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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1968
Page
2
Sen. Wayne Morse, Democrat, ends bid to hold his Oregon Senate seat after losing to Robert Packwood by 3,445 votes and rejecting a renewed challenge. Morse cites risk to state image and 18 month time frame, urges election law reform.
Californian millionaire David Packard, chairman of Hewlett-Packard, was named deputy defense secretary in the Nixon administration. He will resign from multiple boards, place his 3.6 million HP shares in trust, and continue earning new income beyond his $30 000 a year salary.
The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans ruled Monday that William Whirl is entitled to damages after being deprived of his artificial leg while held in a Houston jail.
Mrs. Margaret F. du Pont, 69, widow of a former president of the Du Pont Company, died Monday at her home in suburban Wilmington Delaware after a long illness.
Trygve Lie 72 Norwegian socialist and first UN secretary general died at a Geilo ski lodge in Norway after heart trouble. He led the UN from 1946 to 1953 and helped shape the UN Charter. His tenure saw clashes with the Soviet Union over China and Korea before he resigned.
Charles V. Wilson, praised as World’s Champion Liar of 1968 by Burlington Liars Club, claimed the town is so small it needed to extend limits for a phone booth. Alan Cranston announces Roy A. Greenaway of Fresno as legislative assistant. Robert Taylor released from St. John’s Hospital after lung cancer operation complications.
Assembly Speaker Jess Unruh said on Monday he will publicly share his financial holdings regardless of the fate of proposed conflict-of-interest legislation. He added he will introduce the financial-disclosure bill at the coming legislative session.
Sean Connery a Scottish actor known for James Bond is urged to run for Parliament as a candidate of the Scottish Nationalists.
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