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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1968
Page
2
U S B52 bombers defied antiaircraft fire in a series of raids on targets north of the DMZ and around Saigon. They dropped hundreds of tons of explosives on artillery bases and troop positions while fighting around Highway 20 northeast of the city.
About 150 demonstrators returned to the Agriculture Department to resume the Poor People's Campaign protest. They blocked entrances and vowed to camp over the weekend. Two youths were arrested for unlawful assembly as police watched.
First Lady joined President Johnson as Lyn Lyndon Nugent, grandson of the president, turned one year old. The celebration featured cake cutting, a rose from the cake, and Lyn playing with a press pass while relatives in Vietnam and Washington sent birthday wishes.
Doctors at Walter Reed Army Medical Center decide to cease daily medical bulletins as former President Dwight D. Eisenhower improves after a fifth heart attack. A spokesman says his heartbeat irregularities have lessened and his morale remains high while he enjoys light reading.
Ben Hoberman of KABC and American Broadcasting Co. was elected president of the Hollywood Radio and Television Society. He succeeds Herminio Travieso who becomes an ex officio member of the society board of directors.
Flags flew at half staff as 25 year old Police Officer Peter F McElligott was laid to rest after a Golden Gate Park shootout. In municipal court Edgar Allen Jr 19 pleaded innocent to murder charges related to the officer’s death. Judge Calcagno set July 8 for Allen and 20 year old Donald Ray Caldwell to plead to other charges. Postmaster General Watson accused the press of creating phony heroes citing Stokely Carmichael as an example at the Texas Press Association convention in San Antonio.
Hugo Vihlen completed an 85 day Atlantic crossing from Africa in a small boat but failed to reach his home harbor. He finished the voyage aboard a motor launch near Delray Beach with wife Johnnie and 11 year old son Dana.
James Earl Ray's U S counsel sought an interview with him but British officials rejected the request. Arthur J. Hanes Sr former Birmingham mayor arrived in London stating Ray asked him to serve as his defense lawyer if extradited and tried in the United States. Nearby motions in Boston ponder new trials for Dr. Benjamin Spock and two others convicted of conspiring to encourage draft avoidance.
Philip Hutchings a 26 year old Newark organizer has been chosen to succeed Rap Brown as SNCC leader. Reported elected at a weekend Atlanta meeting, Hutchings is to serve as program coordinator as the post of chairman is abolished. Brown did not seek re election.
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