19 Apr 1968
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1968
Page
1
In Rochdale England a lunchtime disturbance among 160 pupils erupted when a plate was thrown, sparking a melee as knives and spoons flew. Police restored order. Cyril Smith called it a riot in every sense of the ward.
The Weather Bureau reports Ralph Plaisted and a six man team have reached the North Pole by surface travel, the first to do so since the 1999 Peary expedition. The Ellesmere Island station noted the 0635 Zulu transmission confirming attainment at 89 37 N, 151 8 W.
A 75 car pileup on the Palmetto Expressway near Miami tied up traffic for about an hour as fog and smoke from nearby muck fires reduced visibility to near zero. Four Florida Highway Patrol units aided the scene with ambulances forced to use road shoulders.
In Zurich two thousand fans cheered Anton Sergeivitch Tartarov as he bowed off stage. The imposter was Swiss teacher Jean Jacques Hauser playing his own music. Hauser admitted the ruse to win an audience, hoping to gain fame after critics labeled the concert good but not concert quality. The FBI added bank robber David Stuart Neff to its ten most wanted list, warning he is armed and dangerous.
In San Francisco a federal judge ordered the release from the Navy of David W. Crane 21 of San Carlos California who says he became a conscientious objector after enlisting two years ago Crane who enlisted December 1966 sought a discharge January 1967 Navy refused Crane filed a habeas corpus petition Judge Stanley A Weigel accepted jurisdiction and ordered his release with a government appeal deadline of May 10.
A B58 Hustler bomber crashed on takeoff at the Bunker Hill Air Force Base killing three crewmen. Maj. Donald N. Close was the plane commander, Maj. Eugene R. Harrington the navigator, and Capt. Johnny B. Eubanks the defensive systems operator. The aircraft, loaded with fuel, erupted in flames near the base control tower. no nuclear weapons were aboard. Investigators searched the scene for clues to the crash.
Thomas Nelson Truax, 28, former assistant executive director of the Association of Bay Area Governments, was arrested in Palm Beach after a nationwide search. He faced embezzlement charges totaling about $510,000 from city and county aid projects and a federal count for cashing government checks. Local police and FBI agents traced him after a poster led to his capture at O’Hara’s bar.
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