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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1969
Page
25
A historical newspaper fragment notes a book titled Garly Man with a two page spread of bearded naked men, a reader’s crude comment, and a string of local anecdotes about evolving social norms, a DMV testing scene, and postmaster Dave Selvey’s conscientious service. The piece also mentions Long Reachers and a quirky classified ad seeking wings and dino doodads for sermon picking with daily pay.
Long Beach harbor board, led by general manager Thomas J. Thorley, approves in principle issuing 50 million in revenue bonds to fund port projects and acquire 400 more acres for future facilities amid forecasts of continued growth and containerization-driven demand.
Former Apollo program manager Dale Myers outlined a study of winged space shuttles at a national aerospace meeting in Anaheim. The concept features a booster and an orbiter delivering up to 4 000 pounds to orbit, docking with a space station, then reentering as a landable airliner.
A Nixon administration transportation official told a joint Japanese American mayors conference that highway interests will not oppose mass transit development in the near term. Assistant Secretary J D Braman, after urging congestion relief via public transit, noted federal highway funding will not be cut though long term support may hinge on subway expansion and faster city subways, citing Osaka as a model and citing $24 million per mile costs. Mayor Kaore Chuma of Osaka said subways offer fast, quiet, low-pollution transport with environmental benefits and predicted significant city subway adoption in the near future.
Police say 64 year old LPT writer Weaks, chief editorial writer at The Independent Press Telegram, was beaten to death at his Belmont avenue home. Son Johnson discovered the body as investigators questioned his son’s psychiatric concerns. George Weak, 35, was arrested later at Wyent Ave and jailed on suspicion of murder.
A sociology department meeting at California State College at Long Beach devolved into a shouting match over grading philosophies led by Ben Robertson and Marion Steele. More than 100 students walked out after chair S. John Dackawich ruled a motion out of order.
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