02 Feb 1968
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1968
Page
1
A six pound fifteen ounce girl named Liza Marie Presley was born at 1 p.m in Baptist Hospital Memphis. Elvis Presley and Priscilla James are the parents. The hospital described Elvis as a typical first time father. The report covers other mixed news items and historical notes.
Rural Republican lawmakers in Sacramento rallied against Gov. Ronald Reagan's plan to reorganize the executive branch into four super agencies. Agriculture would join eight departments under one secretary, a move opposed by Assemblyman Alan G. Potter and others who fear loss of agricultural autonomy. The plan, headed by a single secretary for human relations, resources and business and transportation, cannot be amended by either house and must be approved or rejected in full.
Strikes swept factories and mines leaving about 260000 workers idle nationwide. UAW walkouts hit General Motors plants and other industries as ties frayed and talks stalled across states.
Mrs Ellanbedh Matthew Lawiz becomes the first woman named to the US Military Academy faculty. She attends class with cadets under a pact to not wear a uniform or be saluted. The Charleston D C native, 18, also serves as librarian and recalls a shipwreck voyage in World War I.
Gridley Wright a 33 year old stockbroker turned hippie is on a hunger strike in Los Angeles County Jail. He was convicted last year of possessing marijuana and seeks release as his attorney Sherwin Shayne calls the act war against the establishment. Wright says he should not be in jail and will starve himself until freed.
An 1800 mile airlift will move more than 1000 Canadian troops to Vieques Puerto Rico on February 9 to test Canada United Nations standby peacekeeping force. Doctors will study the impact of rapid climate change from cold to hot conditions on the troops during the week on the U S island.
Four UC Davis students undressed in a private course on Education and Community taught by Dr Gerald Friedenberg as a sensory awareness experiment. Chancellor Emil Mrak said immediate steps would be taken to prevent a repeat while the Academic Senate plans an emergency session to discuss the incident and a proposed $9,000 annual professorship for Friedenberg.
Police patrols in Hillstore Texas hunted a arsonist after fires damaged three churches and four vacant houses in the Negro district. Investigators recovered a possible electric fire bomb. Texas Rangers joined the probe and a $1000 reward was set. Authorities said motives were not believed racial.
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