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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1967
Page
1
A C Nielsen Jr urged TV executives to improve programs rather than blame the rating system, calling it a "mirror of the public." The system surveys 1,200 households with minute-by-minute TV meters, claiming it shows what Americans watch.
Premier John Robarts and the Conservative party retained control of Ontario's government but faced their weakest showing since 1948. The NDP scored the biggest gains while the Liberals won 28 seats and the Conservatives 69 in the 117-seat legislature after a heavy turnout.
Coastside homes from Manhattan Beach to Redondo Beach were shaken by a series of mysterious explosions. The Coast Guard in Long Beach said the Navy warned of underwater testing at Point Mugu for five days, but the Navy would not comment. No reports of sonic booms or earthquakes or damage were reported.
In Los Padres National Forest a four mile front raged as authorities hunted arsonists amid three teen suspects at Sun Valley High School. The Chatsworth fire charred 25 000 acres and 63 structures while overall losses reached about 1 million dollars.
London dispatch reports Adm. Sir Reginald Aymer Ran furly Plunkett-Erle-Drax, famed as a leading naval strategist, died Monday aged 87. Known as the man with the longest name in the British Navy, he served as first and principal naval aide de camp to King George VI in 1939.
Democratic and Republican governors press for a resolute U S support for Johnson's Vietnam war and ongoing search for peace aboard a liner en route to the Virgin Islands. Utah Governor Rampton drafts the measure as Texas Governor Connally aids the push amid earlier 1965 66 resolutions.
A severe autumn storm with hurricane winds sank the 3,500 ton freighter Nagaseria of Panama and a fishing boat in the North Sea off Denmark. Of 25 crew on the freighter, 19 died, five more feared lost, one rescued. fishing boat crew of four were saved. The storm caused widespread damage across Denmark Holland Germany and southern Sweden.
Moscow based Red Star warns in a defense ministry piece that the United States plans an invasion of North Vietnam. Lt. Col. Leontyev cites Paris reports alleging a February invasion with 100000 interventionists including Marines near the 17th Parallel. He says such an invasion would collapse Pentagon adventures in Southeast Asia.
Space experts hail the Soviet soft landing on Venus as a brilliant reward for persistence and a major contribution to knowledge of Earth’s sister planet. NASA chief James Webb notes the achievement as a message of technological power and warns the U.S. may not match such planetary landings soon.
Attorney General Thomas C. Lynch was reported in satisfactory condition and hospital bound for a week after bladder surgery on Tuesday night.
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