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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1966
Page
1
National Bureau observer contrasts Ronald Reagan and Governor Edmund G Brown as they campaign across California. Brown mingles with crowds and speaks from prepared notes while Reagan stays on the dais, rests between events, and ends each appearance on time.
Ronald Reagan called a housewives supermarket boycott unfortunate as he campaigned at Los Angeles area plants and then Bakersfield and San Luis Obispo. He urged anger at the federal government over inflation rather than at farmers workers or storeowners, saying he was running scared and not taking it easy.
Philadelphia report notes Richard Nixon calling for representatives of both parties and President Johnson to meet after the 1966 elections to craft a strategy for victory in Vietnam within a year. He warns the war could become a devastating political issue if it extends into the 1968 campaign.
Nixon outlines his proposal in an interview aboard his campaign plane as Johnson returns from Asia. Reagan campaigns for labor votes in the Far East and seeks broad union policy support. The Manila conference and Korea trip frame a tense political moment with discussions of peace, union rights, and election strategy.
New York and California report kitchen unrest as grocers drop sales promotions. Clarence G. Adams of the National Association of Food Chains warns boycotts and picketing cannot curb prices, deeming inflation the real cause. New York broker Menill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith notes chains operate on slim margins.
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers announced a nationwide strike against Westinghouse Electric, affecting 25 plants in 20 states. A mediation attempt failed as both sides walked out, signaling a decisive escalation in the labor dispute.
The Long Beach forecast calls for hot, sunny conditions with a forecast high near 86 today, softer than Monday’s 92 in downtown. Patchy coastal fog may develop this morning, but the fog is expected to remain offshore near Long Beach.
Governor Brown argues that store trading stamps and games raise food costs and urges price reductions. He campaigns in Los Angeles areas including Santa Monica Mall and San Pedro while promising to have consumer advocate Mrs. Nelson testify before the Federal Trade Commission.
A Long Beach based minesweeper of Mine Squadron 11 struck a Viet Cong mine in the Long Tau River about four miles southeast of Saigon and sank with heavy casualties after the mine was detonated. A US reaction force and air support dispersed attackers as the river was closed pending sweeping.
In one of the war's fiercest onslaughts, Communist artillery bombarded Saigon as thousands gathered for South Vietnam's independence day. Casualties included two Americans killed and five wounded, with many Vietnamese among the injured. Explosions hit Grals Hospital, a cathedral, Kennedy Square, and a bus stop near the central market. A U.S. demolition expert reported two deaths and several injuries near the market. One American captain suffered shrapnel wounds in the parade area.
Singer Dennis Day, whose wife recently gave birth to their 10th child Therese Marie, received a telegram from Senator Robert F. Kennedy of New York. The note offers congratulations as Day faces continued public attention and a busy family life in Los Angeles.
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