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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1968
Page
4
UPI reports Sidney Roche, a U.S. official who resigned over Vietnam policy, charged that black market profits and officials’ earnings were a major problem in South Vietnam, highlighting systemic failures amid ongoing war.
The Senate rejected 74 to 18 a proposal by Church and McGovern for an 85 percent excess profits tax on corporate income from 1961 to 1964, aimed at funding Vietnam War costs. Two top Democrats supported it, Mansfield and Long, while Roche resignations and corruption accusations tied to Vietnam war profiteering were highlighted by Roche, a former adviser from Columbus, Georgia.
Burglars ransacked the residence of James F. Hall at 773 Los Alts Ave and fled with two television sets a typewriter a tape recorder and other household items valued at 1500 dollars, police reported on Wednesday.
The USS New Jersey, a 45,000-ton battleship recommissioned for active duty off Vietnam, sailed full speed ahead on the second day of Atlantic trials near Philadelphia. Navy officials said tests would cover full power runs, hull and machinery vibration, radar and electronic systems, and fire control checks, with the nine 16 inch guns not tested in these trials.
Senator Fulbright proposed appointing a cabinet level official dedicated to negotiating a Vietnam settlement. He cited Gen. Gavin as influence and argued the role should be independent, free of defense or state department interference, with dedicated staff and authority to push talks. He noted de Gaulle’s Algeria cabinet post as precedent and referenced Kennedy’s recent ideas.
UPI reports U S Customs officers and San Diego police chased and seized marijuana worth 220000 dollars. Four Los Angeles County men were arrested Homer Lee Green Jr aged 29 Inglewood George J McGee 26 Bennie Lee Smith 32 and Billie Dean Smith 19 all of Los Angeles.
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