress at Sierra View Hospital. James Shavok 18 San Fernando in good condition fatigue and acid exposure. They hiked into Pyle's Boys Camp 30 miles northeast of Springville on snowshoes Monday planning to inspect the camp and leave Tuesday but heavy snow trapped them.
In Los Angeles south central, a middle aged couple were shot dead in Rozy's cafe by a single gunman who sat at the counter with a coffee before the killings. The suspect is described as a goateed man about six foot one, in his late 20s or early 30s, tied to two similar robberies that left four dead in two days.
A Los Angeles County appeals board ruled that 54 acres of Malibu ranch land once owned by Ronald Reagan is worth 115000, not the 30000 set by Assessor Philip Watson. The ruling followed petitions by Bryan Stevens, a San Marino teacher, challenging previous assessments dating to 1967 and 1968.
Donna Kay Howell of Tallahassee has been named the 1969 National Easter Seal Child Choice after a month of treatment for a rare childhood stroke. Sumner G. Whittier announced the award noting her full recovery from a speech defect.
The 67th Medal of Honor for the Vietnam War went to Spec. 4 George Alan Ingalls 21 of Yorba Linda California. He died April 16 1967 in Vietnam by throwing himself on a live grenade to save a companion during a daytime ambush near Due Pho with the 1st Cavalry Division. His mother Mrs Maud M Ingalls received the medal at the Pentagon from Army Secretary Stanley R Resor.
Student strikers at University of California Berkeley demand cancellation of classes for a Third World Liberation Front convocation. Nearly 1,000 demonstrators snake-danced through campus, some from San Francisco State, with police keeping order at Sather Gate and Dwinelle Hall damage minimal.
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