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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Nov 16, 1968

Page

5

Topless Campaigner Arrested in Wall Street Demonstration

Louis Abolafia, the nude candidate for president, was arrested in the Wall Street area after his planned topless protest touched off charges of public lewdness. Janet and two campaign aides were also arrested as they prepared to disrobe. Abolafia runs a youth center in the East Village and says the event protested “against everything.”

New York Louis Abolafia Wall Street Janet Abolafia East Village

Second Burned Girl in Fight for Life

A Burn Unit report says 18 year old Mrs. Tinnette Marie Lee remains in critical condition after being pulled from a gasoline fire on the San Diego Freeway in Seal Beach. Her sister Tory Ellen Singer 19 died in the same crash and younger brother Wayne survived with minor burns. The Singer family is from Santa Barbara.

Orange County Medical Center Tinnette Marie Lee San Diego Seal Beach Tory Ellen Singer Wayne Santa Barbara

Amnesty Sought for Protesters at Northridge Campus

More than 200 people gathered at San Fernando Valley State College demanding amnesty for 33 students arrested in the November 4 demonstration. The rally urged adoption of 12 demands presented to acting president Dr. Paul B. Blomgren as campus tensions linger.

Northridge San Fernando Valley Paul B. Blomgren San Fernando Valley State

South Viet Nam politics and Paris talks strain

Reporting from Saigon and Paris outlines tensions within South Viet Nam as Premier Tran Van Huong's resignation is denied by a spokesman while Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky seeks influence. U.S. forces report North Vietnamese violations in the demilitarized zone and intensified attacks near the South Viet Nam front.

Tran van Huong Thieu Nguyen Cao Ky Paris Johnson North Vietnam U.S Nguyen Thanh le

Cuba exile terrorists convicted in federal trial

A federal jury found Dr. Orlando Bosch and eight other anti Castro exiles guilty of conspiring to blow up foreign ships trading with Cuba. Judge Mehrtens postponed sentencing pending background checks. Bosch faces up to heavy penalties.

Miami UPI Orlando Bosch Cuba William O. Mehrtens Aimee Miranda Cruz Bosch

Weather storm closes Sierra passes and heavy rain hits California

Storms endry heavy rainfall across Northern California with most Sierra passes blocked by snow. Cities report rainfall totals from 1.55 inches in San Francisco to 0.24 in Eureka. Long Beach records its wettest November day with 3.20 inches on November 12, 1946.

California Sierra San Francisco Sacramento Fresno Santa Barbara Eureka Long Beach City

San Francisco State College Faces Crackdown Over Dissidents

Police were called to SF State as violence erupted during a student strike led by the Black Students Union demanding black studies upgrades. President Smith canceled classes for safety after a week of clashes with faculty and student militants amid protests and a campus melee with rock throwing.

State College System Los Angeles San Francisco Smith Theodore Meriam Glenn Dumke Ronald Reagan Reagan Black Students Union George Murray

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