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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1969
Page
6
A brief scene on a page A-1 shows President Nixon chatting with a young man, identified as a senior tackle, among several dozen golf spectators at a helicopter pad at 9 47 a.m. The exchange hints at football memories and future plans.
At least 22 stores looted in the Hartford north end during a fourth straight night of disorders. Mayor Anne Ucceilo urged halt to trouble, calling it a conspiracy to foment unrest. Police used tear gas as 17 people were arrested, including five juveniles. Two victims, Nelson Deschampes and Oliver Dukes, were shot near the Lucky Seven cafe as officers intervened.
Reports from Saigon on Thursday said President Nguyen Van Thieu is ready to accept special election procedures. The shift would align American and South Vietnamese policies with his earlier hard line against a Communist coalition.
A jury has convicted Powell of murder for a second time. The panel will reconvene next Wednesday to determine the penalty phase and whether Powell should face a harsher sentence.
The Senate Finance Committee rejected a proposal to require the state to fund a seven dollar fifty cent monthly social security increase for old age welfare recipients. The bill aimed to pass the federal raise allocated over years, but the committee blocked the state contribution. A separate note recalls a 1963 Bakersfield shooting involving Campbell and Hettinger.
Administrators delayed action on clearing the building then asked demonstrators to leave at 3 30 pm. Talks began at 5 pm with about six demonstrators and similar number of administrators. No outcome reported. City budget eyed at 461 5 million with 6 cent property tax cut. Thieu hints at optional pre election talks before 1971. Nixon Rogers split over Saigon commitment.
After 28 years of marriage the wife Rose Kirk stowed away aboard her husband Albert’s ship to Montreal and back. She faced a $24 fine but enjoyed the voyage, saying a shore leave burden felt like a second out at sea with the captain granting her cabin access. Albert gave no comment and remained at sea.
A National Commission task force reports that force and violence rarely alter U S policy, often hindering reform. It notes unprecedented campus unrest over Vietnam, compares U S strife to other nations, ranks the United States 24th in civil strife among 114 countries, and cites 11 of 1,000 Americans involved in violence 1963–68 versus seven in similar Western democracies.
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