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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1969
Page
21
A veteran editor argues for hearing critics of the press within limits of the First Amendment. He recalls threats and abuses faced by papers, urges responsibility, fair treatment of concerns, and rejects government censorship while calling for self examination and improvement.
About 30 seamen on the Liberian flagged MV Seagull staged a five hour walkout at Los Angeles Harbor over four months of unpaid wages and substandard meals. An agent for the ship charterer settled the dispute after payments were confirmed, and work resumed as longshore crews returned.
The Army Corps of Engineers authorized a $200000 emergency repair to replace the quarry rock shelf at the mouth of the Los Angeles River near Ocean Boulevard. The shelf failed after January February storms, deepening the riverbed and risking pipelines carrying sewage to Harbor City. Construction bids are to be sought by December with work slated to start mid December.
November 26 1969 SEC section on page B1 highlights regional business and sports briefs, with brief notes from pressroom coverage. Names of local organizations and venues appear alongside concise updates and scores.
Two men died or were burned while attempting to douse flames at a mobile home on Marina View Drive. Herbert L Byer Sr., 30, his son Herbert Jr., 20, and William C Schultz, 84, were injured when a natural gas line rupture sparked an explosion and fire. Byer Sr. suffered the most severe burns while fighting the blaze with a garden hose. all others were burned but not hospitalized. Damages were estimated at $15,000.
Judge Max Wisol upheld a Carson city ordinance banning nude performances in public places except venues. The ruling followed prior decisions deeming the similar county ordinance unconstitutional, with Watton of Whale House filing for injunction to halt enforcement. The order comes as Carson officials resume enforcement after the decision, while another case noted a Cherry Match bar will close December 3 after licenses were revoked amid lewd conduct arrests.
Observances tonight and Thursday focus on the original meaning of thanksgiving as a religious expression of gratitude. Several area churches host interdenominational services with guest ministers, choir offerings, and special customs such as kernel kernels given to worshippers and historic liturgical elements.
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