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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jul 29, 1968

Page

5

Blow Up Due on Pill Issue

Vatican insiders expect Pope Paul to reaffirm the church ban on artificial birth control in an encyclical due to be issued Monday. Time magazine notes the document rejects contraception, labels it a direct interruption of the generative process, and may trigger an “explosion” among liberal Catholic circles and theologians.

Vatican City UPI Paul Vatican Time Magazine TIME John XXIII Special Study Commission On Pius XII

Seven Die as Storm Sweeps Formosa

A Formosan storm claiming seven lives as it swept from the Pacific into the South China Sea caused two drownings a landslide death and a cave-in burying three miners. Police reported the fatalities and described the flash flood that triggered the collapse.

Taipei Formosa South China Sea Pacific

Spruce Up Your Home with Classified Ad Bargains

Local classified ads promote home upgrades with bargain pricing. Readers are urged to check listings for furniture decor tools and upgrading deals. Deals are tagged as limited time and vary by store location and date.

Humphrey Seeks Unity and Democratic Platform in Vietnam Policy

Humphrey promotes a Democratic Convention platform favoring a political settlement in Vietnam while defending his independence from the administration. He notes a mixed Watts crowd but stays on the campaign trail, planning town hall in the Biltmore Bowl and subsequent stop in San Francisco for further campaigning. He recalls personal risks as a former mayor and pledges continued public campaigning across communities.

Vietnam

Orderly Throng Protests Humphrey's Vietnam Role

A crowd about 2,500 demonstrated Sunday in front of the Century Plaza Hotel, where Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey has his headquarters. He said heckling would not stop him from campaigning and mingling with the people as he returned from a television interview show.

Los Angeles Century Plaza Hotel Hubert H. Humphrey

Firefighters Contain Sierra Foothill and Bohemian Grove Blazes

Firefighters contained two brush fires in the Sierra foothills and a timber blaze near Bohemian Grove. The Angeles Camp fire burned 488 acres before containment and a separate blaze near Sonora covered 30 acres threatening a trailer camp. Demonstrators protested in nearby streets during Hubert Humphrey visit, urging an end to the Vietnam War as security measures remained in place.

Sierra Foothills Bohemian Grove Angeles Camp State Forestry Division Angeles Highway 108 Sonora Standard City

Paint Job Set for Gas Holder South of Spring Street

City council approves maintenance work on the 10 million cubic foot gas holder near Spring Street and Junipero Avenue. The project at an estimated cost of $50,000 includes cleaning, spot priming, and two coats of paint to address deterioration. Prowlers stole a box of tools valued at $150 from Bill's Phillips 66 Service Station on Pacific Avenue.

Spring Street Junipero Avenue Bill Phillips 66 Pacific Ave Long Beach

Russia unveils new submarine amid fleet display

A televised Navy Day review in Baltijsk showed a mysterious large submarine with a rubber ring like bulge around the conning tower. Izvestia published a photo calling it a mighty underseas boat as Western observers debated power source and armament.

Moscow UPS Soviet Union Red Fleet Baltic Baltijsk Izvestia Andrei Grechko Sergei Groshkov Navy Communist Party Pravda

Soviet pressure grows as Czech reforms face crackdown

Soviet demands for policy changes escalate as Prague faces hard line pressure. Dubcek pledges reform stance remains, Smrkovsky defends press freedom while Moscow warns no delay. Frontier maneuvers near Czechoslovakia and troop redeployments accompany the standoff.

Josef Smrkovsky

Soft drink bandits take do nut money at Torrance shop

Two young men at the Winchell Do-Nut House on Prairie Avenue Torrance paid for a drink with a note demanding the cash. Clerk Gennell Smith 23 handed over 85 dollars before the suspects fled on foot. Both suspects are described as short stocky dark haired about 21.

Winchell

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