16 Jul 1968
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Newspaper
California Pasadena Independent
Location
Pasadena, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1968
Page
1
Readers in Pasadena ask for guidance on a range of topics from faulty furniture purchases to traffic hazards and tree safety. Questions cover a replacement shipment, radar signs ethics, shrubs blocking sightlines, a dying tree liability, and nuisance noises from neighbors, with partial official guidance and legal cautions.
In reply to a request, a copy of the tape of the tower taken from the master has been sent to WRIA in Minnesota for processing. The Army Hometown News Center in Kansas City reports the data underwent verification and is now in transit to the requested authority.
Gov Nelson Rockefeller of New York gains the endorsement of Colorado Governor. The move appears to yield no new delegates for the Republican presidential nomination. The note appears in the Daily issue amid sections on Editorials Sports and Classifieds.
Senate hearing opens on Abe Fortas as potential chief justice with cross examination of his judicial philosophy. Party lines show mixed support as Republicans endorse the nominations while Democrats split. Byrd Long oppose elevation, Ervin leads opposition. meanwhile 19 Republicans back the anti vacancy statement urging next president to fill vacancies.
U S and Vietnamese forces report the enemy easing pressure on Saigon as large Viet Cong units withdraw toward the west. The latest assessment says a major attack is unlikely until late July or August, with preliminary fighting in Vinh Binh Province and two North Vietnamese regiments reaching the Cambodian border after a 25 mile march.
West Germany implements a cutoff date for East German travel with visas and passport stamping. At Helmstedt crossing about 85 West Germans were turned back, many unaware the deadline had passed. Traffic on key routes to West Berlin remained largely normal.
Lisbon based mercy airlift operates as the sole path to deliver food and medicine to famine-stricken Biafra amid Nigeria’s civil war. The Lagos government demands federal oversight and inspection, while Biafran and allied sources contest the plan as risky and potentially poisoned aid.
Theatre owner Harold E. Wenzler of Oaks Theatre disputes the report that an electrical malfunction caused the Saturday blaze. He notes a 1967 renovation and clearance by the Electrical Department, and corrects a mistaken claim of multiple past convictions, stating only one conviction for selling a film over the candy counter.
A patrolman spotted a brown panel bag hanging at the Trench Pavilion near St. Patrick's Cathedral at 5 am. Police, aided by Detectives Wooley and Sweeney, neutralized a powerful plastic explosive timed to detonate. No injuries occurred. The incident followed Bastille Day and Chicago bombing reports. A separate report notes Castiella and Secretary of State Rice discussing renewal of U.S. military base agreements.
About 2,500 demonstrators gathered outside the Oakland courthouse to protest Huey Newton’s murder trial. Guards kept the seventh floor restricted as Newton sat with attorney Charles Garry and argued juror bias while his supporters watched from a packed courtroom.
President Johnson voiced a goal of better U.S.-Soviet relations as his term nears end. He urged detente and a possible missile force reduction while transmitting the astronaut recovery treaty for Senate ratification. Undersecretary Nicholas Katenbach called the steps a hopeful prelude to broader talks.
We sold our XK and a Corvair quickly thanks to ISN classified ads reported by Mrs. Tom Oldfield of Altadena. If you have a car or two to sell, get quick results with an Independent Star-News classified ad. To place an ad, call 796-0311, 81-487L or toll free 445-2434 from Monrovia, El Monte and Covina exchanges.
Warsaw reports the five nation summit involving the Soviet Union and allies Poland Hungary East Germany and Czechoslovakia ended quietly. Leaders warned Prague leadership over democratization while Soviet troops in Czechoslovakia faced delays amid heavy traffic for redeployment.
Security measures for James Earl Ray as he returns for Dr. King’s assassination trial include a dedicated cell with closed circuit TV. County officials describe intensive monitoring and restricted traffic around the Shelby County Criminal Courts Building. Sheriff Morris declined to comment on specifics.
In Capetown doctors at a heart transplant symposium rejected calls to use mental defectives as transplant farms. Brooklyn surgeon Dr. Adrian Kantrowitz of Maimonides Hospital called the proposal absolutely in wear. The Medical Journal of Australia had reported the plan from an Australian hospital.
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