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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1968
Page
2
Nixon tops Humphrey by 5 points in Norris Survey for Get Oct 8-10. Wallace drops to 18 percent while Humphrey gains four points and Nixon up one. Undecided voters fall to seven as turnout could decide the November election.
U S peace proposal appeals to North Vietnam by offering an end to bombing in exchange for a peaceful course toward talks. Washington seeks assurances the pause moves toward peace, avoiding the disputed term reciprocity. Indications from Paris and Saigon suggest government positions are shifting on the moratorium.
Apollo 7 preparations continue as Schirra balks at camera use and the crew trains for a 277 mile apogee. In Saigon Thieu, Bunker and Harriman push toward a bombing halt while Paris-Saigon talks drift, with U.S. hopes for a breakthrough amid Vietnam war diplomacy.
Nixon offered support for a pause in North Vietnam bombing if Johnson determines it would aid peace without risking American lives. He said he has no information Johnson will halt, but would back him if the pause helps peace and troops. Nixon floated conditions and warned of later dissent. He also favored ending the draft in a postwar all voluntary Army, citing costs to attract volunteers.
Vice presidential candidate Curtis F. LeMay visited two U.S. air bases a Navy ship and two Army command posts on his fadefinding tour of Vietnam. Dressed in jungle fatigues the Wallace running mate received briefings and did no politicking among troops while most of the route remained classified. He was to visit Da Nang and a carrier today.
Detectives hinted late Thursday another arrest may be upcoming in the killing of 24 year old Richard Numata, a California State College at Long Beach student. They continue to question Billy Jackson, 21, a car-rental lot worker arrested early Thursday after being seen driving a vehicle similar to the one used in Numata's escape. Jackson, of Easttondale Avenue, was booked on marijuana possession and questioned by homicide investigators.
A fundraiser for Senate candidate Thomas H. Kuchel claimed backers of rival Max Rafferty would cover Kuchel campaign debts if he supported Rafferty. The Rafferty camp denied the allegation through spokesman Sidney Levine, a Beverly Hills attorney.
George Wallace, exhausted, canceled planned appearances in Kansas and Missouri and flew to Montgomery for rest. In Fort Worth he defended southern voters as attacked as unfit for president, while urging a strong U.S. military and police power with running mate Curtis LeMay. A rally in Longview drew twenty four opponents watched by police. Wallace answered jeers with his usual quip about good fellows.
New York's Court of Appeals unanimously reversed a lower court and ruled that U S Senator Eugene J McCarthy must not appear on the New York presidential ballot, a setback for McCarthy supporters and a morale boost for Hubert H Humphrey's New York organization.
In Detroit Humphrey urged 1000 retired UAW members to counter Wallace. He pitched a 50 percent pension boost, automatic cost-of-living raises, and Medicare support while slamming Nixon and Wallace. Reuthner urged retirees to campaign door to door and recruit others.
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