Ball predicts Nixon would escalate Vietnam war says Clifford doubts Laird figure
Ball and Clifford discuss Vietnam policy in Paris talks and on campaign trail. Ball criticizes Nixon as hardline and likely to escalate war. Clifford cautions against guessing troop cuts and warns against declaring a fixed withdrawal timeline. Graham accuses Nixon opponent of attack while Nixon campaigns in Florida and Michigan settings.
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Humphrey Crowd in Seattle Outshines Earlier West Coast Stops
In Seattle Humphrey drew a raucous crowd, with fans hanging from railings and a brass band thundering, contrasting softer receptions in Los Angeles San Francisco and Portland. Hippie protesters heckled him but he urged calm and allowed a counterpoint to speak.
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Free Party Founds Free State in Pacific Palisades
The Peace and Freedom Party staged a one day Free State of California at Ed Pearl’s coffee house estate in Pacific Palisades. Attendees included Black Panthers and hippies while Paul Jacobs spoke on freeing California and Eldridge Cleaver as U.S. president.
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Humphrey Promises Poverty Elimination Plan if Elected
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey pledges to expand income and job opportunities to lift all Americans above the poverty line. He vows job programs and improved social welfare while noting no details on Johnson era initiatives. A Seattle strategy session follows a clash with antiwar protesters as five weeks remain before election day.
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Seattle
Call for Card Carrying Cadavers to Prioritize Youth Transplants
Seventy transplant surgeons and officials at an American College of Cardiology meeting urged lawmakers to create a generation of card carrying cadavers to donate organs automatically after death. They backed giving young recipients first priority and called for anatomical gift acts enabling wallet cards to sign over organs for transplant or research.
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Nixon Promises Crime Council and Police Academy
Richard M. Nixon pledged a cabinet level crime council and a national police academy to coordinate federal crime control and prevention policies. The proposed academy would train local policemen nationwide.
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National Police Academy
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Wallace plans Chicago parade to show strength in race
Montgomery Alabama May 1968 George Wallace plans a high noon parade through downtown Chicago to demonstrate his rising support in polls. He expects to name a running mate this week as he compares with Nixon and Humphrey and touts 177 electoral votes in 17 states.
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Gallup
Sailor L B Man Killed In California Crashes
Two Long Beach men died in separate crashes on Sunday. Thomas R. Kirkbride, 25, of 3361 Delta Ave., lost control on Santa Fe Ave near Carson St and struck an abutment. Clyde Sturgevant, 21, a Coast Guardsman stationed at Terminal Island, died when his vehicle rolled over on the Long Beach Freeway near the San Diego Freeway after hitting a curb.
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Long Beach
Judicial Fight Vowed to Put Gene on Ballot
A group named Californians for an Alternative in November vows to press the U S Supreme Court to place Senator Eugene McCarthy on the November ballot. State Supreme Court and a Federal Appeals Court already rejected the effort. Lawrence Sherman, head of the group, said McCarthy “went all the way for us” and promised a write in campaign if the Supreme Court appeal fails.
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UPI
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U.S. Supreme Court
Sen
Eugene McCarthy
State Supreme Court
Federal Appeals Court
Lawrence Sherman
McCarthy
Supreme Court
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Fire at Sierra Printing causes $150000 damage in Los Angeles
A major blaze at the Sierra Printing and Lithograph Co. in Los Angeles caused estimated damage of 150000 dollars Sunday night. Fire departments fought the flames as crews contained the fire to the building and limited spread to adjacent properties.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Sierra Printing and Lithograph Co
Brush Fire Encircles 100 Acre Liebre Mountain Area
Firefighters from the U S Forest Service and Los Angeles County surround a 100 acre brush fire south of Three Points near the Kern County line. The blaze, breaking out Saturday night, is in rugged inaccessible terrain and expected to burn out without burning much more watershed. Seven engine companies with four camp crews and two tractors assist in containment.
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