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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1967
Page
1
A 16 year old Newark junior posed as a substitute teacher and taught a high school music class on Oct 1 and a mathematics class last Friday. Officials say the boy should have been in classes two or three grades lower. He claimed he called the Board of Education and was given a number to reach him, but the board denied any such conversation.
Government data show September living costs up two tenths of a percent, the smallest rise in six months, though a spokesman warns that price hikes are accelerating and justify a tax increase. Housing, clothing, transportation, and medical care drove the gain, while grocery prices fell nine tenths of a percent.
In Los Angeles a municipal court judge refused to dismiss misdemeanor gambling charges against 51 elderly members of a Jewish social club. Trial is set for Nov. 14 in Division 20 after a raid on Temple Heth Sharon. Defendants, aged 53 to 80, pleaded innocent claiming the $49 seized represented only admission fees.
Brig. Gen. Harley Moore Jr. said several thousand of the 464,000 U.S. servicemen in Vietnam may smoke marijuana, a widely found habit from the front lines to Long Binh. Gen. Winant Sidle disputed John Steinbeck IV's claim that three quarters of GIs smoke cannabis, calling it ridiculous though acknowledging broad use. Authorities report marijuana found on sentries and inside the Long Binh stockade, with cases spanning from DMZ to Mekong Delta.
Bruce Burkan 19 reentered his Parsippany home after a two month memory gap. He described waking on a beach and later in Newark, with a past air sea search and a memorial fund noted by his mother. Doctors planned a full physical. authorities and family seek reasons for the lapse.
U S Immigration officials report large increases in arrests of Mexican nationals crossing near the Tehachapis and in Kern and Tulare counties. A 740 percent rise in four years and 28,347 arrests across 10 western states in July to September signal a broad border challenge.
A confidential government report on a California Job Corps center details high costs and disciplinary problems. It cites cost rises from 12.8 million to 25.6 million, a 55 percent dropout rate, and only 8 percent placed in relevant jobs, with 93 enrollees facing dismissal for offenses including assault and drug use. The GAO notes improvements since 1965 to 1968 while contractors face costly facilities and staffing.
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