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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1968
Page
1
The notice explains ACTION LINE is a service offering problem solving and information. Readers are invited to write ACTION LINE Box 230 Long Beach CA 90801 or call 432-3451 during specified hours for general interest inquiries and helpful answers.
The terms favorite son and grass roots carry distinct roots. Favorite son began as a commendatory label for George Washington in 1777 and now marks a candidate favored by a specific state or county, often an officeholder. Grass roots started as a mining phrase about soil beneath the surface and now denotes politics rooted in ordinary people and local support.
Columns relay how to obtain brother's Stars and Stripes photo from Pacific or European editions with addresses in APO 96503 San Francisco and APO 09175 New York. Also includes guidance on Railway Express Agency claims, Ukrainian Orthodox contact, Long Beach golf lessons and Janice Holt Giles book sources.
Two Midwest teenagers, Johnny Teague of Muldrow Oklahoma and Robert Martin of Fort Smith Arkansas, led a five mile high speed chase in Long Beach Friday. Police in nine squad cars and ten motorcycles pursued them before Teague crashed into a parked car on Second Street near Esparanza Avenue. Both youths were booked on grand theft auto and traffic violations with warrants from Midwest agencies.
Sen. Eugene McCarthy blasted Sen. Robert Kennedy during Southern California talks. He compared Kennedy to a pouty child who will hold his breath if he does not win the California primary. He vowed Kennedy could return to the convention in force if Kennedy loses.
Sen Robert F Kennedy accused Eugene McCarthy’s campaign of distorting him to hinder his presidential bid. He spoke upon arriving in San Francisco where full page ads by the McCarthy Campaign Committee criticized his role in National Security Council decisions on Vietnam.
Student demonstrators at California State College Long Beach plan a public showing of Bill Spater sculptures to the chancellor in Los Angeles today. Friday's march involved about 1,500 students led by 45 professors while police prepared for possible disturbances. the campus president praised faculty efforts to keep protests peaceful.
The organizers of the three week old poor people's march announced a major leadership shakeup and expansion to 15 other American cities. Resurrection City enjoyed its first dry day after a week of rain dampened the demonstration.
Government agencies monitor the Poor People Campaign movement using mobile radio and high powered binoculars. U.S. marshals and other federal officers shadow marchers in autos and on foot advising federal police of locations and destinations.
Rev Andrew Young said as many as 15 or more satellite Resurrection Cities would be built around the country to revive the campaign. He and Rev Jesse Jackson, acting as city manager of the tent city near the Lincoln Memorial, will lead top SCLC officials in the effort.
France steps up mobilization with tanks and troops around Paris and a reshuffled cabinet as the general strike weakens. The Communist party pledges battle via ballots, while labor leaders and unions move toward renewed negotiations amid a $1 billion weekly strike.
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