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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1967
Page
4
Republican hopeful Greipe Romney tours Viet Nam, meeting troops at Cu Chi Lai Khe and Da Nang. He cites religious aims and quotes Christ, calls briefings useful, and mingles with soldiers including Michigan guardsmen.
New York mayor John V Lindsay announces changes to police operations aiming to increase active patrols by 40 to 50 percent within a year without expanding the overall force. Plans include hiring civilians for traffic duties, expanding one man patrol cars, an officer fleet to summon officers only when needed, meters enforcing full traffic laws, and issuing summons instead of arrests for minor offenses. In Rome, Italy’s film industry selects La Cina è vicino as Italy’s 1967 foreign film Oscar candidate amid festival controversy.
Detroit Mayor Jerome Cavanagh says he disagrees with the administration's Vietnam policy and would be undecided if a convention fight arose between Johnson and Kennedy. He declines to back Eugene McCarthy, calling him not a serious candidate, and predicts Nelson Rockefeller to win the GOP nomination. A separate burglary report notes a thief stole about 73 dollars from a storage loft juke box at the Checkerboard Cafe.
Washington based economist Dr. Gerhart Colm of the Nation Planning Association forecasts continued price hikes into 1968 with slightly higher unemployment. He projects real growth around 4 percent if inflation runs near 3.5 percent, noting tax raises and ongoing federal spending as factors.
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