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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1968
Page
1
The Long Beach Health Department fights rat infestations at harbor docks with three exterminators, inspecting ships from foreign ports for rat guards. Action Line explains access limits for Laugh-In tapings and aids collectors seeking Buck Rogers and Tom Mix radio tapes through Frank Buxton.
A reader notes Buxton, a longtime radio enthusiast, can connect Tom Mix fans with about two dozen collectors. Buxton recalls radio as a “third parent” and laments lack of old radio programs on modern media. He invites inquiries to 359 N Canon Dr Beverly Hills CA 90210 and offers his book for $9.95 via Easton Valley Press, P.O. Box 113 Ansonia Station NY 10023.
Art Linkletter was born July 17, 1912 in Moosejaw Saskatchewan and adopted by John Fulton Linkletter, a shoe maker and itinerant evangelical preacher. The family moved to Long Beach then San Diego where he began as a towel boy at the YMCA and later became a radio announcer in 1933 before creating People Are Funny and House Party.
A Long Beach reader lambasts the City Council for censoring the Free Press, arguing elected officials resemble a censor board and that policing reading content distracts from city concerns. The letter mocks a councilman’s comment about polluting the ocean and cites vice mayor’s alleged theft of papers as further critique.
Gov. Ronald Reagan assailed columnists as dupes or liars for reporting a deal to make him the Republican vice presidential candidate with Gov. Nelson Rockefeller. He said he has made no deals or understandings with any presidential candidate and warned those who claim otherwise.
In Paris U S envoy Averell Harriman and deputy Cyrus Vance join Xuan Thuy for early negotiation rounds on Vietnam War. Thuy demands unconditional halt to attacks. Harriman says talks have no time limit and aim for an honorable settlement.
President Johnson and Congress wrestle with a $6 billion budget cut paired with a 10 percent surtax. The conference approved the measure, moving it to Senate and House floors. the tax would be retroactive and expire mid-1969, with total package estimated to raise $15.5 billion and affect wage earners within 15 days of enactment.
In south central Los Angeles a sheriff's deputy fired on two brothers as they fled a suspected scrapyard burglary at Southern California Iron and Metal Co. Jimmy Hill, 32, was killed. His brother Douglas, 36, was critically wounded and hospitalized after the shooting by Deputy Woodrow Palidore.
Pentagon and congressional sources report Soviet nuclear powered submarines patrol off the U S coasts cruising 800 to 1 000 miles offshore for six to eight weeks with one to three ships on station at a time. Officials say missiles may range 1 000 to 2 000 miles and subs with 16 missiles. overall threat remains modest.
Western diplomats and military attaches were barred from leaving the Warsaw region as Soviet troops moved toward the Czechoslovak frontier. At least 10 diplomats and one American journalist were ordered back to Warsaw while reports of Soviet divisions near Krakow fueled anxiety about a broader crisis between Poland Czechoslovakia and the Soviet bloc.
North Korea moved the captured U S spy ship Pueblo from Wonsan to an unspecified location, with the State Department declining to name the new port. U S photographic reconnaissance continues from high altitudes, able to identify small objects from 50 000 feet, while Pueblo crews wives and children are being relocated from Yokosuka to the United States.
Western Air announces plans to begin nonstop jet service from Los Angeles to Las Vegas in July with monthly schedules and new routes. The move expands air travel options for the west coast gaming corridor.
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