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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1969
Page
1
Navy veteran from Kenosha, Wisconsin, lost left leg and pelvis in an accident. He walked 9.2 miles in five hours, aiming to inspire disabled veterans, despite blisters and injuries. He plans a 35 mile ride to Milwaukee next year to motivate others.
James Alva C. Long of Abin Washington went to Longacres Racetrack in Renton Sunday to lose 300 dollars and sue the state over gambling laws. Instead his $300 in three $100 bets on Sun O Mara paid 12.20 to 1, yielding a win of 1045 dollars as the longshot led in the stretch. Long aimed to question double standards on gambling rather than end it. The piece also notes a church requiem for Saines A Pike in New York, a Boston tea party protest in Bosich Iowa, and anti tax sentiments around Shafer’s proposed state income tax.
A rescue operation at Mannington No 0 coal mine begins to recover the bodies of 78 miners trapped by explosions and floods yesterday. John Ashcraft leads the search with two teams from federal and state agencies as crews seal sections and pump out water while ventilating the mine.
A Jeep traveling at high speed struck 2 parked cars and 3 houses on the Pacific Coast Highway, bursting into flames. Two people were killed and a third injured, identified as Richard R. Ouellette of Malibu, who was taken to Santa Monica Hospital. Deputies were reconstructing the sequence of events.
Los Angeles reports a vehicle rammed a downtown department store crowd injuring five and killing a woman. Ramon Armendariz, 56, was seized for investigation of driving under the influence and resisting arrest after the crash near a broken hydrant. Victims include Willan Crane 57 and Feliciano Guardo 24.
Joslyn, 64, former Pan American pilot, received the heart of Oakland shooting victim Clemal Clark Jr after Clark died from suicide. The operation by Dr Norman Shumway at Stanford included kidney transplants for two recipients, Green and Santos, with Joslyn's recovery described as satisfactory after a four hour operation. Clark’s heart arrived by ambulance after a 40 mile transfer from Oakland to Stanford.Clark’s death was ruled death by own action by Alameda County coroner. The donor was 29 years old with outdoor sign company work. Clark died shortly after arriving at Oakland hospital. The transplant marked the world’s 144th heart transplant. Clark’s kidneys were also transplanted into two recipients.
The worst floods in Korea since 1959 left 257 dead and 81 missing, with more than 60,000 homeless and 90 injured in the southern coastal areas. Rainfall of nine to fourteen inches since Sunday afternoon caused the disaster, surpassing Typhoon Sarah’s impact last September.
A damaged page fragment mentions carrier delivery issues and a note about gun pay. Details are incomplete, but the snippet points to a single copy request and a Sunday timing reference with scattered capitalized terms. No full names, dates, or places are recoverable from the readable text.
A passenger on a Greyhound bound for Los Angeles stabbed five people, including the driver, before being captured by fellow riders. The assailant, a 51 year old man from Albuquerque, fled to a service station and was later arrested. Victims were treated at local hospitals with two drivers transferred to Phoenix Good Samaritan Hospital in surgery in good condition.
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