18 Aug 1967
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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1967
Page
1
Saigon reports US B52 Stratofortresses struck a wide range of targets in North Vietnam and the demilitarized zone. The raids, first by the B52s in nearly a month, followed heavy casualties and renewed pressure on infiltration routes amid a six week lull in ground fighting.
Sandra Hilder, the Australian stowaway aboard the U.S. cruiser Long Beach, announces engagement in Melbourne but denies the claimed fiancé Bud Brewer. She hints a new American suitor named Richard will arrive in Sydney on December 1, while recounting past plans to join Brewer in the United States. The Long Beach was docked in Sydney when the admiral was absent.
Washington reports the administration will push legislation to bolster sagging farm prices despite budget squeezes. Expected costs to taxpayers range from 400 million to 1 billion dollars by next year. Simultaneously the White House backs stockpiling of wheat, feed grains, and soybeans to aid farmers amid growing discontent, including a Des Moines farmers’ meeting backing withholding from the market.
President Johnson directed the Department of Housing and Urban Development to pilot private resource investment in public housing. The plan seeks private developers to build and manage projects for profit, shifting from nonprofit management by local housing agencies. Originated with HUD Secretary Robert C. Weaver and presented to a presidential commission.
Ottawa report notes a Seafarers International Union strike by 5400 seamen halting 180 vessels across the Great Lakes and St Lawrence River. The union seeks higher wages and a 40 hour week among working conditions gains. Western wheat handlers warn of grain movement disruption. businessmen fear economic impact.
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Joseph Clyde Amster, one of the Lares group convicted of kidnapping Frank Sinatra Jr., was released in Los Angeles on Thursday without bail pending a retrial. Judge Warren J. Ferguson cited Amster as a model prisoner after three years in federal custody.
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