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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1968
Page
4
Paris grinds to a standstill as 8 million workers strike across France. Banks, the stock exchange, airports, trains and theaters shut down while slogans emerge at the Communist Party HQ and Sartre urges unity with workers in a revolutionary push.
Richard Roddis, California Insurance Commissioner, resigns amid industry and legislative pressure. He plans to leave Aug. 31 to teach law at the University of Washington, saying the move stems from a combination of factors including a busy public life and family time constraints. Governor Reagan accepts the resignation and seeks a successor while lawmakers had pressed for investigations and term limits.
The Poor People's March gains momentum as demonstrators converge on Congress to press for jobs housing and welfare aid. Rev Ralph Abernathy announces a mass Washington march for June 19 with support from Sidney Poitier Robert Culp and Sammy Davis Jr. A man disrupts adjournment vote shouting not till June 27 leading to police removal.
The State Poll shows Kuchel maintaining a stable lead over Rafferty since March 1967 with no major shifts. Democrats Cranston Beilenson Bennett lead the field though many voters remain undecided. In a simulated general election Rafferty loses to Cranston but defeats Beilenson and Bennett.
ACTION LINE provides a path to contact violinist Jascha Heifetz through the Performing Arts Council at 455 S. Lorraine Blvd Los Angeles 90005. Heifetz born 1901 Vilna now in Beverly Hills, with limited public appearances.
Letter writer praises a lot owner who allows local youths to ride motorcycles and minibikes on the vacant Carson Street and Paramount Boulevard lot. He thanks the owner for giving these boys a safe outlet to channel energy away from the streets.
Max Rafferty pledges an all out fight against smut peddlers and television violence if elected to the U.S. Senate. Speaking to a Newport Beach women’s club he argued Thomas Kuchel has done little over 16 years in Washington to address the issue, promising tireless decency advocacy.
Mrs. Martin Luther King Jr. will narrate Copland Lincoln Portrait in a full symphonic production from the Lincoln Memorial steps on May 30. The National Symphony Orchestra and Washington resident ensemble stage the Memorial Day concert linked to the Poor People’s Campaign, replacing a postponed one day demonstration.
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