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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1968
Page
6
Le Duc Tho, North Vietnam’s top negotiator, left Paris by Saturday to return to Hanoi via Moscow and Peking. He will miss the next session on Wednesday but plans a return to Paris soon. Allied diplomats warned talks may stall without him amid expectations of an arid period.
The article explains a $20 deposit on the cylinder and $19.50 for the helium with the option to use regular balloons. It notes one helium tank will fill several thousand balloons.
During the War of 1812 Stephen Decatur commanded U S vessels and captured the British frigate Macedonian. Wounded, he surrendered to a five ship blockading force. After the war he led a Barbary voyage and, upon return, proposed the toast Our country in her intercourse with foreign nations may she always be in the right, but our country right or wrong. Decatur died in a duel with Capt James Ron in 1820.
Two readers from Long Beach urge broader gun control. One favors ammunition on permit basis and gun registration with ballistics testing to trace bullets to owners. The other supports stricter measures as a step in the right direction.
Houston police reported five dead and six wounded across separate shootings from Friday night into Saturday. Details include a cab driver Lorraine Tones found shot near his cab, a service station death of Nelson Byrd, and a tavern killing of Percy Wilson Jr. Police charged Woodrow Wilson and Henry D. Bowie with murder in two cases.
President Johnson signed housekeeping legislation authorizing federal agencies to spend at current-year levels through the new fiscal year until Congress provides new appropriations. The measure excludes agencies with already approved funding.
A dispute over subsurface oil and gas leases in a 1700 acre east Long Beach area pits Amerada Petroleum Corp and American Petrofina Exploration Co against homeowners. Land rental is 10 dollars for two years then 10 dollars yearly, with one sixth of royalties shared among homeowners. Drilling would likely occur diagonally from outside the area if permitted by city rules.
A presidential commission urged converting the Post Office Department into a nonprofit government corporation. The panel cited a crisis and a $1.2 billion annual deficit and proposed bonds for capital, unilateral rate setting with congressional veto, and a professional management not tied to patronage. Estimates suggested savings of at least $16 billion over ten years. The report was sent to the White House, with a public release expected after July 4.
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