29 May 1968
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1968
Page
1
Forbes, 33, released from Maidstone Jail after appealing in London that his prior confession was a hoax. He had pled guilty to burglary and claimed 143 more offenses to appear as a large scale criminal. judge ordered release after his claim of feeblemindedness.
San Francisco State College moved to a get-tough stance forcing 300 demonstrators from a sit-in as a new president was selected. Dr. Robert R. Smith, 52, education professor, was chosen to succeed Dr. Summerskill who left amid campus turmoil. Smith, awaiting board confirmation, promised to handle unrest as it arises while tenure length will top at three years. The ROTC dispute and minority admissions remained flashpoints as police circulated and a campus state of emergency was declared.
Gov Ronald Reagan and Assembly Speaker Jesse Unruh clash over two Assembly passed measures granting property taxpayers a 232 million break. Bills total 172 million in general relief plus 28 million for seniors and 42 million reduction in the business inventory tax. If not enacted by June 15 the sales tax will drop 44 cents.
Pomona State College Chancellor Glenn Dumke warned a business audience that campus disturbances reflect a revolution. He likened campus leaders to Russia's anarchists and nihilists of 1905 to 1915, saying a small radical core uses revolutionary tactics to split moderates in academic communities.
President Nguyen Van Thien will visit Washington New York and San Francisco in the second half of June. He will be accompanied by his wife Mai Anh and a few government officials on the official trip.
A scrambled 1968 notice from the Press Telegram mentions the Long Beach post office and a second class mail matter. Readable fragments reference a date and a generic postal action without full details.
San Francisco report says two escapees from Atascadero State Hospital have been seen at multiple Northern California locations while eluding a police dragnet. Gerard Gallant 28 from Los Angeles and George Zuin Jan 25 from Hawthorne fled Sunday with five hostages later released. One accomplice Robert Higuera 28 from Downey was captured Monday at Pismo Beach. The suspects are armed with a .45 caliber pistol and knives and should be considered dangerous.
In Edinburgh a post-mortem was held on 15-year-old Alex Smith, Europe's first lung transplant patient, to determine if the body rejected the donated organ from an 18-year-old girl. The boy’s body was to be flown to the Isle of Lewis for funeral arrangements with a service slated for Friday.
Mrs Dana Andrews longtime wife files for divorce in Los Angeles Superior Court charging mental and physical suffering. She asks fair share of community property and support for herself and two daughters Susan 20 and Katherine 2 while noting two other grown children do not live at home. The couple married November 17 1939 and separated three weeks ago. Andrews 58 known for Laura suffered a skull fracture in a January hospital stay in St Louis.
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