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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1969
Page
1
Homer Weeks owner of Podunk Center Iowa notes publicity and offers to buy the one acre town faded after four months. Original asking price was 7000 dollars to include land gas station and general store. Community concern and mixed reaction to sale linger.
In Natchitoches Parish Louisiana Leo Martin used a submachine gun to steady a standoff with three prison escapees Petit Williams and Sumner as officers closed in from all sides The suspects overpowered a jailer then fled after a gun battle in Texas crossing into Louisiana where they held hostages including a sheriff deputy and the De Soto family before a police siege ended with their arrest and recovery of Brown and other hostages.
Mexico City report says Salvadorean government ordered a nationwide blackout to ready for a possible Honduran bomber attack after a two hour battle with mortars and machine guns at the jungle border. Honduras reported several civilians wounded as tensions rise following a recent soccer match between the two nations.
The State Personnel Board rejected an appeal by three highway patrolmen from Truckee who were suspended for a day for mustaches and sideburns that exceeded policy. Don Marker Michael Daniels and Joseph Short were suspended March 2 and subsequently had barber visits to avoid termination.
An invading group of nine peace activists landed at Fir Lewis Army base near Seattle armed with pamphlets critical of the Vietnam War. Military police quickly detained seven, expelled them, and warned others after the audacious raid led by a defunct plan by 24 year old Stephania Chants, who reportedly did not land. The pamphlet urged constitutional rights inside and outside the army, while officials noted the act as a joke and not a breach of conduct.
The government sues an association of Chicago real estate brokers and 13 members for racial discrimination in housing sales. It alleges exclusive listings and a policy of not showing MLS data in all white areas, with brokers demanding financial details from Black buyers while not imposing same on white customers. The action, under the 1988 fair housing act, was filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago.
A New Jersey coast collision left a fishing boat sinking with 48 aboard. The tanker Tullahoma began a voyage to New Orleans after rescuing 47 survivors. one man, John Haas of Bronx, remains missing. Survivors accuse the tanker crew of failing to render aid as Amberjack III sank. Coast Guard officials plan a formal inquiry and a hearing upon the ship’s return to New York within 10 days.
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