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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1968
Page
1
Long Beach reader seeks help after returning seat covers from a mail order house and receiving no refund. Action Line reports refunds from the Here's How company are slow due to order fulfillment, advising a letter to the refund department at 7 Delaware Drive Lake Success New York for attention.
Reader asks if a white kitten could be used in laboratories. George Crozier of the Los Angeles Humane Society says such use is unlikely and cites federal dognaping rules. Marvin Throndson notes strays may be sold to medical researchers. labs increasingly raise their own animals. Also a Norwalk reader recovers Webcor playback head info from Chapman for 14.50 dollars, model 65P-150SD.
A House Senate conference on HB 15147 stalls since Aug 1 over retroactive citizenship for aliens serving in Vietnam. House favors 1961 start, Senate seeks 1963. Rooneys office will send reports. inquiries advised to Rep Rooney in Washington. Also, Cherry Ave 3820 lies on the Lakewood Long Beach border with service rules explained.
Three young men burned draft cards at Bovard Auditorium as Sen. Edmund Muskie spoke. He praised dissent while warning lawbreakers face penalties, urging nonviolence and democratic processes. Daniel Brandt, Daniel Malone, and Bruce Peddy identified with SDS.
Nixon, touring New England after a South swing, drew boos from Yale and other Ivies at the Hartford Armory where many seats were empty. A small balcony group chanted antiwar slogans as he opened his address, briefly interrupting the rally.
Sirhan Sirhan’s attorney Russell E. Parsons claimed the FBI is still investigating the Kennedy assassination and cited an “inch-thick” FBI book. He asked for a continuance, delaying the case past year’s start, as Sirhan waved to his mother and brother during the Oct. 14 hearing in the Hall of Justice.
Gen Duong Van Minh former South Vietnamese chief of state arrives in Saigon from Bangkok aboard an Air Vietnam flight. He plans to meet President Nguyen Van Thieu and decide on becoming an adviser, a move seen as Thieu seeking popular support for his government.
Fire Chief Raymond C. Hill said he would rescind orders to arm firemen with riot guns if city leaders or the mayored options dictate. The issue triggered days of council and community opposition with AFL CIO federation criticizing riot control by firefighters. Hill disputed reports of an outright public statement and said his comments related to urban fire procedures in a Louisville panel discussion.
An offbeat run car struck a group of young people walking to a rock n roll dance at a Carson area teen night club Friday night. An 18 year old College student William Robert Cooper died at Harbor General Hospital. Te rr y Edwards also 18 and a student at Azusa Pacific College was seriously injured. Joe Melby 25 of Gardena was in fair condition.
Negotiators for North American Rockwell Corp and the United Auto and Aerospace Workers reached a tentative three year contract. The UAW planned a noon Sunday rally in Long Beach to present the pact to 35 000 Southern California members. Details were not disclosed. The union had authorized a possible strike if talks failed by October 10. Goals include expanded unemployment benefits a dental program enhanced health coverage and wage equity.
A Brooklyn Superior Court jury awarded $110,000 to Mr and Mrs Robert Stewart after Long Island College Hospital refused to permit a medically authorized abortion for their daughter Rosalyn born January 4 1965. The Stewarts charge such abortion limits favor white upper classes and say the decision redeems their faith in the country.
A college dean suggests preventing student protests by making protest participation a required course. The remark frames dissent as a curricular constraint and sparks campus debate on free expression and governance.
Governor Nelson Rockefeller weighs a potential cabinet appointment as state leadership positions shift. The article notes ongoing discussions and possible impacts on governance and policy directions within the administration.
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