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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1968
Page
7
Three top presidential candidates oppose extending Medicare to all citizens. Humphrey favors limited expansion for the disabled and low income children, with a five year roll out. Nixon calls it an undue burden, and Wallace opposes a federal nationwide plan preferring state run care with possible federal support.
The three leading presidential candidates and two vice presidential hopefuls will be featured on Sunday TV interviews before the election. Nixon will be on NBC Meet the Press from 10 to 10:30 a.m. Pacific. Humphrey and Wallace will join ABC Issues and Answers from 1 to 2 p.m. A spokesman said no debates. Muskie and LeMay will also appear on Issues and An NIXON S running mate Agnew will not appear. CBS said Face the Nation guest next Sunday would not be a candidate. This marks Nixon’s second live TV interview in the campaign.
Absentee ballot requests from Los Angeles County voters exceed the 1964 level as 74,566 ballots have been sent by Thursday. Truman Chaffin, chief deputy registrar recorder, cites the higher figure compared with the 70,848 ballots issued at the same stage in 1964.
Long Beach police said Friday that prowlers used a pry tool to open the Red Stallion Bar at 464 West Third Street and stole more than $270. No injuries were reported.
Vallejo UPI Cranston accuses Republican rival Max Rafferty of incompetence for six years as state superintendent of public instruction amid UC Berkeley disturbances. He says Rafferty must be held accountable for youth problems and criticizes his earlier statements on firing professors and expelling students. Rafferty plans weekend campaign break after aiding Omaha trip.
Gov Spiro T Agnew charged the Democratic administration was not correcting conditions in city ghettos but seeking to build a political empire by appeasing militant voices He spoke at a Republican luncheon in St Paul Minnesota and critiqued Maryland urban renewal measures Also he defended a private remark about a Japanese American reporter saying it was made in affection and not at a press conference
Edmund S Muskie, Democratic vice presidential hopeful, faced about two dozen Wallace supporters who walked out at Winooski High School as he spoke to 500 students. He urged quiet and offered two minutes to speak but hecklers remained silent.
Curtis E. LeMay, third party vice presidential candidate, told Otterbein College audience that communists have been defeated and driven out, and the conflict has quieted. He warned guerrillas remain active but large units are not operating, and urged pursuit and destruction of North Vietnam.
Democratic incumbent Richard T. Hanna and Republican William J. Teague stage a high profile showdown at Lakewood Shopping Center with pumpkin giveaways and scheduled appearances by Alan Cranston and Daniel Inouye. Teague campaigns take him to El Dorado and Buena Park centers while Hanna plans multiple rallies and a mayoral reception.
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