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Beach Policemen Refuse to Arrest Teen Picket
By James McNabb, Jr., Daily Pilot Staff, The Daily Pilot, California
December 19, 1968, North America
Two ranking Huntington Beach police officers Wednesday refused to order the arrest of a lone Teen for Christ after being called to do so by Marina High School administrators.
Capt. Earle Robitaille, commander of the detective division, said he could “see no reason to arrest” pretty Terry Painter, 24, who about 3 p.m. had crossed over to picket on the forbidden northwest corner of Edinger Avenue and Springdale Street.
“She isn’t breaking any law,” said Robitaille, who with Patrol Capt. Harold Mays responded to the call of administrators.
Miss Painter, attired in modern dress and carrying a small American Flag said she crossed over to “be a test case.”
She admitted she had been warned repeatedly by campus security chief Obie Moore and Miller that she would be subject to arrest for picketing on the corner bordering school property.
The dark-eyed [brunette], who gave her address as 116 Main St., …
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School Ousts Two Teens for Christ
By James McNabb, Jr., Daily Pilot Staff, The Daily Pilot, California
December 19, 1968, North America
Two pretty girls affiliated with the church-hopping Teens for Christ Thursday were sent home from a Huntington Beach High School, one with a five-day suspension slip and the other with orders to slip out of her Biblical gown into something less comfortable but more modern.
Assistant Principal Owen Miller said one girl, a junior, appeared on the campus at 15871 Springdale St. robed in illegal Biblical dress.
She was reportedly discovered talking about Jesus to another student and was handed the five-day suspension when she refused to obey orders to halt her preaching.
Miller said the other girl’s suspension came in conjunction with truancy charges, but the petite, brown-eyed senior denied the suspension Thursday was connected with alleged skipping classes.
She stated it was her fourth suspension since the term began but insisted only the first two were for truancy. The third was three days for passing out gospel tracts …
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Christ Teens Told To Picket Golden West
By James McNabb, Jr., Daily Pilot Staff, The Daily Pilot, California
December 12, 1968, North America
The sandal-shod Teens for Christ have been ordered by their “spiritual adviser” to begin picketing Golden West College as one member of the militant Huntington Beach sect faced arraignment today on week-old trespassing charges.
“Uncle” Dave leader of the band of hippie-appearing young people, announced the sandwich board protest Sunday at the conclusion of an evening meeting at the First Baptist Church of Fountain Valley.
The Teens, headquartered at 116 Main St., attended morning worship services at the First Christian Church of Orange then wound up their 24-hour-day personal evangelism with the panel discussion in the sanctuary of the Baptist Church at 17415 Magnolia St.
Both visits were by invitation. Previous march-ins were surprise processions during worship services. The decision to send pickets to Golden West stems from the Dec. 6 arrest of six of the self-named “Christian revolutionaries” found distributing religious tracts on campus.
Police were summoned on campus …
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