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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1968
Page
1
A staff writer tests generosity by trying to hand out 20 one dollar bills in Long Beach. Only 11 acceptors amid distrust and fear of counterfeits. 44 refuse. Encounters at multiple addresses end with slammed doors and wary responses. A dog interrupts a street attempt at 347 W. 10th Street.
Action Line offers guidance on problems from club memberships to insurance refunds. Readers submit questions, and responses include contact details and agency names. The column mentions the New Zealand Mayflower Club in San Fernando Valley and a 5 annual membership fee.
The Insurance Commissioner’s office reports Beattie’s agency closed and under investigation. A detailed report of dealings with the agency is requested for A L Seina, supervisor of investigations, at 107 Broadway Los Angeles 90012. The note ends with a question about presidential yachts and aircraft, referencing the Sequoia as the current yacht.
A digest lists California campus turmoil amid liberal aid traditions, a 1.3 million pound rocket move challenge, Biafra relief plans by the Johnson administration, a Julie Nixon and David Eisenhower wedding preview, and a Highway Patrol contract race. Also brief local street scene with a woman and a man at 1036 Chestnut Ave.
A Hanoi Radio Japanese broadcast claiming North Vietnam would release American pilots for Christmas sparked confusion. US officials warned of possible mistranslation while Mainichi ran the front page. Washington noted no official confirmation of such a release.
Three young mountain men linked to raiding farms and homes were found shot dead in a Cumberland Mountain cabin after a widow reported a freshly slaughtered hog stolen. Victims Claude Dickson, 23, of Pearl Kentucky Larry Thacker, 23, of La Follette Tennessee and Dewey Partin, 21, of Frakes Kentucky were identified. Dickson and Thacker had been sought by Bell County Kentucky authorities as part of a feared gang terrorizing the area. Sheriff Wilson Hurst reported the slayings occurred Friday night and noted the cabin was equipped with sawed out portholes.
Nixon tapped California official Robert Finch for health education and welfare secretary but Finch declined arguing it would invite cronyism and that his name was not widely known. The bond between Finch and Nixon spans over two decades with Finch poised to be near the president in the new administration.
U S officials on Saturday said Moscow likely prefers waiting for president elect Nixon to take office before resuming long delayed strategic missiles talks. They cited Russia’s lack of response to the Nov 25 proposal and noted a Johnson Kosygin summit is seen as virtually impossible.
A Dong A Ilbo report , unconfirmed in Washington, says North Korea plans to release the Pueblo crew by December 31 after talks in Seoul between Wade L. Lathram and South Korea’s Chin Pil Shik. U.S. officials contact veterans groups and petition supporters in Washington.
U.S. Weather Bureau spokesmen said rain chances are about 60 percent this morning, diminishing to 20 percent by tonight. Mountain snowlines stay around 6,000 feet as conditions barely wet the air.
A man told a doctor his wife suffered frostbite while preparing dinner, explaining the injury occurred during their household mishap.
A $140000 retail valued jewelry stash left in an attache case was found by police after a teen circulated it until officers recovered $40000 wholesale worth from the boy and his friends. Det A C Moen noted the items were treated as junk before awareness rose.
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