11 Jul 1968
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1968
Page
1
A 160 pound Milwaukee policeman captured two men while women and a child escaped from a second floor apartment during a Wednesday fire. Patrolman LeRoy Waszak pulled a leg tendon but was treated and released from hospital. The five jumpers escaped unharmed.
Report from the 16th Miss Universe pageant in Miami Beach describes Elisabeth Tavares of Paris and Miss Congo, a 71 year old Kinshassa salesgirl, as roommates. Other contestants including Miss France and Miss Australia remark on Tavares potential for the title as 1968 winner is awaited.
Capt Euripides Rubio Jr of Ponce becomes the first Pherin Rican to receive the Medal of Honor in Vietnam and the second Puerto Rican to earn the nation’s highest military award. Rubio died at 30 after repeatedly exposing himself to enemy fire to aid the wounded, distribute ammunition, and resecure positions amid a massive attack. His widow Mrs Llena S Rubio of Hato Rey and their children, Edgardo and Llena, were invited to the presentation in Washington, D C, presided over by Army Secretary Stanley R Resor. Rubio’s unit, the 1st Battalion 28th Infantry, 1st Division, faced a numerically superior foe during the action.
Coleen Lanza, 19, begins a rock singing path after operetta study under her late father’s voice teacher Mario Slyva. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge William McFadden approved a one year recording contract with 25 percent of 44 percent royalties set aside. Mrs. Martin Luther King Jr plans a book about her late husband’s life, saying she will write “My Life With Martin Luther King” while away in New Hampshire to finish the work.
The Senate Judiciary Committee rejected the Assembly approved bill that would soften marijuana penalties and toughen penalties for dangerous drugs like LSD. Only five members supported the measure in a key vote. seven were needed to advance the bill. The sponsor, Assemblyman W. Craig Biddle, Riverside, argued the bill would uniform and strengthen drug laws.
Los Angeles mayor Sam Yorty signed a 5 percent alcoholic beverages tax aimed at avoiding higher property taxes. The City Council approved a council initiated revenue measure, with the tax rising to 7.5 percent on drinks by summer’s end, potentially raising about 7 million for the 1968-69 fiscal year. Yorty dismissed court challenges from tavern and restaurant owners and defended the levy as necessary. A Riverside City College library project is noted on campus.
Victoria Rivera, an 18 year old Cuban exile deaf since infancy, taught herself to read lips to acquire English Spanish French and German. She learned by watching mouths and now aims to study languages at Barry College Miami and hopes for a State Department career.
In Los Angeles the United Packinghouse Workers of America voted overwhelmingly to merge with the Amalgamated Meat Cutters Union. The combined 500,000-member union will be known as the Meat Cutter8, following Tuesday approval by the Amalgamated Meat Cutters. A spokesman cited a near unanimous result after a brief debate.
Sacramento Gov Ronald Reagan signed a bill exempting Long Beach city appraisers from the state exam requirement. Introduced by Sen George Deukmejian and co authored by Assemblyman James A Hayes the measure follows a Long Beach request. Long Beach has long used city appraisers and prior to 1967 exam rules applied only to new appraisers already certified.
The eight member Superior Court jury weighs whether former Los Angeles harbor commissioners Kate Rundberg and Nick Starr took bribes from developer Keith Smith. Prosecutor Montagna argued the loans and favors show corrupt intent, citing World Trade Center lease, Ocean harbor projects, and multiple lease bids. Defense contended loans were ordinary, with timing and amounts scrutinized amid harbor conflicts.
A daily notice from a court in Los net ibe details a decree issued by the magistrate on a Pekan schedule. The document references Berle Marr and a Saturday exception in the calendar, with cryptic scheduling terms and formal court language.
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