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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1968
Page
1
Prince Charles of Britain leaves anthropology and archaeology to study history as a Cambridge freshman. Lord Buller of Trinity College supports the shift, saying history suits the heir to the throne better. The 19 year old has not given a personal explanation.
General Carlos P Romulo Filipino soldier diplomat and former last man off Bataan marks the 36th anniversary of the fall today in Lynchburg Virginia He is president of the University of the Philippines and will speak on Bataan in the Contemporary Consciousness of Democracy.
Gladys Towles Root, longtime attorney, had fraud related charges in Los Angeles dismissed by Judge Peirson M. Hall for lack of evidence. She was linked to the defense of John Trvin in a kidnapping case involving Frank Sinatra Jr. and pleaded guilty to related conspiracy and interstate call demands for ransom.
Fidel Castro’s former wife Mirtha Diaz Balart, now Mrs Entilio Nunez Blanco, has filed for a permanent U.S. visa with two young daughters in Madrid. Embassy says processing will take at least six weeks. Cuban sources note the family arrived recently and has visited Madrid before. Castro, a 1950 University of Havana graduate, has not remarried since divorce.
Lindbergh’s son Scott wed Monique DuBois, a Paris artist, in Chataincourt France on Monday. Sen Russell B Long notes violence against killers of Dr Martin Luther King Jr harms memories of the Negro leader. He recalls the assassination of his father Huey P Long and urges no violence or revenge in response.
Mura Diligenti 24, daughter of Franco and Maria Diligenti of Buenos Aires, is engaged to Dr. Bruce Robert Zimmerman 25. The couple, both linked to Minnesota and Dallas medical paths, plan a May 29 wedding at St Mark's Church in St Paul. The 1943 Argentine quintuplets included three girls and two boys born to Mrs Diligenti.
A hidden Egyptian tomb fragment was found cemented into a display block at the Brooklyn Museum. A volunteer treasure scout recovered a limestone block 12 by 4.5 inches from a Manhattan antiquarian shop where it had sat for 40 years. The museum reportedly paid about $1,000. Bernard Hothmer, curator, declined to identify the discoverer, described as a governor of the museum who cannot be named publicly.
MEMPHIS {UPL} The assassin of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. may have fled the country and FBI asked Mexican authorities to aid in the search. A Mexico City police spokesman said a composite sketch has been distributed at border points. U.S. Atty. Gen. Ramsey Clark said the trail lengthened and that one man is on the run, with leads to be developed. The killer, described by a landlady, is about six feet tall, 26 to 32, with a sharp face, black hair, and a "silly smile," who used a flop house near the Lorraine Hotel before firing from a dirty bathtub to King on the balcony. He fled after dropping the weapon, a 30-06 Remington rifle, and a suitcase. Later, educator Ralph H. Lutz, former Hoover Institute director at Stanford, died at 61.
Heavy rains drenched parts of the Gulf Coast, with Beaumont Texas reporting up to 314 inches in a single night and northern Louisiana seeing flash floods. Winds gusted to 65 mph in lower Michigan, while a wildfire threatened near Oscoda before being contained. Shipping on Lake Superior and Lake Huron faced ice and high winds with ships stuck in Whitefish Bay.
A former commissioner of Los Angeles Recreation and Parks declined to answer questions about a $302,000 architectural contract for a pool complex. Appearing under subpoena before the City Council recreation and parks committee, he read a statement claiming prejudice and alleging district attorney probes.
Local archival snippet reports a court matter with references to auditors and a circular notice. Names and precise actions are unclear due to OCR corruption, but the piece mentions a hearing or audit process linked to a long bracketed filing. The record notes timeframes and official entities involved in the review.
Western Union Telegraph Co. asks the Federal Communications Commission for authorization to raise rates by about 2.7 million dollars yearly, with effective increases May 5. Domestic telegrams filed by telephone or messenger would rise 5 to 10 cents, collect charges 10 to 13 cents, domestic money orders up 10 percent, domestic Le Jemeler charges up, and registered cable addresses outside major cities up 42 to 43 percent. The firm says the move targets a 6.5 percent rate of return.
Beard wearing parcel post driver Bob Barnum returns to rounds in San Francisco after five weeks off as postal officials revise neatness standards. He kept his long hair and beard, saying locals welcomed him back with smiles and hot muffins.
Floyd C. Morgan 47 surrendered to the FBI after a $240,000 shortage was found at Bank of California. He was charged with embezzling part of the missing funds. Audits showed money disappearing since 1962. Morgan, with $10,000 in savings, lives south of San Francisco with his wife and teenage daughter. Bail set at $20,000. next hearing April 18.
Secretary of State Frank M. Jordan was in Peralta Hospital in Oakland today for cataract removal in the right eye. The 79 year old Jordan previously underwent a hernia operation earlier this year.
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