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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1968
Page
2
Bob Hope accepted the Sylvanus Thayer award at the U S Military Academy for entertaining troops worldwide. The academy praised his time and talent boosting morale for two generations of servicemen. He noted the Vietnam War as unpopular but defended the troops amid debate.
The Senate approved by voice vote on George W. Ball former undersecretary of state to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Ball will take the post around June 1 succeeding Arthur J. Goldberg who resigned.
RCMP West Covina reporter Cliff McAdams claimed a new Death Valley sprint record. He began the attempt on Saturday aiming to surpass the previous record held by Australian marathoner Bill Emmerton set last March.
U.S. cargo planes evacuated nearly 1,700 allied troops and civilians from Kham Duc amid a surrounding 5,000 North Vietnamese force. B52 strikes pounded the enemy after the camp was abandoned to avoid encirclement. A C130 crash killed six U.S. crew and unknown South Vietnamese. Allied forces reported capturing 409 rockets around Saigon in two months.
Prime Minister Harold Wilson told 143 Labour MPs that opposing the prices and incomes bill could trigger a government fall and mass unemployment as devaluation pressures loom. The party alignment split over the measure amid mounting economic strain.
The Czechoslovak Communist regime published a 23 item questionnaire in its official paper asking if communism is compatible with democracy. It signals a shift as Prague invites public opinion on fundamental system issues.
Plans were underway Monday to move former President Eisenhower from March AFB Hospital to Walter Reed Hospital in Washington D C for further observation and recovery. The timing and mode of transportation were not disclosed.
U S District Judge Lansing Mitchell in New Orleans said he would compromise national security to allow defense attorneys to view an FBI recording of a conversation involving H R Brown. The recording was sealed to show it did not relate to a federal firearms charge. Evangelist Billy Graham in Los Angeles suggested he might endorse a presidential candidate this year noting campaigns may decide the survival of the coin Graham avoided naming candidates. Randy Puckett an 18 year old Walnut Creek girl at Del Valley High School has been receiving Army recruiting material and expects a draft card any day though she says she is not a draft card burner and if drafted the Army can have her.
Adjudicated by the Superior Court Los Angeles County on October 6, 1941 under Decree No C. The notice appears in a Long Beach California publication at Sixth Street Pine Avenue with daily edition except Thursdays and Sundays.
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