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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1968
Page
2
Sen Strom Thurmond told the Freedom Group of Los Angeles that U S leaders are babes in arms in talks with Communists. He warned the United States has been out negotiated and urged stronger measures including stopping trade with Communist nations. The report notes other unrelated items in the same column.
Mohamed Yusuf Daar a 25 year old Kenyan native and Coventry police constable has resigned his post after two years on the force. He earned 76.80 dollars weekly as a machine operator and cannot afford to marry the nurse he plans to wed from East Africa. He loves being a policeman but lacks funds for marriage or a home. A serum to save sight was flown from St Louis to Kansas City for Kris Karietz a 32 year old girl who had a smallpox vaccine reaction in Shawnee Kansas. Vaccinia immune globulin was prepared from 96 donors at Great Lakes Naval Air Station after a nationwide Red Cross search.
Eight foot grave prepared for 38 year old divorcee Patricia Ann Haverland in Charleston West Virginia. She plans to endure burial for at least 75 days to set a world record. Coffin will include cooling fan television telephone radio and personal belongings. Tarzan star Johnny Weissmuller will attend and stay at the gravesite from Saturday to Monday to assist.
Keith Smith attorneys win partial victory in Los Angeles Superior Court as a motion to suppress a key bribery and perjury tape is granted. Judge Harald C. Shepherd rules the recording was confidential and suppresses witness memory refreshed by it, keeping five perjury counts and other charges in play for May 27 hearings.
Mayor Sam Yorty submitted a $420 million budget for Los Angeles for the 1968 89 fiscal year, a 15 percent rise over the current level with a $30.6 million deficit. He urged funding diversifications and tax shifts away from property taxes to ease homeowner burden.
Twenty California and Hawaii Democrats file a formal complaint with the Civil Aeronautics Board arguing new in-flight liquor and movie charges are unlawful and anti competitive. They say carriers set identical prices for drinks and movies, claim the CAB order amounts to a fare increase, and urge suspension of the rule effective May 1. The signers include Rep. John E. Moss and 18 other California Democrats along with Rep. Spark Matsunaga of Hawaii.
The United States remains ahead in nuclear arms with ICBM advances boosting arsenals while its global authority wanes due to internal racial strife and Vietnam War fallout. The Institute for Strategic Studies notes U S power stronger militarily but uncertain politically. Moscow accelerates ICBM deployment, narrowing parity with Washington within 12 18 months.
A county report details a 197 million Watts area public works program since the 1965 Watts riots, with 132 million more in the works. Major items include the 23.5 million Southeast General Hospital in Willowbrook and a 37 million building program for the LA Board of Education plus 55.6 million more for schools and facilities.
Six Terra Linda High School students were injured when a brakeless van rammed a bus carrying 45 near the Marin County Civic Center. Two teens, Michelle Hansen and Edward Laufer, 16, stayed overnight at Marin General Hospital. four others were treated and released. The crash caused the emergency bus door to swing open and toss several students onto the pavement before driver Harold Ludvigson, 56, of Mill Valley, regained control.
Fragmentary OCR text notes an audit bureau filing, confirmation, and local notices involving dates and places by names like Long Bagen and Berea. Details are unreadable. article fragment lacks clear actions or outcomes to portray a complete item.
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