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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1977
Page
17
A Jersey man, unable to prove a point on the bridge, set up camp in a nearby grove and declared a hunger strike until officials alter their stance. The AP wirephote notes the incident amid mounting tensions.
Stanford Universitys first black commencement speaker Johny Nope Franklin of the University of Chicago urged graduates to balance global human rights with U S race issues. Students in white armbands protested South Africa apartheid and campus demonstrations led to arrests. Franklin defended desegregation quotas while condemning racial segregation in the United States. Mayor Moscone announced Alan Rothenberg to the San Francisco Port Commission.
Long Beach police report a robber claiming a gun pocketed around 1:20 am Sunday stole $5 from cashier Robbie Smith 42 at Dino's Restaurant 608 Atlantic Ave. Police say a burglary at 2101 Deane Ave. resulted in $800 worth of tools stolen after a garage door was pried open by an unknown burglar.
Peter Lee reported to Long Beach police that burglars forced a side window at 724 Rose Ave and took $2000 worth of sound gear. At 196 Carroll Park West Lanery Rodgers reported jewelry worth $700 stolen after a rear door was forced. William Thorne said burglars broke a rear window at 1245 Lime Ave and took a television and stereo worth $1075.
Burglars forced a rear door to enter the Long Beach residence of Patricia Ann Swetisch at 3005 Cassian Age and stole household items valued at 1485 dollars, police said.
A 17 year old Lomita resident Terry Lynn Nutter died when his car soared off a curve on Palos Verdes Drive West and struck a tree near Lomita. Two passengers Cynthia Calderon and Frank Martin Bailey were hospitalized with injuries. Calderon remained critical while Bailey was treated and released. Police said the northbound vehicle failed to negotiate a sharp curve at about 1130 p.m. Sunday, veered across the road and hit a tree.
On Whittier Boulevard a drag race ended in a fire after Doyle Wayne Thompson 23 of La Habra died when his car collided with a Whittier driver David Ray Olmedo 22 while overtaking another vehicle. Olmedo sustained minor injuries and was booked for manslaughter and drunken driving investigation.
Park officials recovered the main wreckage of a shar juengée air plane found at Merced Pass Lake in Yosemite. The aircraft from Mexico bound for Nevada crashed in December. bodies of the pilot and crew have not been located. Backpackers reported marijuana chunks near the frozen lake surface in February, with no survivor signs.
Coastal areas show variable tides and rising temperatures with highs in the mid to upper sixties. Forecasters note cooler conditions later in the week with seas remaining moderate and surf increasing in some bays.
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