McCarthy Upsets RFK in Oregon
A terse Oregon race report notes McCarthy defeated RFK in a pivotal state contest. The result reshapes campaign momentum as observers assess implications for the national race and party strategies.
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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1968
Page
1
Distress Call Reported Over Missing Sub Scorpion
The Pentagon evaluated a British ham radio operator’s report of a distress call from the missing nuclear submarine Scorpion. Ships and planes combed half the Atlantic as President Johnson expressed concern and fears grew the Scorpion joined the Thresher. Ham operator John Grayson of Barnoldswick, Yorkshire, said he heard the message on Monday London time and copied it stating a faulty condenser but return to base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pentagon
Atlantic
President Johnson
the Thresher
Defense Department
John Grayson
Barnoleswick
Yorkshire
Grayson
London
McCarthy Upsets Kennedy in Oregon Primary
Senator Eugene J. McCarthy defeated Robert F. Kennedy in the Oregon Democratic primary with about 43 percent of the vote to Kennedy’s 38 percent. Nixon also won the Republican primary, defeating Reagan and Rockefeller as his bid for the GOP nomination gained momentum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene McCarthy
Portland
Ore
Robert F. Kennedy
Eugene J. McCarthy
Oregon
Kennedy
McCarthy
California
Richard M. Nixon
New Hampshire
Nixon
Ronald Reagan
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Organized Labor
Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Tours of General Motors South Gate Plant Listed
Free tours of the GM assembly plant at 2700 Tweedy Blvd South Gate run 9 30 a m 1 30 and 7 p m Monday through Friday with options for special groups and dinner coordinated visits. Buick Pontiac Oldsmobile and Chevrolet assembly noted. Contact Bruce Buckley personnel director at LO 6 4141 for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Action Line
Los Angeles
General Motors Assembly
Tweedy Blvd
South Gate
Bruce Buckley
LO 6
B.B
Three Negroes Shot in Louisville Violence Erupts
National guardsmen clashed with rock throwing crowds in Louisville's west end as 375 troops went on duty and 550 more stood by. Three Negroes were shot, including a woman wounded in her home, Minnie Chenault, 49, listed in serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
UPI
West End
East End
Minnie Chenault
Torrance Man Slain in Union Hall Shooting
A 46 year old Torrance man was shot to death at the Plumbers and Steamfitters Union hall in Santa Ana on Tuesday night. A 59 year old Garden Grove man was arrested on suspicion of murder. Witnesses said Leighton Aaron Stines fired a single shot at Robert Davis in the head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles County
Hall of Justice
Sheriff’s Department
Joe Morgan
Orange County
Santa Ana
Robert Kennedy
Freckles
Torrance
Santa Ana Union Hall
Garden Grove
Doug Garrison
Union Hall
W. Bolsa St
Leighton Aaron Stines
Merrill Ave
Robert Davis
S. Gulf St
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Dope Ring Nets Record Long Beach Seizure
Six Chinese nationals arrested after heroin worth 12 million dollars is seized in Long Beach. Authorities say the haul was strapped around waists of four men as police monitored Ocean Boulevard. Officials weigh possible links to Red Chinese government while stressing no evidence yet of official involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Furgeson
University of Arizona
Science Magazine
Edmund Schulman
National Geographic
Geographical Savey
Valmore C. LaMarche Jr
Long Beach Public Library
Pacific Avenue
Ocean Boulevard
White Mountains
Bishop
Los Angeles County
Orange County
J.G
Long Beach
Communist China
Warner
California
Fook Yip
To Muck Hing
Chi Hai Lai
Yam Tin Tang
Sex Sculpture Ban Protested at Long Beach Campus
Campus police dispersed nearly 400 demonstrators from the California State College Long Beach administration building after a protest against Bill Spater's sculpture exhibit. Dean George Demos closed the building as students marched to the president's office led by chants and vandalized mimeographed literature. The Academic Senate later censured the state chancellor in a 27-17 vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California State College
Long Beach
Bill Spater
George Demos
McIntosh
College
State College
USS Long Beach Blasts MIG Off Vietnam Coast
The USS Long Beach destroyed a supersonic MIG with a Talos missile while on station in the Gulf of Tonkin. Two planes were tracked within 70 miles and one direct hit occurred on the 19th parallel about 100 miles north of the DMZ. A Navy spokesman said the leak likely came from Saigon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Gulf of Tonkin
Kenneth C. Wallace
Demilitarized Zone
Navy Department
Saigon
AtomsHide: SAVAOL Observations on Stretch Pants Trend
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