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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jul 27, 1968

Page

2

Security Costs Mount for Ray Mount Custody

Shelby County has spent about 6600 in direct expenditures to protect James Earl Ray, with additional jail security upgrades costing around 55000. Sheriff Morris cited $1500 for air conditioning, $453 for steel window plates, and $350 for a locked meals box as part of direct costs.

Shelby County James Earl Ray William N. Morris Jr Federal Bureau of Investigation Martin Luther King Jr Morris Ray

Underground North Vietnamese hospital found near Hue

U S cavalry unearthed a large underground hospital beneath 37 huts near Hue capable of caring for 500 troops. Supplies included 100 pounds heroin 5000 vials penicillin 12 bags novocain 150 pints blood 1300 bandages and multiple microscopes.

Saigon U.S Hue da Nang

Congress approves 45 million to feed hungry people

Congress approved an extra 45 million dollars as part of a 5.5 billion Agriculture Department bill to fund lunches for poor schoolchildren and meals for others deemed hungry. Adults face work eligibility and employment service registration, with priority to hungry children in schools.

Washington Congress Agriculture Department Secretary of Agriculture House Senate Johnson

Castro marks 15 years in power in Cuba

Prime Minister Fidel Castro addressed a Santa Clara crowd on the 15th anniversary of his movement noting Cuba's shortages and promising fair distribution of limited goods. The speech focused on internal issues with rationing already in place amid cooler Kremlin sentiment.

Fidel Castro Cuba Castro Santa Clara Las Villas Havana Fulgencio Batista Kremlin Caribbean

Huie Rewards Wallace Support Claim With Cash

Novelist William Bradford Huie paid 500 on the Alabama Capitol steps to Judy Reeves an 18 year old white student from Bay Minette who said she would use the money to enter Auburn. Reeves claimed Morris Anderson a 72 year old Bay Minette Negro janitor supported Wallace and Wallace for president in 1968. Huie said the prize aimed to challenge Wallace's claim Alabama Negroes backed him.

William Bradford Huie George C. Wallace Huie Alabama State Capitol Judy Reeves Bay Minette Ala Auburn University Miss Reeves Morris Anderson Lurleen B. Wallace George Wallace Hartselle Wallace Alabama

Students Defile U S Flag In East Lansing Incident

Two 17 year old students were arrested after dragging a 3 by 5 foot flag from a car and sitting on it to play gin rummy. State police and campus police tagged the act as defiling the flag of the United States and charged the youths with the offense.

Britain Donald Ross London Reginald A. Forde Bromley U.S Moscow Pravda Czechoslovakia Prague United States Algiers Algeria France International Airline Pilots Federation Federation Ola Forsberg Finland Paris Skopje Yugoslavia Washington State Department Cambodia Mekong Phnom Penh Rohn R. Peckman John Blunt United States of America East Lansing Michigan State University Lansing Township George Nutter

Sapir Named Labor Secretary General Amid Power Tussle

Israeli Finance Minister Pinhas Sapir, 59, named to succeed Golda Meir as secretary-general of the Labor party. The move, seen as easing Prime Minister Levi Eshkol's effort to blunt Moshe Dayan's bid, awaits only formal party secretariat approval.

Pinhas Sapir Labor Party Golda Meir Sapir Levi Eshkol Moshe Dayan

Local Publication Details For Long Beach Edition

Entry marks second class matter at Long Beach Post Office and notes Saturday publication only at Sixth Street and Pine Avenue Long Beach California.

Long Beach Cal Sixth St Pine Ave

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