Police Frustrate NYC Antiwar Marchers At Induction Center
About 4 000 police blocked a second Stop the Draft Week march on the Army induction center in Lower Manhattan as 30 to 264 protesters were arrested. Demonstrators regrouped uptown outside the Waldorf Astoria where Dean Rusk spoke, with similar actions staged in Philadelphia. Police kept crowds separated behind barricades and massed on overtime, while organizers warned of possible third attempts.
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Bob Monroe
New York
Dean Rusk
Waldorf - Astoria Hotel
Rusk
National Association of Manufacturers
Induction Center
Lower Manhattan
New York Hilton
Thée
Times Square
Indruction Center
Philadelphia
Whitehall St
Meat Supply Holds Steady in Corona Amid Strike
A nearly three week strike by Southland meat cutters has not hindered Corona’s meat availability. Independent markets report ample stock and range of cuts while some stores like Big Apple’s sign blank contracts to signal cooperation. Several chains have staffed non cutter workers to maintain service.
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Southland
Corona
Big Apples
West Sixth
Meat Cutters Union
Arnold Farkas
William Mariner
Big Apple
Alpha Beta
Sixth
Lincoln
Ed Sparkman
Budget King
East Sixth
Norco minister seeks flood fix via camera survey
Rev. Ernest Peirson of the Community Church of Norco asks the city council to investigate chronic flood waters at his Sixth and Valley View home. He suggests a televison camera check of the old pipe from Sixth to the Santa Ana River to locate root blockages and obstructions, potentially limiting costly repairs.
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Ernest Peirson
Community Church of
Norco
Valley View
Nick Poppelreiter
Peirson
Poppelreiter
Santa Ana
Oakland chief pledges news media cooperation
Oakland Police Chief Charles Gain defended the department's right to remove newsmen from between lines of police and protesters during anti draft demonstrations at the Oakland Armed Forces Induction Center. He pledged total accommodation with media in future protests and testified before the Assembly Criminal Procedure Committee.
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Sacramento
Oakland
Charles Gain
Oakland Armed Forces
Weather update shows cooler temps with scattered clouds
Tonight will be clear and cooler with lows from 35 to 42 degrees. Thursday brings variable cloudiness but mostly sunny skies and a touch cooler. Today’s noon reading reached 63 after an overnight low of 48, with yesterday’s high at 65.
Finch signs sweetheart reapportionment bill in California
Lt. Gov. Robert H. Finch signed the one man one vote reapportionment measure for California hours before a Supreme Court deadline. The bill, praised by some as essential reform, was seen as favoring incumbents but approved 42 to 35 in the Assembly. Senate sponsor Sen. James Mills called it the best bill in California history as the court to decide the plan’s fate neared.
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Sacramento
Robert H. Finch
Supreme Court
Reagan
James Mills
San Diego
Senate
California
Finch
Yale University
Connecticut
State Supreme Court
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City approves ladder truck purchase for Corona Fire Dept
Fire officials received city council approval to acquire a new ladder truck worth 75000 dollars. Fire Chief Jim Johnson said specifications and bidding will take about 60 days, with delivery likely by March 1969. Mayor Bill Smith opposed the purchase citing overall expansion costs and insurance-rate concerns.
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Corona Fire Department
Jim Johnson
Johnson
Bill Smith
Baby Dies After Heart Transplant In New York City
Doctors performed a heart transplant on a baby boy at 4 15 am at Maimonides Hospital in Brooklyn. The 2 hour 15 minute operation involved 22 medical staff and ended at 6 30 am. The hospital reported the patient died 64 hours later.
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N.Y.C
Geons
Brooklyn
Maimonides Hospital
Donations Sought for Vietnam Troops from Local Shoppers
Corona police officers' wives man a donation table at the Big Apple and other sites to gather supplies for Operation Christmas in Vietnam led by Mrs. C L Berry and Mrs. Gwen Mosley. Fifty care packages will depart Monday. donations deadline is Saturday. Needed are 264 razor blades 327 bootlaces and 342 toothpaste tubes. Drop sites include Big Apple Michaels Markets Alpha Beta Market Basket Safeway Ranchland and Shrader's Pharmacy in Norco.
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Corona
Vietnam
C. L. Berry
Gwen Mosley
Fleet Reserve Association
Unit 108
Norco
Big Apple
Michael's
Alpha Beta
Market Basket
Safeway
Ranchland
Shrader’s Pharmacy
Compromise antipoverty bill cleared for Senate action
Conferees reached a compromise on the antipoverty measure after 11 days of bargaining. The plan places public officials in charge of Community Action programs while preserving funding at about 1.98 billion in 1968 and 2.18 billion in 1969. Senate approval remains uncertain as shifts in control and spending levels meet House and Senate resistance.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
House Education and Labor Committee
Office of Economic Opportunity
Major kids drug supply in home medicine chest
Florida narcotics official warns that many minors obtain drugs from home medicine cabinets. Ray Bellinger notes prescription pills in bathrooms, simple colors aiding recognition, with cases of hospitalizations. Smoking asthma cigarettes and excessive cough syrup use by youths are growing concerns in Miami.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Sue
Ray Bellinger
Florida State Bureau of Narcotics
Bellinger
Kaiser Steel Bets Aton Price Hikes On Sheets
Kaiser Steel Corporation announced a price increase of five dollars per ton for cold rolled carbon sheet and strip and four dollars per ton for hot rolled carbon sheet and strip. The rises also include galvanized and culvert sheet at five dollars per ton. All increases take effect December 15.
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Kaiser Steel Corporation
Col. Eugene G. Rudd Jr Retires After 27 Years
Col. Eugene G. Rudd Jr of Corona retires from the California National Guard after 27 years of service. His record includes World War II service in the Army Air Force across the African Sicilian and Italian campaigns. He later joined the 40th Infantry Division and served through the Korean War era. Since 1965 he has been Division Inspector General of the 40th Armored Division.
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Army Air Force
40Th Infantry Division
224Th
40Th Armored Division
Heart transplant patient jokes as recovery continues
Louis Washkansky, 55, joked with a nurse calling himself a new Frankenstein three days after a landmark heart transplant at Groote Schuur Hospital. Doctors say he is in satisfactory condition with improving signs though the risk of organ rejection remains possible as his body adjusts to the donor heart.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Louis Washkansky
Frankenstein
Groote Schuur
Marius Barnard
Washkansky
Denise Ann Darvall
Desert Island Dream Partners From Local Readers
A collection of readers names a mix of celebrities and locals as preferred desert island companions. Choices include Sherrie Kilgore Dug Loftis Mike Kreiser Rueben Fierro Elvis Presley Janice Jeans and Andrea Esquibel David Cline with personal reasons and a few spouse picks.
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David Cline
E” St
Elvis Presley
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