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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1969
Page
1
Carl K. Johnson, 33, will serve two months nightly in the Chicago House of Correction and must surrender his earnings minus $3.50 for meals and lodging to his wife. Magistrate Lefevour notes Johnson has a wife and family to support and is established in the community as the city targets unpaid tickets.
Mickey Rooney, 48, wed 25 year old Carolyn Hackett in a predawn Las Vegas ceremony. The actor, famed from the Andy Hardy films, tied the knot after obtaining a marriage license with Sid Gould as best man. Rooney has eight prior marriages and a history of dramatic personal events.
In New York City Judge Albert R. Murray denounced self-appointed protectors of Black people as he sentenced 24 students to five days in jail for criminal trespass after protesters occupied Brooklyn College's registrar’s office last May. Eleven coeds faced the same five day terms, while two inmates avoided jail due to infirmities. All 35 pled guilty to a reduced trespass charge. Murray, the first Black criminal court judge appointed by Mayor Wagner, condemned the actions as harmful to the fight against racism.
Miami jury awarded former Iowa State Senator Howard Reppert and his wife 85000 for injuries in a North Miami apartment lot. Judge Grady Crawford called the sum grossly excessive and dismissed the May award as shocking to the court. A new suit against the apartment owners follows from the January 1968 visit.
Los Angeles County Supervisors adopted a 45 million dollar employee salary ordinance on a split vote after nearly two hours of debate. The package raises about 57,000 rank and file workers by an average 5.5 percent, with department heads receiving about 12. 113 leaders gain roughly 2.2 percent. The vote capped weeks of contention over blanket raises and future controls.
Warren Michigan report notes Joy and Vivian Amico welcomed two healthy twin daughters Sunday, boosting a nine year run of twin births. Amico, head of a pharmaceutical firm, cited as having a “super ovulator” pattern and immunity to the pill, with odds estimated at 1,000,000 to 1 against such an outcome.
Actor Jeffrey Hunter, 42, famed for Jesus in King of Kings, died from a brain injury under police investigation. Found unconscious at the foot of stairs in his Van Nuys home, a friend described by officers remained unnamed.
A three year old lion chained in a pickup attacked two people in Aurora Illinois before being driven off by a man with a hammer. Charles Towne of Muscatine Iowa sustained multiple cuts. Betty Mathis of Aurora suffered minor injuries. Towne had picked up the lion at Brookfield Zoo near Chicago en route to Muscatine Zoo and paused to photograph Mrs. Mathis when the animal attacked. Mathis’ husband Warren struck the lion with a hammer to drive it back, then died Tuesday from blunt force trauma per autopsy. the death followed brain surgery at Valley Hospital. The report notes the fatality as the coroner’s finding.
In Sacramento Assembly Health and Welfare Committee blocked the fluoridation bill for the third year. Assemblyman Vasconcelos D San Jose drew only three votes of thirteen after a lengthy hearing, vowing another effort with hopes of six supporters. The bill would require water systems with 200 plus outlets to fluoridate by 1971 and smaller systems by 1972, with a 5 percent electorate petition to trigger local votes if opposed. A large audience, mainly against fluoridation, attended the session.
In Brussels Defense Secretary Melvin Laird urged Canada to keep troops in NATO noting that American security hinges on U S forces in Europe. He spoke after NATO defense ministers warned Canada that withdrawing the bulk of its troops could weaken the alliance.
Arthur Goldberg former Supreme Court justice ULN ambassador refuses a 25000 annual pension offered by the United Steel Workers. Union president LW Abel said Goldberg informed him by letter dated May 23 1950 noting the original waiver was his and he will not reinstate in pension plan now or ever. Goldberg served the union 22 years.
Police and the Orange County Coroner's Office reported two fully clothed victims found Tuesday morning aboard a cab in cruiser at Sunset Marina Huntington Beach. Dorothy Georgia Philbrick, 54, and James Swindle, 45, both of Lancaster, died from apparent asphyxiation blamed on smoldering charcoal fumes.
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