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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1968
Page
1
The notice describes ACTION LINE offering problem solving and rights assistance. Readers can write to Box 230 Long Beach California 90801 or call 432 3451 between 9 am to 1 pm and 5 pm to 9 pm Monday to Friday for questions chosen for general interest.
A reader asks for city help with dying trees along Pacific Coast Highway near Banning Park. The Los Angeles Street Tree Division will inspect and may remove dead trees or trim and spray others as needed.
The item discusses paintings on amate bark from Mexico, noting amate is used for early American paper and produced in limited quantities. It highlights vivid color against dark brown bark and mentions Period Arts in Long Beach selling native Acapulco area works.
A California State Poll shows 19 percent lead for Democrat Alan Cranston over Republican Max Rafferty and Peace and Freedom candidate Paul Jacobs if election were held today. The survey notes Cranston draws strength from Kuchel supporters and by 1,007 in home interviews conducted Sept. 7 and 8.
Doctors transplanted the heart and lungs of a one day old infant into a 2 month old girl named Debra Lynn Lee in Houston. The recipient, daughter of Mr and Mrs William Lee of Hafsmith, Tex, was said to be in encouraging condition after surgery. This marked the 13th Houston transplant and the world’s third infant to undergo such a procedure, and the first infant to receive both heart and lungs.
A stabbing spree at San Quentin left one man dead and seven injured among Mexican American inmates. Archie Gallego, 25, serving a three years to life sentence for illegal weapon possession, was identified as the dead. Ramon Amado, 37, facing robbery conviction in Los Angeles County, was seriously wounded. Six other Mexican American prisoners were hospitalized in good condition.
Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley and the city defend their riot week special as showing hard core radicals behind the Democratic Convention disturbances. The hour long programs aired on 130 TV stations and over 1 000 radio outlets and argued police restraint and provocation in the protest week.
A pair of monorail trains collided at HemisFair San Antonio. One elderly woman died and about 50 people were injured as cars plunged 15 feet, with passengers escaping into the lagoon or pinned between cars and rails.
Vice President Hubert Humphrey, speaking to the Zionist Organization of America, says selling supersonic Phantom jets to Israel is a necessity and indicates willingness to move away from Johnson Administration views. He notes he speaks for himself and signals possible admin delays on arms shipments.
A humorous note compares a filing cabinet to a system that loses items alphabetically, highlighting the chaotic nature of organized storage and the frustrations of retrieval.
California higher education official Dr. Glenn S. Dumke warns that an outraged citizenry may push a crackdown on campus violence and a restructuring of colleges to control faculty and students. He says faculty must define their role to avoid state influence or legislative edict, noting possible cuts to courses and limits on student publications.
Report notes Czech supporters assisted a Lithuanian or Baltic sculptor in escaping the Soviet secret police. Details on how help was arranged and where the escape occurred were provided on page B-1.
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