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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1968
Page
2
Grinnell College sophomore Richard Mellman 18 6 foot 150 pounds campaigned as a joke to win the campus homecoming queen race against five female candidates. He argued for student rights and rejected the established football party, saying the crowds found the stunt humorous on campus in Iowa.
A bus carrying 40 California sightseers crashed on a cliff road near Hilo after losing brakes. Four people were killed including the driver Jay Malagday and 31 injured with two in serious condition. Victims included Mildred Blount of Lake View Terrace and Frank Albano of Santa Monica. most passengers were from California. Civil defense managed the response as crews navigated remote terrain.
Astronauts confront pressure issues during Apollo 7 descent with helmet design and nasal ear equalization challenges. Ground controllers insist on suits for a secured reentry while Schirra fights for lightweight clothing amid wiring repair worries.
London correspondent Norman Ebbutt, a Times of London veteran expelled by Adolf Hitler in 1937, died Saturday in Sussex at age 74. He rose to chief Berlin correspondent for the Times in the late 1930s.
Night and morning low clouds and fog with hazy afternoons today and Monday. Highs near 75 in coastal areas. interior valleys 75 to 95. Imperial and Coachella Valleys 87 to 95. Antelope Valley 74 to 78. Offshore winds light, with some fog clearing afternoons. Apollo era notes and spaceflight names appear as historical sidebars.
Local Long Beach notice records the Independent Press Telegram entry details for 1968 including filing at Post Office and street location at Sixth Street and Pine Avenue Long Beach California.
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