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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1966
Page
20
Five adults and three juveniles were arrested early Sunday after a rock and bottle attack on 15 policemen outside an assembly hall at 623 W Long Beach. Officers had been dispatched to break up a street fight as a wedding occurred inside the hall. No one was injured.
A El Camino College student, Richard Vasquez, 19, died Sunday night after a motorcycle rear-ended a car on Second Street Gardena. Five adults, all from San Pedro, were arrested for assaulting a police officer. Suspects include Raymond Sar, 22, 867 W Santa Cruz. Alvin H Mashinow, 22, 64 W Second St. Dominguez, 21, of Arc Pedro. Enstedt, 18, 1312 S Palos Verdes Dr. Jose Rio Eva, 20, 617 S Meyler St.
Survivors searched after twin typhoons swept across Japan causing massive damage. Official tallies show 384 dead and 125 missing with nearly 1,000 injured. Thousands of homes flooded or destroyed, bridges washed out, ships sunk, and millions in losses reported. U.S. bases reported no casualties.
In Can Tho Vietnam floodwaters rose high in the Mekong Delta Sunday. Brig Gen William R Desobry senior US military adviser to the Vietnamese Army in the 4th Corps said 20 000 Vietnamese were homeless so far with thousands more evacuated. He noted the delta residents are used to flooding and usually flee onto sampans but this year many stayed in their homes until the last moment.
U.S. B52 bombers blasted the demilitarized border zone as Navy jets targeted a Communist PT boat east of Hanoi. Reports say at least 229 North Vietnamese troops were killed in a major operation while strikes hit truck parks and the Thanh Hoa rail complex. In Tokyo, Pham Van Dong rejected U.S. terms, insisting peace requires a Communist victory and a withdrawal timetable was offered by Washington.
Humphrey declined comment on right wing charges against Ronald Reagan and praised governor Edmund G Brown. He spoke during a two day Southern California swing with space facility tours and TV tapings to promote Brown, framing him as capable and energetic.
In Phoenix Barry Goldwater attacks Birch and claims Humphrey would win an improbable eight Senate seats in November. He says House gains are unlikely but possible, noting the intraparty tensions within the Republican ranks.
Sacramento. Dr. Gaylord Parkinson, Republican chairman, allegedly received over 20000 in a secret slush fund kept by backers of Ronald Reagan. C M Gilliss, former state public works director and now head of Californians for Brown, alleged the fund. Parkinson denied secrecy and accused Brown of character assassination. George Christopher and Laughlin Waters criticized Parkinson’s preprimary policies. Knight expressed shock and said Parkinson was in Reagan’s pocket before the primary.
Venice police dispersed about 200 Negracy rock throwers on a Venice street near the southern edge of the demilitarized zone. One car sustained damage, but no injuries were reported. Meanwhile officials say U S and Communist forces clash in Quang Tri with heavy casualties, as Operation Prairie continues in the Vietnam theater. The political scene back home centers on GOP factional tensions and Goldwater's criticism of party leadership.
The paper treats claims that Negro soldiers faced disproportionate combat roles in Viet Nam as editorial license and dramatic rhetoric. The column discusses implications, rebuttals, and the ongoing debate over treatment of Black soldiers in the war.
Police seek an unkempt man who meditated at Lie allat Long Beach Buddhist Church and fled with $40 from the poor box. Shoji Nitte, the church teacher at 2360 Santa Fe Ave, says a shabbily dressed man with tonp reddish brown hair was allowed to meditate in the empty chapel and disappeared after the loss.
In Uchinoura Japan a Lambda 4 rocket carrying an 84 pound payload failed to reach orbit after a troubled launch. The effort by Tokyo University’s Aeronautics Institute aimed to place the smallest and cheapest satellite in space, with millions watching on television. The Phoenix satellite measured about 18 inches in diameter and originated from a local county area.
Los Angeles reports a national effort simulating wartime scale to fight air pollution. Starting next fall buyers will pay about 60 dollars for exterior equipment to reduce car emissions under a new federal law. The first year cost is about 500 million dollars with billions more anticipated as reforms touch nearly every American life.
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