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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1968
Page
1
Long Beach recorded 100 degrees on Monday tying the local Sept. 23 high and signaling a repeat forecast. Santa Ana and Fallbrook reached 98 as the heat wave continued with overnight low 63 and water at 67 degrees inviting beachgoers.
A public advisory explains the ACTION LINE service inviting readers to write ACTION LINE Box 230 Long Beach California 90801 or call 432 3451 during listed hours for assistance with problems and general interest questions.
A Seal Beach reader asks about a missing Speed Queen washer and dryer won on Let's Make a Deal taped April 3. NBC official cites 90 day post air delivery and July broadcast delay due to Martin Luther King funeral. prize shipment being arranged with Speed Queen. If prizes not received by October, report again.
A reader asks about safe weight lifting for a 14 year old. Experts recommend medical checkup and professional instruction, with limits around an hour daily and alternating routines. Also directions to obtain Electro Way appliance manuals, parts, and service from Electro-Way Corp. and local Lakewood Disposal Repair.
Contact the National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center in Oklahoma City for Russell paintings and bronzes plus sketchbooks letters and books. Russell, born 1864 in St Louis, moved to Montana at 16 to become a cowboy and began drawing frontier life. His works gained notice by 1904 and many were cast in bronze by Tiffany & Co.
Prague sources say the Soviet Union may pull back all but 100000 of its half million troops by October 28 with remaining forces near the West German border. The move hinges on Czechoslovak concessions such as tighter press controls and the Moscow talks involving Dubcek and Husak.
A brief reflection contrasts social labels for foolish acts by men and women. The piece notes the double standard and asks why gender changes the phrase from silly to the gendered insult. It emphasizes how language reveals bias.
A U S Navy pilot Lt. John M Nash and Australian Lt Neal M Pollock ejected safely after an F-111A crash at Nellis Air Force Base during a training mission. The incident marks the seventh F-111A crash with prior F-111B losses and recent grounding while causes were investigated.
Hubert H. Humphrey appeared in Toledo pledging to reassess the war as president and reduce the U.S. combat role, aiming for an independent position on Vietnam.
In Toledo Humphrey declares he is not Johnson’s prisoner and aims to end the war through negotiation. Nixon counters that Humphrey remains tied to Johnson's policies, using football metaphors.
Berkeley UPI reports Black Panther Eldridge Cleaver will deliver ten lectures on racism at the University of California despite Regents opposition. Student leaders held a news conference demanding rescission of a rule limiting Cleaver to one lecture and questioning credit for the talks.
United Nations General Secretary Thant proposed a General Assembly vote on halting U.S. bombing of North Vietnam. U.S. Ambassador Ball criticized the move after a Thant news conference, saying it did not aid ongoing Paris negotiations. Thant said a vote could be asked, while Ball stressed no discouragement in peace talks.
A sweeping study warns Southern California traffic will worsen with four million vehicles on area streets and freeways by now and five million by 1980. Smog rises with emission, Emphysema increases 400 percent in Los Angeles County, autos account for 85 percent of pollution and nitrogen oxides remain largely unchecked.
A Senate Preparedness subcommittee calls for expanding the United States nuclear submarine fleet. The panel argues for greater submarine production to bolster strategic deterrence and naval capabilities amid evolving global tensions.
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