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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1969
Page
1
The FDA reports government tests on coastal fish show no significant DDT traces in most species. Only one case found an unacceptable level in mackerel already banned and sent to New York. Toxicity depends on person size and amount ingested.
Readers ask about Today show corner symbols. NBC confirms pattern signals upcoming network breaks for local news. Also guidance on finding legislators voting records and a Spanish class pamphlet request. Practical tips and cookbook note conclude.
A young Los Angeles woman, Dorothy Sloane, 21, was stabbed and her nude body left face down in a trash can near Gardena. Detectives describe the killing as savage with multiple stab wounds and say there are only slim leads to the unidentified suspect, reportedly a close friend last seen with the victim.
Financial expert Sylvia Porter offers advice on reducing ever rising food expenses. The note appears in a larger newspaper section listing financial and lifestyle columns across sections such as Beach Combing, Classifieds, Obituaries, and Sports with page codes and column identifiers.
Russia reports Luna 15 radio bursts as it nears the moon. British scientists at Judvell Bank radar telescope noted a first brief signal and a longer 28 minute second burst before Apollo II lift off. Jodrell Bank director Sir Bernard Lovell said the craft may slow to save fuel for a soft lunar landing and sample retrieval.
The motorist with license number D1 60730 is the 50 winner in the LUCKY DRIVE contest. Other $10 awards go to RS 26315 So 201 Ad 3 132 US5426 AQ 68362 and 114 72040. Entry details request name and California license number by postcard to LUCKY DRIVER.
Three women were injured after slipping at Point Fermin and falling from a 200 foot cliff. Rescue by City Fire Department and Harbor Division crews took 45 minutes with helicopters and ambulances transferring patients to Harbor General Hospital. Carolyn Jane Harris 29 of Compton suffered a broken collarbone. Judy Satter White of Wilmington and Mary Ellen Thomas of Los Angeles were treated with one listed as not critical and set for release.
Tonight and Thursday light to moderate cloud cover with fog at night and early morning. Highs in the low 80s at mountain resorts, deserts mostly sunny with upper valley highs around 100 and lower valleys near 83.
Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins launch from Cape Kennedy aboard a Saturn V, separating the command module to connect with the lunar lander. They enter an Earth orbit then depart toward the moon, preparing to retrieve the lunar module from the stage and begin the lunar descent.
Three masked men raided McDowell County Prison breaking into a dormitory, beating and tying guards, then freeing 19 felons. Guards were bound with sheets. inmates escaped through hacked bars with two cars stolen from the lot and a third brought by the raiders.
A clipped sign in a shop window reads Pro-sAmerican Frenett Poodles with unclear meaning. The fragment suggests a local or playful political phrase tied to a pet or breed name, but the source text is incomplete and lacks context or attribution.
A power failure darkened Long Beach streets Tuesday from Anaheim Street to the shoreline and west to the Long Beach Freeway. Southern California Edison said the outage began at 4 50 pm due to a cable fault and service was restored about 7 pm. No buildings were affected.
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