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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1968
Page
2
Black Student Union demands include an autonomous black studies department with degree granting powers by next fall and a $54,800 budget for student services. They seek off campus housing action, dedicated space, and more black administrators, with 22 proposed courses led by a college committee and the BSU.
London police report a pre-dawn raid at Heathrow Airport where Pan American World Airways cargo sheds were robbed of diamonds valued at $249,600, plus gold dust and American currency. Three men were later arrested over a separate BEA strongroom theft at the same airport. Diamonds were bound for Japan, gold dust to the Far East, dollars from Malaysia to New York.
Barbara Mackle, a top Emory student, was abducted from a Rodeway Motel near the Emory campus by two men posing as detectives. Her mother Mrs Muckle and Barbara’s father, financier Earl Mackle, are linked to the Deltona development empire in Florida. FBI declined to comment on ransom likelihood as police pursue clues about the blue late-model car and suspicious surroundings.
Johnson was taken to a Maryland hospital from the White House with his physician and Christian in attendance. Officials said only routine cold tests would be performed, and Johnson would rest while continuing necessary work. Mrs Johnson visited after noon and Dr Burkley noted it was not described as influenza to him.
9 year old Kenneth Janssen of Huntington Harbour was killed when his bicycle collided with a truck backing into a construction site at Saybrook Lane and Boardwalk. The truck driver Floyd Feves 33 West Covina said he heard no sound and did not flee the scene.
A Detroit-bound American Airlines jet with 61 passengers returned to Los Angeles International Airport after a telephone bomb threat. FBI checked baggage, found no bomb, and the plane resumed after three hours. Police questioned three Mt. San Antonio College students from Pomona in a burglary and credit card theft case. Pearson, Landrum, and Cartwright, ages 22, 19, and 19, were arrested and held for further questioning with a possible voiceprint comparison.
About 2,400 students at Fremont High in Los Angeles walked out after the appointment of a Black acting principal. Bolton, a Black administrator, pledged to listen and stabilize the school as 95 percent of its 3,100 students are Black. Violent disruption had closed the school previously, with calls for Malcolm to be replaced by a Black principal.
The 82 surviving USS Pueblo crewmen may be released by North Korea during the Christmas holidays. The Herald reported today in a copy saying a fight story and noting the placement wording.
Undercover agents arrested a Downey couple and two others Tuesday as suspects in a lucrative pornographic film ring. The Ramseys and Morton and Wilma Morton faced conspiracy to distribute obscene material, a felony, after raids on the Downey apartment. About $1,700 in marijuana and $5,000 in cosmetics were also found.
Two trusties from Idaho State Prison escaped from Eagle Island dairy farm took a woman hostage for three hours in Boise. They, armed with shotgun and rifle, surrendered when Sheriff Bright established a roadblock near the Capitol. Captives identified as Johnny Wayne Barr 26 and Earl Lewn Wright 25.
Chicago report says Rich ard Speck, condemned for the slayings of eight student nurses, received a stay of execution to allow his counsel to appeal to the U S Supreme Court. The Illinois Supreme Court granted the stay after rejecting Gerald W Gettys appeal.
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