14 Mar 1968
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1968
Page
1
Nobel laureate Pearl S Buck was awarded a golden key of luck and an honorary Seoul citizenship certificate by Mayor Kim Hyun-ok in a brief ceremony at Seoul City Hall. Buck arrived last weekend to visit a Pearl Buck Foundation center aiding mixed-race orphans.
Boxing figure Lou Nova, 47, who challenged Joe Louis in 1941, announces candidacy on the Utopian Party ticket in Hollywood. He vows to wage an all out war on a tangible foe if elected. Nova, famed for the cosmic punch, once fought Louis for the heavyweight title.
William D Powell 43 son of actor William Powell was found dead in a shower stall of his one room Hollywood apartment after leaving a note claiming things are not so good. Police say he killed himself with a knife or razor. he suffered a chronic kidney condition that ended his writing career. The body was found by his apartment house manager. Powell’s father, 75, lives in Palm Springs with his wife Diana. The son, a Princeton graduate, later worked at NBC and as an associate producer for Universal and Warner Bros.
Regents weigh student enrollment limits as Governor Reagan proposes a 280 million dollar UC operating budget. President Huelt to present a report on how many new students may be denied admission to maintain standards. About 6,000 to 7,000 freshmen expected next fall across nine campuses amid ongoing criticism of cuts.
More than 150 members of California State College at Long Beach faculty signed a statement opposing President Johnsons Vietnam war policies. The document calls for an end to bombing and a withdrawal of U S troops, recognizing the National Liberation Front as an independent party in negotiations, and urges a political solution over military victory.
Four Midwest Democratic governors met in Des Moines with Sen. Robert F. Kennedy to discuss voter discontent with President Johnson. Governors Robert Docking, Warren Hearnes, Harold Hughes, and William Guy attended a late night gathering after Kennedy spoke at a campaign dinner. Authorities said there was no consensus or coordinated effort to oppose Johnson's renomination.
Washington FBI data show a 23 percent jump in big city crimes in cities from 500,000 to one million, with overall major crime up 16 percent. Suburbs up 16 percent and rural areas 43 percent, while violence climbs 15 percent led by robbery up 27 percent and more than 12 percent more murders. ARRESTS OF ADULTS rose 3 percent after a slight 1966 dip.
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