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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1968
Page
2
The Soviet government said a Soviet freighter, the Pereslav Zalessky, was heavily damaged by a delayed action bomb near Haiphong after strikes on a barge. All 41 crew members were reported uninjured. The U S Command in Saigon did not comment.
A fire swept a two story frame home killing 17 people including Ralph Hoover and several children. The survivor mother Elizabeth Hoover was uninjured, while a daughter Mary suffered a broken leg. Neighbors and a nearby family battled the blaze as fire units responded. The report references other contemporaneous blazes and war news items.
Los Angeles Mayor Yorty demanded the California attorney general review alleged grand jury leaks after indictments were made public in the harbor department scandal. Defendants include former harbor officials Karl Rundberg and Nick Starr and ex-councilman Robert Watson. Smith faces multiple bribery and perjury counts tied to stock purchases for Di Carlo and other actions affecting the World Trade Center contract.
Senator Proxmire questioned how defense funds were used and whether government owned equipment was adequately reimbursed. Boeing and Harvey Aluminum defended compliance with General Accounting Office audits and rental rules for private use of machinery under government contracts. Raytheon and other major suppliers stated adherence to defense regulations amid conflicting requirements. Additional contractors named include FMC Corporation, Holley Carburetor, Menasco Manufacturing, Selb Manufacturing, Blades Manufacturing, Wyman-Gordon, Sikorsky Aircraft Division.
The report notes a shift in strategy as North Vietnamese leaders order intensified offensives in winter and cite a New Year cease fire violation. Trinh hints talks if bombing ends, while Sihanouk to meet Johnson envoy Bowles. Moscow, New Delhi, Warsaw, Ottawa involved via International Control Commissions and other past channels. Mai Van Bou in Paris serves as a key Hanoi liaison.
Unusually well informed sources report President Antonia Novotny ousted as head of Czechoslovakia's ruling Communist Party. Alexander Dubeck, 46, believed named successor. Josef Lenart to be replaced by Oldrick Cernik, 44, chief of Central Planning Commission. Central Committee wrapped up a four day session with an official announcement expected soon.
Governor Ronald Reagan announced a governor's scholars program to honor California high school seniors who achieve academic excellence. In a letter to county superintendents he outlined awarding an honor at graduation for students with all As or at most one B in each of the final three high school years.
In Sicily the Etna volcano issued a new lava stream that inched down the upper slopes, larger than the year old crack eruption. Scientists said the rivers moved slowly and posed no danger to local residents.
The FAA ordered 59 FH227 turboprops inspected for defects in their elevator trim tab system after an incident on a Northeast flight. Four airlines Ozark Mohawk Northeast Piedmont and one owned by Chesapeake & Ohio report varying inspection status. Some planes grounded others operating normally. no injuries reported.
Ronald Scattergood in Rockford paid $186 for a 30 minute family reunion by telephone linking him in Rockford to his mother in Nottingham England his brother in Cronulla near Sydney Australia and his sister in Tampa Florida. Operators in multiple cities completed the long distance call as the family shared a rare gathering.
Two Long Beach area congressmen depart for a two week tour of U S military forest in the Far East. Reps Craig Hosmer and others will cover ten thousand miles visiting South Vietnam Thailand Okinawa South Korea and Kawajelain Atoll to assess the U S defense posture in the Pacific.
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