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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1967
Page
1
A service called Action Line offers problem solving and red tape removal. It invites readers to write ACTION LINE Box 230 Long Beach California 90801 or call 432-3451 between 9 am and 5 pm Monday through Friday for assistance.
The California DMV projects the present letter and number plates will be exhausted by June 1989 and will be followed by six figure plates with numbers preceding letters. The reversal doubles possibilities to about 30 million, with AAA001 not expected until 1978. The 1963 plates will be replaced as those cars age.
A Laguna Seca Grand Prix road race will take place near Monterey on Sunday October 15 as part of the Canadian American Challenge Cup Series. Practice and qualification begin October 12 and attendees should expect four days of rapid, engine roars with Ferraris Porsches and Jaguars in town.
The writer opposes helmet requirements, arguing it infringes individual rights and shifts safety duties to law enforcement. He believes parental guidance and personal responsibility suffice, contending more laws and enforcement would overburden police and that education is the better remedy.
Reagan has sparked a national tour and large crowds while insisting he is not a candidate. The stop in Eureka Illinois drew 8000 for a college library dedication, Columbia South Carolina hosted a record fundraising dinner, and Milwaukee hosted 2400 plus balcony tickets. He framed issues on crime poverty and Vietnam, signaling a coming 1968 campaign without calling it a bid.
Reagan returned home and said voters are in the mood for change. He criticized crime and the long Vietnam era style of pumping resources into protracted conflicts, urging a decisive conclusion against a newly emerging nation.
Riot police clashed with about 200 students in Saigon as they attempted to march on the National Assembly amid a tense final vote on the pending election of President-elect Nguyen Van Thien and Vice President-elect Nguyen Cao Ky. American correspondents were beaten, a CBS cameraman suffered a possible shoulder injury, a CBS reporter bled, and police damaged a CBS film.
A feature section called WALTZ THROUGH WASHDAY offers housewife tips to make laundry chores easier. It highlights the newest washers and dryers, home laundry centers, and guidance on laundering synthetics and perma press fabrics.
Nearly 1,000 Indonesian youths ransacked the Chinese embassy in Jakarta over two hours, looting, assaulting diplomats, and burning buildings amid rising tensions that threatened diplomatic ties with Beijing. Six Chinese diplomats were hospitalized as troops intervened after the mob loot and violence.
About 5,000 fans flowing from Fenway to Kenmore Square blocked traffic while police and university officers tried to disperse the crowd. Injuries were reported in front of the Hotel Somerset as windows were smashed and cars overturned. Sixteen Devil's Disciples members were arrested for unlawful assembly amid scattered clashes. A separate crowd near Beacon Hill gathered at the State House in celebration.
In Long Beach the California Democratic Council named a 21 member steering group of 115 with 11 Black winners for the peace delegation. The convention elected 75 steering members, then added 21 more including two Black members and 19 non CDC, among eight Ne gens, as they push to counter President Johnson’s bloc. The pledge ties peace aims to ending the Vietnam war and racism, signaling a unified, if cautious, stance.
The Weather Bureau forecasts mist and light rain early this week in the South land with fog and low clouds. Skies will clear by mid morning and temperatures will reach the mid 70s, with a forecast high around 75.
Classified amusements and comics pages lead to editorial and features. Financial section is on page A13 with additional notes on page C7.
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