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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1969
Page
1
After seven sleepless weeks Mr and Mrs Gordon Gray of Kennewick Washington, both 26, finally rest without worry as an improvised electronic device in their baby's crib triggers lights and a vibrator when the infant cries. The setup, tested by friends, aids the deaf couple by alerting them to the child's needs.
Walter Brisebois a 64 year old Windsor resident known for blocking railway crossings led a movement against Canadian National Railways. After a televised stunt and a court setback he gained followers. A city meeting with Acting Mayor Walter Triggs resulted in plans for five underpasses at street rail intersections costing 4.5 million dollars with Brisebois’ underpass slated first.
Dr Michael J DeBakey President of Baylor College of Medicine condemned Dr Denton A Cooley s proposal to use an artificial heart in Hawaii calling it unsafe lacking sufficient evidence. DeBakey spoke in Houston on Thursday marking his first official comment on Conley s earlier use of the device. Conley said he refused a Baylor staff appointment after Baylor s Committee on Human Experimentation rejected the project and he declined to sign NIH human experimentation guidelines pledge.
SACRAMENTO UPI Senate leader Honard Way ousted three longtime Ethics Committee members including Hugh M. Burns from the Legislature’s Ethics panel in a leadership reshuffle. Burns Stephen P sale and John McCarthy were replaced by Anthony Beilenson Joseph Kenrick and Clark Bradley. Assembly Speaker Monagan kept current members Harvey Johnson Frank Lanterman and Carley Porter on the six member two house committee.
Torrance Police Chief Waller II Koenig resigned by telegram from Georgia to City Manager Edward Ferraro. The note said the resignation is effective Sept. 3, the day he began teaching police science at Georgia State University. Ferraro, after a city attorney’s opinion, adjusted Koenig’s salary pay to Aug. 27. Captain Donald Nast will serve as temporary chief for three to four months.
Western diplomats in Moscow say Soviet Premier Kosygin may have warned Chinese leaders in Peking against further border attacks. Observers note the meeting was described as frank and useful, with few details from Tass or China News Agency. Discussions likely covered border clashes and aid to North Vietnam, amid broader Soviet Chinese tensions.
Crews using jackhammers break through a massive steel and concrete cap on the Mans ington No 9 shaft to start the dangerous recovery of 78 miners buried by a sand fire. A large crane removes the cap as a fan begins venting explosive methane gas, reducing danger from 95 percent to 6 to 15 percent. The operation, 30 minutes in, signals one of the era’s largest coal mine recovery efforts, coming 285 days after the disaster.
Fires blamed on arson devastated Vista schools with $50,000 and $24,000 losses. As the 1969-70 year began, classes met in the stage and cafeteria, with Olive Elementary forced to use portable space after destruction of the administration area. Investigators offered no suspect at the time.
A fragmented clipping notes a Carlier Delivery rally highlighted in the Sunday edition of the Press Telegram. Details are sparse but emphasize a single-copy event.
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