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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1968
Page
4
Boston report says 1968 Democratic candidate Eugene J. McCarthy outlined a guaranteed minimum income and federally subsidized health insurance to raise living standards for the poor and wary of a military draft.
California Peace and Freedom Party announced it would seek a petition hearing to place a 18-year-old voting age proposal on the November ballot with about 530,000 signatures. Chairman Hugh Maines said outreach to young Democrats and Republicans aimed to reach the required number by June.
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey spoke at a Louisiana AFL CIO meeting pledging to carry forward the Johnson-Humphrey administration. He planned to announce after Easter, urged national unity, and warned against violence while advocating law and order with a higher call to conscience. He warned against U.S. withdrawal from world affairs, saying it would cost lives, money, and risk catastrophe.
Sacramento confirms Gov. Ronald Reagan is the sole candidate on the June 4 Republican presidential primary ballot. A group of politically unknown Republicans seeking an unpledged delegation failed to secure the required 18,715 signatures, collecting 12,996. Secretary of State aide N. P. Sullivan stated they did not qualify. The group argued Reagan is aiming for president despite his denials and Californians deserve a ballot choice.
Federal unemployment benefits will resume for workers and veterans who remain jobless, with funds provided from the upcoming fiscal year. The program, halted when money ran out on April 15, will restart next Monday and cover benefit weeks starting April 7.
Chicago report says Nixon campaign chairman William H. Rentschler predicted Nixon would win the presidential nomination on the first ballot. He said he knows of no Mc supporters of Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller and that Sen. Charles H. Percy of Illinois may be cast as Illinois favorite son.
Sacramento on Thursday William Bennett a state public utilities commissioner said there is some conflict of interest in the businessmen task forces studying state government for Reagan Bennett campaigning for the Democratic nomination for U S Senate attacked the Republican governor for relying on people recruited from private enterprise to find ways of making government more efficient and economical He said a news conference that 18 financial companies and 28 oil and gas firms helped finance the task force which made sweeping economy recommendations earlier in the year
Sen Robert F Kennedy proposed diverting funds from domestic programs and Vietnam to create a national impact project. He called for a seven point plan to rebuild urban ghettos with new jobs for the poor, using training and private initiative and offering development loans and tax incentives. He spoke in Lansing and Grand Rapids amid a Michigan campaign stop.
Lawrence F. O'Brien signaled a major leadership role in Robert F. Kennedy's presidential bid, possibly kicking off with Indiana's May 7 primary. He resigned as Postmaster General and floated joining a private offer part time to campaign for Kennedy, while praising the president's Vietnam peace efforts.
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