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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1966
Page
1
National SAIGON American air cavalrymen led a major helicopter offensive in South Viet Nam's central highlands. A Communist division, terrorizing villages, offered brief resistance before being driven back. twenty one rebels were reported killed.
More than 1,000 Jews attended Rash Hashanah observances at Moscow Great Synagogue as a Senate vote on a civil rights bill faltered. The debate over cloture drew 54 to 42, with 64 needed. administration plans another attempt. Civil rights tensions created street disruptions near the synagogue.
Chauncle Kilmer Myers, 50, elected bishop of the California diocese succeeding James A. Pike. Myers, previously suffragan bishop in Michigan, spoke at Grace Cathedral as one of the church’s most spirited conventions in memory. Pike resigns to join Santa Barbara’s Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions as theologian in residence. A sprightly grandmother from Santa Paula, Ruth Funchess, heads to Australia to coach orange packing for eight weeks after being chosen for her packing method.
Sharon Kay Birkenbuel Miss New Mexico was photographed in a faded blue sweatshirt and shorts after a recent pageant, returning with a $3,000 scholarship and a leg bruise from her first water skiing outing on a river near Atlantic City, as she planned a recovery run and diet adjustments.
Washington reports the New York Times view that President Johnson misread Dirksen on civil rights, using public pressure behind the scenes yet risking political damage. Dirksen rejects offers, warns of forced concessions, and cites housing and reform fights amid a fierce party clash over a new civil rights bill.
An independent notice references a case adjudicated in Los Angeles County Superior Court in 1941 with decree numbers and delivery details. The fragment mentions locations on Sixth Street and Pine Avenue, with dates tied to March 27, 1842 and mentions of entry and adjudication procedures in a Long Beach area context.
Lynda Bird Johnson, 22, daughter of President and Mrs. Johnson, left San Francisco by air on Wednesday for a Hawaiian vacation. She traveled with two Secret Service men and several family friends. A crowd of teenage girls cheered as she walked to the Pan American Airways plane, smiling and waving.
Abbie Nathan, Israel restaurateur, opened a Heat art gallery this Wednesday. He announced that proceeds will support a joint Arab Israeli project in Nazareth and a monument to peace in Jerusalem.
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