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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1968
Page
4
U S and NATO hold talks after Rome of Soviet moves around Czechoslovakia raising fears of a wider war. President Johnson warns Soviets against similar actions elsewhere while Prague faces leadership shakeups as Soviet pressure grows. Joseph Pavel resigns as interior minister amid Kremlin pressure.
In London the world group P.E.N. protested to Soviet President Podgorny after reports that at least 13 Czech writers were arrested and beaten by the Soviet secret police in occupied Czechoslovakia. Czechoslovak reform leaders faced pressure as Moscow demanded loyalty amid the East European crisis.
Governor Ronald Reagan said the Chicago Democratic National Convention coverage missed provocations faced by police including potatoes with embedded razor blades and tiles ripped from walls. He warned Republicans the election would be tough and hinted at a possible 1970 run for governor, planning a stronger campaign than in 1966.
Readers query about a bogus line urging poverty as prosperity and local government disavows any program link. The Desert Sun and Riverside County officials say no such form exists, while Long Beach Boys Clubs accept donated magazines for distribution to over 3,500 members.
A Lakewood letter slams liberal calls for peaceful coexistence with Communists and urges bold action against tyranny, recalling World War II lessons and defending U S involvement in aiding self determination.
Mexico City reports Diaz Ordaz delivering a major state of the nation address amid anti-government student protests. Leftists threaten to mob the speech as troops guard shops and streets with armored cars and gunfire. The confrontation tests whether the government will crack down or yield. A separate dispatch notes ongoing Vietnam War fighting with U S Green Berets involved and casualties on both sides near Saigon and Pleiku.
Stanford University Medical Center reports its fourth heart transplant patient, 51 year old Robert McKee, with donor Dr. William Sample, a brain hemorrhage victim. In Pittsburgh, a dead man’s heart was transplanted into a 46 year old, donor John Skultery Jr. Montreal received its 35th heart transplant for Ali Zaor, who recovered with the new heart. A Canadian patient from London, Ontario travels to Houston for a transplant by Dr. Denton Cooley.
Police and Gary taxi driver Alexander Shafner describe an explosion lighting a tavern like an open hearth at the corner of 17th Street and Broadway in a predominantly Negro Midtown area. A woman seen at a stop signal allegedly threw something into the tavern before the blaze.
The Third National Black Power Conference in Philadelphia, with over 3,000 delegates, denounced police practices. A workshop urged reforms to curb white violence and improve fair treatment, with Andrew Freeman of the Urban League urging attitude changes to prevent national unrest.
California state chartered banks held total assets of 14.7 billion dollars as of June 29, up from 13.2 billion a year earlier. The State Banking Department cited a 1.4 billion dollar increase, a 10.8 percent rise versus 6.3 percent in 1967.
Surgeons completed a multi organ transplant at Methodist Hospital with the heart lung and kidneys removed from a single donor. The two procedures involved Kaiser Stevenson and Carroll with the team led by Dr DeBakey and Dr Cooley. All recipients were reported in very satisfactory condition twelve hours after surgery.
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