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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1968
Page
4
In Erie's rally Humphrey denounces Nixon for furtive appeals to business elites and offers to split debate costs. He presses open debate while warning of his own fundraising shortfall and urging urgent contributions from supporters.
Tokyo reports about 1.2 million government employees including city transportation workers walked out for one hour demanding retroactive wage increases to May. The action disrupted metropolitan buses subways and streetcars but ended before the morning rush.
George C. Wallace told supporters at the National Press Club that if elected he would deploy up to 30,000 troops to Washington to stamp out crime. He urged a military victory in Vietnam if Paris talks fail and called for reduced aid to Communist countries. He spoke amid protests in Baltimore, where about 9,000 attended a rally and 500 peace demonstrators walked out.
Nixon suggested that with a stronger South Vietnamese role in fighting the Vietnam war the administration might accept terms at the Paris peace table that the Johnson administration cannot. He spoke at the United Press International editors and publishers conference in Washington, linking his stance to the 1952 Eisenhower decision in Korea. Johnson to deliver first national radio appeal for the campaign.
Pollster George Gallup, recalling 1948 Dewey Truman odds, said Humphrey might still win if he can win back dissident Democrats. He noted this campaign resembles 1948 but Sept 1 is a key difference and warned leaders must act rather than wait for polls.
Ohio lawsuits challenge ballot restrictions as Wallace and other minor parties seek balloting. Arguments urge that state laws and timing block access though signatures were gathered. Officials deny, citing constitutional power to control elections and timing issues for November ballots.
Grapes remained off UC Berkeley menus as campus groups led by the Mexican American Student Confederation pressed for a boycott. Purchasing agent Scott Wilson cited procurement issues while a union grape boycott supported by campus groups aims to push a broader ban on table grapes.
Fire bombs damaged the Wallace for President headquarters in Ridgecrest California near China Lake Naval Ordnance Test Station. The predawn blasts shattered front windows igniting office furniture and floor. John Cooper, chairman, said threats and insults had preceded the incident.
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