02 Dec 1968
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Newspaper
California Pasadena Independent
Location
Pasadena, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1968
Page
1
A small fire damaged a bedroom of Gov. Paul Laxall's child at the Nevada governor's mansion on Saturday night. Spokesmen said 11 year old Nina Laxall and friends were playing with a Christmas candle in the second floor room. The children had left the room when the fire was discovered.
London AP reports the French version of the Concorde supersonic airliner will have its maiden flight early in January. A British Aircraft Corp spokesman confirmed BAC collaborates with France's Sud Aviation on the project.
Nation faces split choices as 25 percent illiterate voters decide whether to halt a decade rise of Leon's Democratic Action party. Unofficial estimates suggest 27 to 30 percent may swing the presidency, with Borregales and Hernandez also in the race. Six candidates addressed a nationwide radio TV hookup urging orderly voting. A key issue is ending heavy petroleum dependence, which fuels 27 percent of GDP and 97 percent of export earnings, amid Near Eastern oilfield competition. Carabobo violence left one policeman and a national guard soldier dead in the final campaign days.
U S and South Vietnamese forces reported continued combat across Vietnam near Tam Ky and Union in the Saigon area. American units said they killed 15 Red troops in a brief engagement and Marine artillery killed nine west of Union. U S intelligence identified 40 000 Communist troops near Cambodian hideouts as a potential winter spring offensive loomed. More than 500 guerrillas died last week in clashes north and northwest of Saigon toward the Cambodian frontier. Officials cautioned there was no clear sign the guerrillas were confined to the area.
Fragmented forecasts show temperatures around 55 to 62 with gusty winds. The text mixes regional weather notes, military mentions, and political references, naming places like Mekong Delta and Pasadena while noting shifting winds and upcoming conditions.
The Christmas mailings begin Tuesday and exceed prior efforts with elaborate tins of cookies. Operation Cookie, led by Fay Vandeveld of Nevada County Seventh Day Adventist Church, involves churches, business groups, and volunteers who pack 2845 cans with over 123000 cookies, each wrapped and tied with Christmas paper. Each can includes a fruitcake, cookies, and a small denomination prayer bank.
The article explains the December solstice with December 21 as the year's shortest day and December 22 signaling the return toward longer days. It notes the South Pole's tilt bringing near constant daylight near the Arctic Circle while the opposite pole faces near darkness and ends by optimism about lengthening days and sunlit evenings.
Dr Dwight L Wilbur president of the American Medical Association told the AMA House of Delegates at its 22nd clinical convention that the nation needs high quality health care at reasonable cost. He said more than 20 million Americans are not receiving adequate care.
The text outlines a Pasadena newspaper, The Independent, with pricing for daily and weekend editions, postal details, and office addresses. It notes legal advertising eligibility by Superior Court order and provides contact numbers and office locations on Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena.
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