03 Jul 1968
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1968
Page
1
Zoleka Tukutese, eldest of five newborn quints, died Tuesday after admission to Frere Hospital East London. Doctors wait for postmortem to determine death cause while the remaining four siblings two boys and two girls were reported well and also examined.
Rosemary Clooney told an opening Reno audience she will retire at the end of her current engagement and become a full time mother. She plans to return to Beverly Hills July 25 to focus on her five children after divorcing Jose Ferrer last year. The star noted fond memories of Reno and discussed her career from Maysville Kentucky to WLW Cincinnati to national fame in film and television.
J Maurice Treneer aged 86 longtime Miles Laboratories chief chemist from 1927 to 1947 died Tuesday in Elkhart. He helped develop the antacid Alka Seltzer shortly after joining the firm and retired in 1947. Born in Cornwall England he spent his career in the United States.
Roger MacGregor Cranston 20 son of ex state controller Alan Cranston pleaded guilty to failing to pay special taxes on marijuana brought from Mexico. He was arrested March 14 after customs found two pounds in his car. Probation report set for Sept 9. A Los Angeles judge will rule on draft case motions for Christin Hayden and five others. Gianni Agnelli earns 1.76 million yearly and Turin tax officials seek 253 440 in tax. appeal likely.
Thousands watched a bright flaming meteor traverse the night sky from Vermont and New York to Maryland and Ohio. Flight crews and police received hundreds of calls around 9:30 p m as observers described a colored tail and possible breakup over Williamsport Pennsylvania. Franklin and Marshall College scientists called it a large meteor with a mineral rich tail while the Dudley Observatory logged sightings from Utica to Burlington.
Gallup poll shows 42 percent of Americans view the United States as a sick society with a following view across racial lines. White Americans oppose the view by more than 3 to 2, while 52 percent reject the idea, citing crime, media, and moral concerns as reasons.
A Los Angeles judge hears testimony on the value of office furnishings alleged as bribes to two harbor commissioners. Appraiser Louis Samuel testified the items were worth 4790 dollars, not 6506 dollars as prosecutors claimed, in the case involving Rob ert N. Starr and Karl L. Rundberg and developer Keith Smith.
Rev Daniel Towler known as Deacon Dan becomes first Negro president of the Los Angeles County Board of Education following the Los Angeles City Board's similarly historic appointment. He vows to expand opportunities for all students and to recruit teachers from diverse backgrounds. Towler, a former Rams fullback and Methodist chaplain, led LA Rams in 1952 in rushing and held a career high 3 499 rushing yards before 1955.
On a battlefield 29 miles northwest of Saigon, paratroopers fought wave after wave of Viet Cong. Spec 4 Terry Sherman and Spec 5 Kenneth Van Tousen from Southland earned Bronze Stars, while an unnamed 20-year-old Ohio trooper wounded yet alive was recommended for the Medal of Honor after risking his life to throw himself on a grenade.
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