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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1968
Page
2
After passage, leaders praised the measure while critics warned of unresolved enforcement. Figures cite federal housing reach, Johnson plans to sign soon, and the bill’s impact on urban segregation and future reform.
Washington congressmen from California joined in supporting civil rights legislation with open housing provisions. The House approved 228 to 195 after Democrats favored the Senate version, aided by three Republicans. Long Beach members Hanna, Fuller, Holifield, Bell supported. Hosmer Clawson Clawson Absent King.
A 36-year-old widow and her three teenage daughters are set to marry Friday night in four simultaneous weddings at Shiloah Primitive Baptist Church. Each daughter will wed a shipmate from the destroyer USS Maddox now back in Long Beach from the western Pacific.
The piece notes Oscar wins and moments from the 1968 ceremony held two days late after King’s death. It highlights Rod Steiger’s acceptance, Hepburn’s France filming, Parsons’ surprise, Kennedy’s emotional speech, and Hope’s hosting with some telecast glitches. It lists major awards and acknowledgments across categories and honors Irving Thalberg Memorial.
National Guardsmen fought rooftop snipers as flames leaped along 31st Street in a Negro district near St Josephs Hospital. Mayor Davis declared a state of emergency and 2,800 guards were deployed citywide with a curfew and liquor-store closures to curb violence.
A blunt West Point graduate born in Springfield, Abrams, long viewed as the likely successor to Westmoreland, supports search and destroy tactics. Westmoreland has led since August 1964. McCain, a salty admiral, earned his rank May 1, 1957 in London. Goodpaster, Johnson’s trusted adviser, was nominated to four star general and to succeed Abrams, as commandant of the National War College since August.
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