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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1968
Page
1
The notice invites readers to submit questions to ACTION LINE by mail to Box 230 Long Beach California 90801 or by phone at 432 3451 during specified hours on weekdays. It explains questions are chosen for broad public interest and usefulness.
Alberto-Culver spokesman confirms the young girl in the Alberta VC-5 commercial was lowered onto Independence Rock in Grand Junction Park Colorado by helicopter. She stood four hours on the high butte while a helicopter rig filmed for 40 minutes with a director on a concealed ledge.
A reader reports missing fourth book after ordering four from Publisher's Central Bureau New York. A replacement was promised in March but not received. Company says backlog since Christmas. a special order is in place and delivery is expected within three weeks.
The Los Angeles City Library offers historical atlases showing Texas Arizona and California in the 1860s. Long Beach Library has American Historical Atlas with Apache country 1865 to 1868 including Texas. For wagon trains and routes consider Ralph Moody titles from General Electronic Detection Co. Other 1880s maps of Arizona Nevada California available from Backcountry Bookstore. Collins County Texas remains northeast of Dallas.
Mrs. E.C. of Bellflower thanks Highway Patrolmen R. D. Brandon and G. N. Harris and a Los Angeles County deputy for racing to the hospital and delivering a baby three minutes after arrival. She praises their life saving work and asks God to bless the officers.
North Vietnam and the United States clash over a settlement as Xuan Thuy demands an immediate end to bombing and Washington proposes de escalation steps. Harriman counters with a plan to restore a demilitarized zone and separate forces. Both sides agree to meet again Wednesday.
Nebraska voters face a double contest with a presidential vote and a delegate battle. On the Democratic side Robert Kennedy may win part of the vote but risk losing many delegates while Nixon is favored to win the Republican primary and all 16 Nebraska convention delegates, with McCarthy and Humphrey following for votes and delegates.
Rev Ralph David Abernathy hammered the first stake for Resurrection City near the Lincoln Memorial as about 600 marchers from Mississippi and other caravans prepare shelters for some 3,000 protesters. He pledged nonviolence and said the occupancy will continue until Congress acts on poverty and unemployment.
NBC News final Nebraska primary survey shows Robert F. Kennedy at 47 percent, Eugene J. McCarthy at 22, Hubert Humphrey at 9, Johnson at 7, with 8 percent undecided and 7 percent other preferences. NBC notes Kennedy would exceed 50 percent if undecided voters split.
A distraught Anaheim mother Susan Pema 23 armed with a pistol locked herself in her home and held off at least two dozen officers for five hours Monday threatening to kill herself or anyone who entered. She demanded the return of her 4 year old daughter from 2060 Spinnaker Street. Police described the standoff as tense and ongoing.
A distraught actress, holding a gun, faced Detective Boyd Lowry in a tense standoff at her apartment in Santa Ana. After hours, she surrendered, was taken for observation, and her daughter remained in Juvenile Hall. Police widened the area as spectators watched quietly. Victim’s caretaker Victor Bailey had earlier taken the child to a friend’s house.
Los Angeles police report Officer Oscar J. Bryant shot in the head and killed while surprised by seven robbers at a dress shop in south central LA. Four men and three teenage girls, all Negro, were booked for murder and robbery. Charles Smith 19 wounded. others named include Eddie Johnson 35 Ronald King 19 Verniel Lee Thomas 30 Shirley Clark 17 Alfreda Emby 16 and Gloria Bailey 17.
Hundreds of thousands joined a Paris march as part of a general strike across France. Protesters demanded De Gaulle resign with chants calling him a killer. Organizers put turnout at 700,000 while police guarded bridges over the Seine.
President Johnson considered vetoing a bill that would require a 6 billion dollar reduction in federal spending to gain approval for his income tax increase. Treasury Secretary Henry H. Fowler supported the measure privately, saying he was for it, though not speaking for the administration. Officials indicated Johnson might reject the tax bill if Congress passed it, fearing the spending cut would cripple government programs.
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