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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1968
Page
2
The central Philippines faced Typhoon Cebu with center winds near 75 mph. At least 14 people were killed and several missing while ships and fishing boats were sunk or capsized, causing major property damage.
California officials led by Secretary Spencer Williams traveled to Washington to urge adjustments to the Health, Education and Welfare policy that would allow eligibility forms to determine welfare qualification with spot checks instead of full investigations. The change would shift from strict prepayment probes to post qualification checks, prompting national debate.
President elect Richard Nixon and family stroll Fifth Avenue after church and brunch at the Plaza. A shoeshine boy duo drew a crowd, David Eisenhower helped finance the payment, and Secret Service kept order. Vice President Humphrey arrives in New York for a personal visit, while President Johnson attends Catholic and other services in Washington. pianist Vladimir Horowitz recovers a broken string at Carnegie Hall and finishes the concert with encores amid applause.
Rudolph Abel, former U S prisoner and exchange for Francis Powers, recruits Russian youths for the KGB by recounting 30 years as an agent. He asserts clean hands a cool head and a warm heart are the marks of a good KGB operative.
MISSING TRIAL Mario Pancini, director of the Vaient dam reservoir in Italy, was found dead on the eve of his manslaughter trial, Venice police said Pancini, 56, likely died by his own hand. Noel Moissonier, 34, a bank clerk in Lyon, died shortly after a heart transplant. A French photographer was arrested in Peapack NJ after a complaint by Mrs Kennedy Onassis that he frightened her. Philope de Pouliopoulos, another photographer, was detained after a long chase in Paris. Aaroni Spelling and Candy Maret wed in a private ceremony in Yonpoverty Hills, Maret being remarried. Istvan Dobi, 70, former Hungarian president, died in Budapest after a long illness that led to retirement.
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