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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1969
Page
1
Dona Long of Jacksonville North Carolina walked 117 miles to Raleigh carrying a small American flag to oppose last week Moratorium Day. In a letter to Governor Seolt she urged ordinary Americans not to sit back and remain vocal.
Washington UPI reports the cost of living rose 0.5 percent in September, pushing the consumer price index to 129.3, about 12.93 dollars needed for 10 dollars of 1987-89 goods. Arnold Chase notes increases across clothing services home ownership with meat prices up and fruit and used goods down. public transit rose due to fare hikes.
In Santa Ana, John Leary, 20, son of Dr Timothy Leary, was warned by Superior Court Judge Byron McMillan to stop spitting on the courtroom carpet or face up to three days in jail. The Leary family, arrested December 26 in Laguna Beach, faced a motion to suppress evidence in a marijuana and LSD case.
Liberal Democrat Sam Massell won the Atlanta mayoral runoff over Republican Hodney Cook, securing 62 632 votes to 51 289. Massell will appoint Maynard Jackson, a Negro, as vice mayor, the first of his race to win the citys second highest office, while Negroes also gained three alderman seats in the 18 member board.
Three Orange County men face civil actions for false statements claiming a bomb was aboard a commercial air liner. Timothy Nobel of Huntington Beach and Frank McLoughlin with Marion Sanders Jr of Fullerton are named in separate suits filed Tuesday by the federal government in Los Angeles.
President Nixon led about a dozen members of Congress in three minutes of silent prayer at the White House breakfast for the National Day of Prayer. Rev Billy Graham urged turning to God to sustain the nation amid dissensions as Adams�s prayer preface echoed.
President Nixon and the Shah of Iran exchanged warm toasts at a state dinner in Washington. They discussed mutual interests including football and friendship. The Shah seeks increased military aid and greater U S involvement as a regional peacekeeper in the Persian Gulf.
Dr. Alan Cooper of Kaiser Hospital San Rafael reported losing a cardboard carton at the Baker and Jackson Streets corner in San Francisco. The carton held two years of medical research on influenza and pneumonia from Harvard Modise School sought for studies on influenza.
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