Stowaway romance linked to Navy ship Long Beach visit
A young Australian schoolteacher arrived in Los Angeles after hiding in an admiral’s cabin aboard the USS Long Beach during a Sydney port stop. She planned travel to California to visit Brewer, a Coast Guard icebreaker sailor, amid a reunion arranged by the Long Beach Independent.
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New York City Drops The Sidewalks Of New York Theme
Mayor John Lindsay prefers to hum Manhattan as the city’s new unofficial theme, replacing The Sidewalks of New York. A city band official said Lindsay asked for Manhattan for a more modern sound and to avoid echoes of past mayors.
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Weather outlook with showers and cooler weekend
The forecast calls for a cloudy night with possible showers and a low in the lower 40s. Showers end Saturday as cooler air moves in with a high in the mid 60s. Sunday remains cloudy and cool with a chance of showers.
World Journal Tribune to Cease Publication in New York
The World Journal Tribune posts a staff notice announcing it will stop publishing with today’s issue. Formed in 1966 from a merger of the New York World Telegram The Sun Herald Tribune and Journal American, the paper terminates with job losses. The closure leaves the New York Post as Manhattan’s only afternoon paper.
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TV Producer Turns Protest Footage Into Controversial Series
TV producer Tom Davis filmed April 22 demonstrators in New York City and recorded their words. He initially expected a routine assignment but the material moved him to create a hard-hitting two part series that may spark controversy.
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Medical mission finds severe war injuries in Vietnam centers
Dr. Henry Mayer led a three man committee mission to South Vietnam visiting about 30 of 47 provincial hospitals. They report serious war injuries among children and civilians and hospitals plagued by scarce water electricity and irregular supplies while AID and local ministries oversee deliveries. Mayer notes Da Nang center had 200 beds for 585 patients.
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Truck Pact Rewritten Amid Revolt
A renegotiated contract for 500000 truck drivers nationwide was approved amid a Chicago area freight strike. The deal shifts control back to local Teamsters leaders, offering long haul drivers up to 78 cents hourly rise over three years plus hard money, cost of living increases, vacations, and two funeral leave days. Management plans to keep the Chicago lockout until midnight Friday.
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Johnson draft proposal advances while local boards face cuts
The Senate Armed Services committee approved calling draftees starting at age 19 and limited a nationwide regional board system. It backed deferring undergraduates to age 24 and reentering the draft pool, while rejecting broad consolidation and questioning the lottery idea's fairness.
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GOP Women Split Ranks At 1968 Convention
The Federation of Republican Women opened its 14th biennial convention amid charges of attempts to steal the election as Gladys O'Donnell and Phyllis Schlafly contend for the nomination. About 4 000 delegates are expected with credential hearings continuing overnight amid technical disqualifications.
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China Reds Attack Eight Non Soviet Communist Leaders
Belgrade dispatch reports the Chinese Communist party labeling eight European and world communist leaders as renegades of Marxism Leninism and strike breakers of the working class. The list includes Gomulka Novotny Zhivkov Kadar Rochet Longo Gollan Ibarrari and Brezhnev Ulbricht was noted as already targeted. The piece ties the attack to the European Communist conference in Czechoslovakia set for late April.
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