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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1968
Page
6
Beverly Hills report says James Brown bound over for Superior Court trial on assault charges. He appeared in Municipal Court for a preliminary hearing and was ordered to reappear in Santa Monica Superior Court for arraignment on November 8.
Retired Gen. David M. Shoup disputes Robert Kennedy’s claim that military advisers ignored nonmilitary factors in 1962. He says the Joint Chiefs did not urge an immediate invasion and that all avenues must be exhausted before any action risking nuclear war. Shoup notes missiles must be neutralized to avoid blackmail and recalls that negotiations and diplomacy were pursued alongside military options.
Anthony Bartholomew, 19, pleaded innocent to two counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to murder tied to a gunfight between Black Panthers and police at a gas station. Judge Keene ordered trial setting for Nov 1. Three Black Panthers were killed and two officers wounded in the Aug. 5 incident. Bartholomew surrendered after police sought him.
In Los Angeles a Burbank woman, Mildred Shamblin, 27, was found guilty of first degree murder and solicitation of murder for urging her 18 year old daughter Frances to shoot William Wayne Shamblin, 40, in their mobile home. Frances testified she shot him after blindfolding him for a so called surprise. The jury rejected insanity and sentenced Shamblin to life imprisonment.
A concise guide notes succulents thrive with minimal care and sun, with Echeveria Curly Locks and epiphyllums highlighted for striking foliage and late spring blooms. It covers climbing sweet peas, daffodils, Dutch hyacinths, and soil prep with bone meal, shading tips, and snail slug protection for robust flowering stems.
After irrigating evergreen and deciduous fruit trees, apply steamed bone meal, scratch in lightly, top with manure, then water. Plant bulbs and pansies in pots, sow baby blue eyes and Virginia stocks around bulb beds. Trim two thirds of lemon tree suckers, remove below branches and trunk base. Remove sucker roses at bud union. Cut faded hydrangea heads to two to three buds. Prune faded deciduous hibiscus near soil.
To sow the seeds and observe them slowly grow plant them out now. Buy them in plant bands already several inches tall if your garden timing is limited. They continue to flower annually with regular watering and proper feeding during peak bloom. Dutch hyacinths are distinct from other spring bulbs.
Navy Air Force Blue Angels member Lt John Allen Blue Angel No. 4 staged an emergency landing at Dallas Naval Air Station after landing gear locked during a Oklahoma Air Force Base show. Wings touched foam runway with minimal damage and fellow pilot Lt Hal Looney escorted him to Fort Worth.
A Burbank man accused of murdering his estranged wife and confessing to a missing body was declared insane and committed to Atascadero State Mental Hospital. Charles Arnold, 58, was found unable to stand trial, with proceedings suspended pending restoration of sanity. The victim, Mary Arnold, 65, has never been found.
Garden Desk guides trimming tall oleander with pruning shears only and advises mid March for hibiscus pruning unless obstructed. It recommends cutting above a leaf or bud and shaping each branch. For a choking weed vine, identified as sheep sorrel, dig out roots, relocate, and use a soil fumigant per nursery guidance to sterilize the soil for about a month, keeping fumigant three feet from plants.
South Coast Orchid Society meets Monday at 8 p.m. in the Bixby Park Clubhouse at 130 Cherry Ave with a slide lecture by Jack A. Fowlie editor of Orchid Digest. Lakewood Garden Club gathers Thursday at 12 30 p.m. at Edison Co 100 Long Beach Blvd for its session.
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