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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1968
Page
1
The notice advertises ACTION LINE as a public assistance service. It invites readers to write BOX 230 Long Beach California 90801 or call 432 3451 during stated hours to ask questions.
Reader seeks action on a nine month supply order of a guaranteed weight gainer from Weider Distributors in Union City N J. Company credits full purchase price but offers Adware substitute. customer service says no return record.
A reader from Norwalk argues that the $600 annual personal income tax deduction per person has not kept pace with rising living costs. The writer urges raising the deduction to at least $1,200 per person annually.
France's four major labor unions launched a 24 hour nationwide general strike timed with the opening of Vietnam talks and the 10th anniversary of De Gaulle's return to power. The walkout follows a week of student clashes with police that injured over 1500 people.
UPI reports the start of preliminary Vietnam peace talks in Paris with U S negotiators led by W Averell Harriman expected to avoid polemics. Harriman plans to have Thuy speak first and may withhold his statement text pending Thuy's. Washington views Hanoi as tough but possibly open to meaningful talks later.
Vincent Richard Parra, 26, escaped with a dislocated hip after his car plunged off Shoemaker Bridge into the Los Angeles River. He swam 100 yards to safety, was rescued by CHP officer cries for help and treated first at St. Mary’s Hospital then Harbor General Hospital in satisfactory condition.
Three Air Force captains Frederick A. Jackson James M. Butcher and Richard C. Debrand were killed when their single engine plane struck a power line on takeoff from Apple Valley Airport. The pilots were based at Monthan Air Force Base near Tucson Arizona and all had families living in Apple Valley.
Widow of Martin Luther King Jr opens the Poor People's Campaign in Washington leading welfare mothers in a march sponsored by NWRO and SCLC. About 4500 demonstrators moved from a Kennedy playground along 7th Street toward arson-hit stores as rain briefly halted plans.
In Saigon and surrounding areas heavy fighting continues after an eight day Communist offensive. Allied generals say the attack has been turned back with about 214 Allied deaths and 1 003 wounded since the start. Viet Cong casualties top 3 832 in the capital region.
A golf enthusiast known for cheating habitually marked a zero on his scorecard after a hole in one, revealing an unusual incident linked to the MCHUCKS Pro Days event.
A Watts area church led by Rev. James H. Mims sent an orange bus carrying 30 disadvantaged Negroes toward the March of the Poor in Washington. Financed by donations the bus features new tires and engine. The journey begins in Salt Lake City with other cities joining en route.
Internal war coverage notes a U S escalation of chemical weapon use in Vietnam as featured on page A-5. The roundup highlights political tours by Senators Kennedy and McCarthy across Nebraska before the Tuesday primary, and cites shifts in Kennedy support per a survey on page A-8.
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