06 May 1968
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1968
Page
1
Peter Fovargue of London offers to rent out his wife for three months as a housekeeper and companion for 50 pounds. He says receipts will be proper and legal to pay a fine for shop breaking and stealing cigarettes. Mrs Fovargue, 21, comments that anything is better than Peter in jail.
Albert Dekker 62, noted stage and film actor and former California Assembly member, was found dead Sunday night in his Hollywood apartment. Police say death by own action is suspected though autopsy pending. notes and lack of response from visitors point to prolonged absence. Dekker’s son Jan died at 16 in 1987 in Hastings on Hudson.
In Soledad California a violent inmate riot at a state prison injured six guards and sparked window smashing by about 50 inmates. R. J. Torres 24, serving time for burglary and possession of narcotics allegedly started the outburst, then a brief disturbance followed by fires and damaged phones.
Five committees were named to help choose UCLA’s next chancellor as Franklin Murphy departs to lead Times Mirror. Committees from the regents, Academic Senate, student body and two alumni groups will report to UC President Hitch, who aims to present a nominee by mid summer. Other California campuses also seeking new leaders.
Assembly Speaker Jesse Unruh appeals for public understanding of his son Bradley Unruh 19 who faces legal trouble after being charged with auto theft. He explains the youth's obesity and emotional issues stem from medical problems and adolescence, noting psychiatric help since high school and his son's efforts at El Camino Junior College and UCLA while working for a local newspaper.
Los Angeles Senator Thomas Kuchel says he supports law and order but rejects a federal riot squad as a police state. He argues that local, state, municipal and court government are the best means to maintain order amid April violence, in a campaign clash with Max Rafferty.
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