New Health Center for Our Children Opens in Long Beach
Groundbreaking for the Earl and Loraine Miller Children's Hospital Medical Center near Memorial Hospital marks a $4 million project to add 76 pediatric beds an intensive care unit resident pediatricians program and pediatric focused pathology and micro pathology services. Mrs Loraine Huntington Miller and the Miller Foundation funded the construction and spoke to attendees.
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Children’s Hospital
Memorial Hospital
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Loraine Huntington Miller
Earl
Miller Foundation
Vietnam Premier launches provincial training via anti corruption drive
South Vietnam's Premier Tran Van Huong announces a campaign to train province and district chiefs as part of a push to root out corrupt and inefficient officials. He and President Nguyen Van Thieu expect to dismiss more bad office holders. 21 of 44 province chiefs and 50 of 250 district chiefs have already been fired.
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Nguyen van Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
Thieu
United States
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Nuclear arms limits and Prague invasion split U S leaders
President Johnson defends nonproliferation pact while Prague invasion heights domestic opposition. Clifford backs away from talks and pushes $5.5 billion ABM system. Humphrey and Nixon compete on detente, with ratification hurdles looming.
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Moscow
State Department
Poland
Clifford
Prague
United States
Soviet Union
Washington
Johnson Pursues Peace Drive Amid Vietnam War Strains
The article reports Lyndon Johnson clinging to a goal of being remembered as a peace president while facing White House tensions with Humphrey over Criswell and fund withholding. It notes Criswell’s possible federal appointment and defection in the party, plus Johnson’s cautious push for a Vietnam settlement despite Czech invasion fallout and failed Kosygin talks.
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Norman Sherman
Johnson
Lyndon
Sherman
White House
George Christian
Norman
LBJ
Bill Connell
Criswell
Vietnam
Kosygin
North Vietnam
Europe
Open Letter Attacks Law and Order Critics in Long Beach
A Long Beach editor denounces supporters of harsh policing and safety rhetoric as paving the way for loss of freedoms. The piece praises police and warns readers that surrendering rights leads to future tyranny, calling for vigilance against cries for control.
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Daley
Chicago
Seventh Street
Long Beach
Lascivious Reading Critique Letters to Editor
Mrs Catherine Reuscher of Long Beach criticizes the Independent Press Telegram for publishing suggestive interviews and photos. She objects to two Chris tine Jorgensen pieces a prostitutes feature a nudist colony travelogue and a lifeguard photo she calls lascivious and unworthy.
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Independent Press-Telegram
Christine Jorgensen
Long Beach
The Day of Saint Anthonys Fire by John G Fuller
Book by John G Fuller examines ergotism a cereal crop fungus and its lethal historic epidemics. It recounts the Pont Saint Esprit tragedy in Provence where hundreds fled their homes in a single night believing monstrous visions as the town spiraled into chaos.
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ST. Anthony’s
John G. Fuller
Macmillan
France
Russia
Pont-St. Esprit
Provence
Rhone
LBJ Finds Second Spot Hard to Take
President Johnson resents losing influence after the Democratic convention in Chicago as Humphrey secures the nomination. He frets that his ally John Criswell was dropped as party treasurer and senses uneasy shifts within the leadership and campaign team.
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Humphrey
Richard Nixon
Miami Beach
LBJ
Washington
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
Chicago
John Criswell
Criswell
Sidewalk Senate: Chicago police at Democratic convention
Polite men surveyed at the Long Beach Public Safety Building give mixed views on how Chicago police handled demonstrators. McMahan says action was necessary to prevent worse harm. Denham argues force was unavoidable. Barfield asserts police offered chances to stay lawful but protesters ignored notices and violence followed.
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Long Beach
William Barfield
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