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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1968
Page
1
Action line offers help on tax hike questions. Readers are urged to write ACTION LINE Box 230 Long Beach California 90801 or call 4323451 during listed hours Monday through Friday for answers of general interest and usefulness.
Q A layperson asks how to locate top doctors in unfamiliar areas. A doctor recommends checking medical and dental schools or teaching hospitals and consulting chiefs of service for specialist referrals. USC and UCLA in the area have medical and dental schools. The piece also notes a military insignia collectors catalog and Wyatt Earp history details.
The account recalls Wyatt Earp facing Ike Clanton and the Clanton gang at the O K Corral. Johnny Behan allegedly alerted Earp that the gang was disarmed. Earp, Doc Holliday, and brothers confronted the outlaws, outcomes varied, and Tombstone order followed. The Long Beach Public Library offers a Stuart N. Lake biography for more details.
A U S Department of Labor spokesman says unions may fine members only after due process. Under Title 101 A5 of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act a member cannot be punished without written charges a fair hearing and time to defend. Members may sue unions in federal court if rights are violated.
Readers from Long Beach to Downey share views on entering busy freeways. They urge using the right lane only for entering and exiting, cite hazards from slow or stopped vehicles, and recount near misses with fast trucks.
At Soledad State Prison inmates smashed every window of a bus taking 32 prisoners to San Quentin Wednesday. They slipped from chains but could not escape through bars. guards protected by mesh screens delivered them to the prison where associate warden James Park noted the ringleaders aided others as the group shouted at the gate.
Demonstrators from the Poor People's Campaign reach Birmingham after a confrontation in Montgomery over a wreath at Dr. King’s church. They travel toward Washington, with a rally in Birmingham and an overnight stop in Nashville, as they plan a mule train symbolizing Negro poverty.
President Johnson says the United States will pursue an honorable settlement in Paris but will not compromise Asia's future at the negotiating table. He notes increased infiltration by North Vietnam and warns new MIGs will not go unnoticed. The negotiating team will be cordial and open minded as talks continue.
Long Beach destroyer USS Edson shells North Vietnamese troop concentrations along the Song Thu Bong, 15 miles south of Da Nang. The five inch guns are described as extremely accurate by the 7th Fleet. The ship supports the 3rd Marine Division and South Korean Marines under Cmdr. John S. Holmes.
Sen Edward Kennedy warned that McCarthy and Humphrey supporters may unite to block Robert Kennedy in the California primary. He noted Indiana and DC wins as signs of broad support but predicted California June 4 could be Kennedys last crack to secure the nomination. Police arrested 22 Roosevelt University students after an all night sit in near the president's office.
About 2,000 U.S. troops fought Viet Cong for control of Saigon's largest bridge, the Y Bridge, a key gateway to downtown. The clash marked the biggest urban engagement of the Communist five day offensive.
A revised Weather Bureau forecast calls for light showers to begin this morning in Long Beach, clearing this afternoon and returning tonight. This would mark the first precipitation since April 1 in the area.
A distraught divorcee shot her ex husband and their two girls to death in a Fuller ton apartment, then killed herself after calling police. Detectives say the family had been dead about 30 hours when found. The suspect Ana Lia Stephenson, 34, was found dead nearby with a revolver.
House and Senate negotiators reach a deal tying a 10 percent tax increase to a six billion dollar spending cut. President Johnson condemns the cut as a phony measure while conservatives back the package and liberals fear its impact on his domestic program.
A fragment notes a recurring phrase about schedule and money vanishing unseen. The tone suggests a didactic aside on priorities and attention to financial matters in daily life. No specific people or places are named in the readable text.
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