23 Apr 1968
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1968
Page
1
Adam Clayton Powell was in seclusion Monday at Miami's Jackson Memorial Hospital preparing to undergo tests for a prostate gland ailment. Powell's condition was listed as satisfactory after admission Sunday, administrator Charles Nordwall said.
Rube Goldberg, who turns 85 on July 4 and began newspaper cartooning 64 years ago, has won the National Cartoonists Society Reuben Award. The famed creator of Boob McNutt and his "goldbergian" inventions was also a Pulitzer winner in 1948 and now debuts a 50 piece sculpture show after switching to editorial cartoons.
The wife of deputy Samuel Maston, 23, barricaded herself with their year old child in a bedroom on Studebaker Road and fired several shots as deputies tried to subdue her. Tear gas forced her out as she clutched the baby and waved the revolver. She was taken to USC Medical Center in the psychiatric ward after the incident.
Washington (UPI) negotiations to end a five day national telephone strike stall as union leaders seek federal court nullification of an Alabama injunction against picketing. A CWA spokesman said progress hinges on the federal court in Mobile. The injunction, issued Friday by Circuit Judge James A Hare, bars picketing at Southern Bell installations. About 200000 CWA members in 42 states walked out last Thursday over higher wages. The wage reopener clause in the CWA contract with Southern Bell remains, but Western Electric employees had been picketing and Southern Bell workers refused to cross the line. With no strike clause removal, offenders face return to work.
A group of twelve hippies sleeping nude beside a stolen bus in a weed filled Deer Canyon ditch along the Pacific Coast Highway were jailed on charges of grand theft and endangering a child. The bus originated from San Francisco’s Haight Ashbury district. A newborn infant was found among the group and its mother Mary Bruner, 23, faced child endangerment charges. Leader Charles W. Manson faced grand theft and fraudulent license counts, with others charged for fraudulent licenses or disorderly conduct.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention a decree labeled NO and a test reference. Names, dates, or places are unreadable, leaving only scattered terms such as Heathen, Chevi, and Aciuel fal ed. The item appears to be an incomplete public record or notice without clear action or jurisdiction.
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Anthony David Dontanville, acquitted of raping and strangling two young sisters, began psychiatric testing after the Superior Court ruled he was not mentally responsible for the murders. He remains confined at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center for examinations with a hearing set for Wednesday to decide potential commitment or further legal action.
A thief snatched an estimated 76 000 to 100 000 dollars worth of jewels in seconds in daylight on downtown Kansas City's busiest street. Benjamin Cramer, a Los Angeles jewelry salesman, left his car briefly at the Hotel Muehlebach 12th Street entrance. The thief drove off in Cramer's car, later abandoned about a mile away. two jewelry cases and clothing were missing. Fingerprints were found and deemed encouraging by police.
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