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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1969
Page
4
Attendance dropped to 20 percent after a fight involving up to 400 pupils the day before. The 120 member faculty association advised parents to keep children home for safety. Only four of 122 teachers reported to work.
A 4 million dollar personal injury suit was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on behalf of 4 year old Steven Ray Brown against Southern Pacific and Union Pacific. The boy allegedly lost both legs after being struck by a freight train on tracks shared by the railroads. The suit claims lack of fencing and absence of proper lookout by employees.
KNXT endorsed Councilman Thomas Bradley for Los Angeles mayor, calling for new leadership and praising his legal, police, and council background. The CBS station noted partial agreement on all issues, citing his grape boycott stance but approving Bradley’s diverse coalition and nonpartisan governance tradition.
Los Angeles councilman Bradley claims Mayor Yorty steered a $4,900 Fire Department catering contract to Commissioner Russell Sorensen for a 1965 city birthday event. Yorty refused to answer and left the weekly news conference before election day. Bradley also cited other catering for official functions and senior citizen luncheons.
A Huntington Park couple escaped serious injury when a Southern Pacific diesel locomotive struck their car in Commerce. Anthony Schiffler 64 and his wife Christine 60 suffered minor injuries as their car was pushed 300 feet. George Warren of 5217 Calderwood St reported a burglary at his Long Beach home with $535 in aid coins stolen.
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