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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1969
Page
1
Robert Pohn, 43, was found dead Sunday in his Chicago apartment, apparently suffocated when a 200 pound antique cannon barrel toppled onto him as he watched television. Police say he may have been dead for days. brother Max found the scene with the TV on but sound off. The incident prompted no immediate foul play theory.
Supreme Court Justice William C. Douglas told a Lee Champaign Illinois audience that the Army Corps of Engineers is Public Enemy No 1 to conservationists. He urged considering alternatives to a reservoir project flooding Aller ton Park and the 9 university nature preserve.
Nancy Lee Haiflich, 36, finished Rock Creek High School in Bluffton, Indiana, earning a diploma after enrolling in January 1988 to complete a 21 year interruption for marriage. Her daughter Vickie, 17, was among 69 seniors and will attend Taylor University, while Nancy plans to pursue further studies later if possible.
Rev. Billy Graham described an undercover visit to a New York City college during campus disturbances. He dressed in ordinary clothes and mingled with protesters shouting political slogans as he sought insight into campus unrest.
In Modesto UPI reports a pivotal special election that could break the 39 39 tie in the California Assembly but not yield a full four vote working majority. Democrat Ernest Lacoste leads the April primary but trails with 45 percent. Republican Clare Berryhill, a grape grower, advances to the runoff after a surprise victory. The vacancy followed John Veneman’s resignation to join the U.S. health and education post. A Democrat win and Monterey County race could shift speakership prospects if Pattee’s seat remains open after his death.
About 500 marchers reached the outskirts of Calexico with 1,000 supporters including Senators Kennedy Yarborough and Mondale and Rep. O Hara. Kennedy urged support for improving working conditions while the march aimed to mobilize Mexican grape workers to back California vineyard laborers. The event tied a Texas and Minnesota senator lineup to a cross border show of labor unity and may bolster an AFL CIO United Farm Workers organizing effort.
A weekend of tornadoes hit the southeast and northeast with 27 tornadoes reported nationwide. Two twisters flattened a South Carolina supermarket and homes near Cowpens, while another destroyed mobile homes near Simca Alg. Tragedy struck Sinclairville New York where a July tornado damaged the village as 500 volunteers worked to clear debris. No serious injuries reported.
Omar Sharif endured boos and walkouts as The Appointment opened at Cannes. Anouk Aimee did not attend. Sidney Lumet directed the film shot in Italy, a Rome lawyer drama about a wife once rumored a call girl.
A London consortium plans to tow the 80,000 ton Queen Elizabeth from Port Everglades to reflag it for cruises between Britain and Australia. The liner, Cunard’s flagship until the Queen Elizabeth II, was sold to a Philadelphia group for 7.2 million last year, but the deal collapsed leaving the ship leased as a tourist attraction by the Florida Investment Corp. The Philadelphia group still holds a 15 percent profit share and paid a down payment on a long-term lease.
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