Campsites and shelters as protest marches continue in Washington
The World Today reports encampments near the Lincoln Memorial and in Washington and suburbs as residents seek warmth in churches and settlement houses. Officials note departures from the city drop as dusk falls and many return to muddy temporary homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Memorial
Washington
Jesse Jackson
Chicago
Agriculture Department
Joseph Robertson
Jackson
Orville Freeman
Hanoi Rejects U S Plea for Mutual Vietnam De‑escalation
International dispatches report Hanoi calling Johnson’s request for a mutual de‑escalation of fighting absurd and reiterating demands for an unconditional end to bombing before real peace talks can proceed. The Paris talks role and sharp rebuke frame a tense diplomacy moment.
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Paris
Hanoi
Pham van Dong
North Vietnam
National Assembly
U.S
Goldwater wins $75,000 libel verdict in 1964 Fact article case
A federal court jury awarded Barry Goldwater $75,000 in his libel suit over a 1964 Fact magazine piece claiming he was psychologically unfit to be president. The verdict, read after a 14 day trial, awarded $50,000 to Goldwater against the magazine and $25,000 against Ralph Ginzburg with no punitive against Boroson.
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Barry Gold Water
Fact Magazine
Harold R. Taylor Jr
Goldwater
Ralph Ginzburg
Warren Boroson
Ginzburg
Boroson
Gold
Disney to be honored with gold medal by U S Mint
Disney President Johnson signed a resolution authorizing the U S Mint to strike a gold medal honoring the late Walt Disney for distinguished public service. The California Institute of Arts will cover the medal and 100,000 bronze copies. The measure was sponsored by three California congressmen.
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Johnson Friday
U.S. Mint
Walt Disney
California Institute of Arts
California
World’s longest surviving heart transplant patient enters tests
Dr. Philip Blaiberg, 59, the world’s longest surviving heart transplant patient, arrives at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town for a series of medical tests. He says he feels fine and notes the tests have been planned for some time. The hospital offered no comment on reasons for readmission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Blaiberg
Groote Schuur Hospital
Cape Town
Blaiberg
Rain drenched Resurrection City as marchers seek shelter
A night of rain turned Resurrection City into a mud swamp. Several hundred poor people sought refuge elsewhere while others marched on the Agriculture Department demanding more food. Four busloads of marchers, mainly women, children, and elderly men, fled the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Resurrection City
Agriculture Department
GM Hints Higher Prices for 1969 Car Windows
Detroit General Motors signals it may raise prices on 1969 models shipped to distributors this fall. Chairman James Roche cites rising costs and says the firm's ability to absorb them is questionable. Chrysler and Ford have already indicated similar price increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
General Motors Corp
James Roche
Chrysler Corp
Ford Motor Co
Bishop wills body parts for transplants
Anglican Bishop Cyril Bulley of Carlisle England wills his eyes heart kidneys and other tissues to be used in transplant surgery. He asks that on death his body not be present and that the process be private and anonymous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyril Bulley
Carlisle
England
Palm Beach Sheriff Named Lawman of the Year
Palm Beach County Sheriff William R. Heidt, praised for apprehending a motorcycle gang, was named lawman of the year by the National Sheriffs Association. An 18 year old girl was allegedly nailed to a tree during the incident.
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William R. Heidtman
Palm Beach County
Fla
The
National Sheriffs Association
Saturday May 25 1968 Long Beach News Briefs
A Long Beach publication notes its Saturday release and listed postal registration details. The issue specifies publication location at Sixth Street and Pine Avenue and notes second class mail status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Cal
Sixth St
Pine Ave
No Soup for John Wayne in Wyoming Truck Crash
Movie star John Wayne escaped injury when a food-catering truck tipped over his dressing room trailer in central Wyoming during a lull in The Hellfighters filming. Wayne and makeup man David Gyson were inside. Wayne quipped there goes the soup as he exited.
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Casper
Wyo
UPI
John Wayne
Wyoming
Wayne
David Grayson
Orin Borstein
Universal Studios
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Benjamin Spock
John McDonough
McDonough
Congress
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William Sloane Coffin Jr
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Harvard
Mitchell Goodman
New York
Marcus Raskin
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Bethlehem, Pa
Timken Roller Bearing
Canton
Ohio
Allen-Bradley
Milwakee
Wis
B.T. Motor Express
Pittsburgh
Pullman Inc
Bessemer
Ala
Labor Department
Office of Federal Contract Compliance
Combined News Services
Prague
Czechoslovakia
CTK
Ivan Yakubovsky
Poland
Soviet Union
Huong
Saigon
South Vietnam
Tran van Huong
Nguyen Cao Ky
Russia
Moscow
Dale Reed Warren
Oakland
Calif
Spain
Pedro Generalao
Somerton
Ariz
Tashkent
Quebec
Vietnam
Francis Cunningham
Combined News Service
Water
Tyler
Goldberg
Arthur J. Goldberg
U.N
Supreme Court
Labor
National Press Club
Jorge Eduardo Guinle
Rio de Janeiro
Las Vegas
Maria Yvonne Salles Pinto
John Sexton
Riviera
New York City
International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union
Roy Wilkins
Atlantic City
N.J
ILGWU
Barry Goldwater
Jack Hart
Nev
William S. Hart
Disney
Bishop
Dot
Coit
America
E. 10Th St
San Pedro
Seal Beach
Los Alamitos
Honor Lawman
Independent Press-Telegram
Dilday
Hs Galle
Arsoine
Mould Realty Gallery OF Homes
E. Spring ST
Long Beach, Calif
Long Beach Board of Education
Children’s Benefit League
Twins Mothers Club
Willard P.T.A
St. Anthony’s P.T.A
James Monroe
P.T.A
Grover Cleveland
Los Altos Nursery Co-op
Webster P.T.A Lugo
Los Alamitos Optimists
L.B
Horace Mann
Jane Addams
P.T.A. Our Lady of Rosary
Martine
Garden Hill
P.T.A. W. GG
Lady Lions
Calif. Heights
N.L.B
Alpha Sorority
Wardlow Co
Carver
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Will Rogers
P.T.A. St. Emedius Catholic Church
Bel Shore Business Assn
Disday
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Pacific Avenue
Lakewood Chapel
Woodruff Avenue
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