05 Mar 1968
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1968
Page
1
At a New York luncheon Miller challenged critics who say The Price ignores current concerns. He noted The Crucible as timely, rooted in McCarthy era witchcraft hysteria, and emphasized its ongoing relevance and numerous productions.
Paul Newman will be honored as man in the year by Harvard's Hasty Pudding theatricals tonight. The actor receives the group’s second award before the 120th production AIT the Queen's Men a spoof about Catherine the Great. Bob Hope won the first award last year.
Washington reports that a House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee quietly weighs raising congressional pensions. Current top benefit is 24 000 yearly. Rep Wayne Hays says action may come via amendments to a foreign service bill. A separate measure seeks broader retirement reform with 20 years service as a threshold, aiming to ease retirement for older members and those displaced by court rulings.
Police arrested Virgil Gla cnc, 24, after he fired several shotgun blasts at landing aircraft near Manchester Avenue Century Boulevard and Sant Pedro Street. None of the planes was hit. Officers nabbed him as he prepared another shot near N and Broadway. He is held on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon.
Willie Newton, 76, longtime member of a 1920s bank and train robbery gang, is jailed in Ballinger Texas on burglary charges. Sheriff Atkins linked him to the Rondout mail train holdup and 1924 Rowena bank raid, as authorities pursue Willis Newton and others.
A garbled OCR item from a Long Beach area postal entry lists monthly carrier details and publication notes. It mentions a court or county administrator, and an archival date around 1994 with scattered names and addresses amid inconsistent spelling and numbers.
Israeli and Jordanian forces traded fire along the Jordan River with an Israeli patrol taking fire from the east bank at 10 am. No casualties reported. Israel fumed over ongoing clashes and sabotage inside occupied territory as an Israeli truck was ambushed and a civilian wounded. Authorities said 18 suspected Arab terrorists were arrested after a raid on an equipment depot near Jerusalem.
In Stamford Connecticut Jackie Robinson Jr 24 is charged with possession of heroin marijuana and a pistol after a Monday arrest on a street corner. A circuit court judge ordered him to appear next Monday on gan and drug charges and he was released on a $5000 bond posted by his father former Brooklyn Dodger star.
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