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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1968
Page
1
Readers can request assistance by writing ACTION LINE Box 230 Long Beach California 90801 or call 432-3451 during stated hours Monday through Friday. Questions chosen for general interest and usefulness.
A reader asks about a $25 money order for two embroidery kits not received after mailing. Good Housekeeping reports a manufacturing slowdown delayed shipments. February orders were mailed last week and should arrive in about two weeks. A museum item details the Ferdinand Magellan presidential rail car history and current exhibit at Gold Coast Railroads in Ft. Lauderdale.
The Princess Louise at Terminal Island was named after an earlier Princess Louise that sailed for Canadian Pacific Lines in the 1850s. The vessel honored the wife of the Marquis of Lorne, then governor-general of Canada, per Mrs. Susan Gerpheide.
Long Beach offers two active women jogging options. Mileathon International, run through Long Beach Community Hospital, assigns area based teams and meets five times weekly with $3 annual dues supporting the Mileathon event at California State College Long Beach. For literature or inquiries call 439-6839 ext 263. An informal group meets at Whaley Park two to three times weekly. contact Katie Stone, senior recreation leader, at 596-6112 for details.
A Long Beach mother thanks a Black man who found a five dollar bill dropped by her child and returned it. She notes her two lessons: beware of money and not judge by color. She asks to publicly recognize the man’s honesty.
Bill D Moyers former press secretary says Vice President Humphrey will emerge within a week to stress his own views on Vietnam and other policies. Johnson will quietly give his blessing to the shift and distance from administration line.
Moyers, publisher of Newsday since 1967, says a new strategy favors change and that Johnson is a master realist. He cautions Humphrey not to attack the President personally and notes he is a close friend of Humphrey though not speaking for him.
The body of a 5 year old Lynwood boy missing since May 23 was found by his father, Martin Jensen, 45, in a self latching Army foot locker in the family garage. Police are very suspicious and investigating potential foul play while awaiting further details. Jensen said he ran two blocks to call police due to no telephone in the home.
A Cessna 150 out of Cable Airport struck trouble off Cabrillo Beach and plummeted into 130-foot ocean waters Sunday. Pilot Robert S. Warner Jr., 21, of San Marino, was identified. Coast Guard and sheriff divers searched for a missing passenger and debris, with no bodies recovered after two hours.
A U S Navy swift boat was sunk by North Vietnamese shore batteries in the Gulf of Tonkin near the demilitarized zone. Five crewmen were missing and two were wounded, with the skipper among the wounded. The attack also targeted USS Boston but failed.
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 77, is described as stable while recovering at Walter Reed Army Hospital after suffering his fifth heart attack. Doctors reported a comfortable night and restfulness, with no immediate word on prognosis, as President Johnson received updates from church in Texas.
Life Magazine recounts Sirhan B. Sirhan shouting Kennedy should never be president hours before the attack. Witnesses Enrique Rabago and another man, in the Embassy Hotel lobby, describe Sirhan heckling a Rafferty victory party and tipping a waitress $20 for nothing.
Wanted: a man to head an accounting department overseeing twenty women employed in a girls' unit. Applicant must enjoy figures and financial work.
Grand Jury excerpts show Edward Minasian, banquet captain at the Ambassador Hotel, sworn Friday June 7. He described escorting Senator Robert F. Kennedy to the Embassy Ballroom after his speech and plans for a follow-up movement with precinct workers.
Driveways laundromats and garages contribute to a $1 million annual rise in Southland grocery costs. The item notes rising convenience shopping and its impact on local households. College youths are urged to vote. feature references James Reston on Page B-2.
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