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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1968
Page
1
The notice promotes 432-5451 ACTION LINE as a service for solving problems and cutting red tape. Readers are instructed to write ACTION LINE Box 230 Long Beach California 90801 or call 432-3451 during specified hours for helpful, generally interesting questions.
E L B of Long Beach asked ACTION LINE about THUMS related TV interference from offshore drilling rigs. THUMS PR rep says problem may not be THUMS specific and Arine Research Corp of Santa Ana is investigating THUMS oil operations impact on electrical interference.
A reader’s complaint over a Sweeney Banjo neck ordered in 1967 led to Gariepy Banjo Co offering a free replacement at 27 inch scale. Gariepy will provide the neck and a two week return to banjo business, while an IPT feature on Gariepy is en route.
Mary Sanders locates The Strange Murder of the Spicer Family by Carl Merick and forwards a 1968 follow up. Harold Schunk, State Historical Society chair in Pierre, offers contact for more details on the case.
Fighting around Saigon intensified as Paris talks began. The U.S. reported 549 American deaths, 2,282 wounded, and 73 missing in the week, raising total casualties since Jan 1, 1961 to 23,500 killed and 143,676 wounded, with 33 noncombat deaths.
Paris police used a bulldozer to clear a nine foot barrier and end a night long clash with rioters in the Latin Quarter. The violence injured over 50 and loosens the nation as De Gaulle prepared to address the country on radio and television at 8 p.m.
Demonstrators at San Francisco State College win four demands after campus sit ins. Protests continue at Hawaii and Columbia as students clash briefly with police in New York. Iowa State athletes call for off campus housing and dismissal of two coaches amid racial tensions.
Washington UPI reports 20 demonstrators were arrested outside the Longworth Building during the Poor People’s March protests as Rev Jesse Jackson and Rev Ralph David Abernathy urged concessions. Agriculture Secretary Freeman pledged to increase food aid for the hungry amid the Capitol Hill confrontation.
A protest at a debate with Agriculture Secretary Freeman features Abernathy demanding immediate use of about 227 million dollars in unused contingency funds for emergency food distribution in hunger counties. Freeman and Abernathy clash over food stamp reach and direct distribution while arrests on Capitol Hill cast a stormy backdrop.
The Senate passes a wide crime control bill authorizing federal grants to states and localities, expands wiretapping, and bans interstate handgun sales. It also seeks to overturn certain Supreme Court rulings on confessions and lineups and requires court oversight of voluntary confessions. The measure heads to a Senate House conference for reconciliation.
Los Angeles Airways resumed helicopter service as county supervisors urged FAA to ground all Sikorsky S61L helicopters after the Paramount crash that killed 23 aboard. The fatalities marked the carrier’s first in 21 years and prompted questions on cargo load, recent safety checks, and rotor failure evidence.
A 3-year-old girl named Vickie Lee Buchanan drowned in her family's backyard pool behind their home at 4722 San Luis Ave near Compton. Firestone sheriff's deputies said she was found face down by her grandfather, Edward Cochevar, about 4:30 p.m. after being missing for a few minutes.
Major contributions flowed into Oregon politics as talk of President Reagan not seeking reelection grew. Campaign donors and committees mobilized funds on Page A-12, highlighting the high stake in state races and national implications of the nascent strategy.
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