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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1968
Page
9
KNAC host Mac Epley discusses televised political conventions, the press show versus spontaneity, and polling interpretation. He recalls 1952 Chicago conventions, critiques camera coverage, and notes misreading opinion samples in the Doping the Runners contest as voters await Democrats.
Staff writer Thomas Edwards reports the First Newport Pop Festival drew over 110,000 music lovers to the Orange County Fairgrounds last weekend. The event featured music, flowers, and a nine‑foot python amid a hippie era atmosphere with minimal trouble and only three arrests. Westco Productions organized the rapid setup under a large peace banner with psychedelic booths enhancing the scene.
A Navy psychiatrist reports many submariners wives show depressions near husbands' returns, with guilt over desertion and longing for separations. He notes some gain solace from prolonged separations, while Navy doctors contest the syndrome.
In a bid to avoid death row, former def ense prosecutor Kirschke asks for a new trial arguing wrong court and wrong jury. He challenges Judge Parker rulings and seeks manslaughter instruction despite his stance. Davis will press legal issues while awaiting possible new evidence.
A sailboat regatta opens the third day of the California International Sea Festival at Alamitos Bay in Long Beach. The event runs 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and Tuesday with regattas speed trials and a treasure hunt through Aug. 11. Awards include the Queen's Trophy won by Marina Yacht Club cruiser owned by a Long Beach dentist and honors for Sweet Tooth and other boats.
Admission free reminder for Long Beach area lists a 7:30 p.m. lecture on Modern Dance by Bella Lewitzky at Long Beach State College in Lecture Hall 15. The notice invites students and community members to attend the talk.
Orville Cole grew up on a 160 acre cotton farm in Hollis Oklahoma. At age five a family doctor visiting for a sick sister inspired him to become a doctor. He later attended the University of Oklahoma, served nine years in the Navy and finished training in San Diego before establishing a private practice in Long Beach.
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