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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1967
Page
28
The notice describes Action Line offering problem solving and rights help. Readers are directed to write Action Line Box 230 Long Beach California 08001 or dial 432 3451 for assistance between 9 am and 1 pm and 5 pm and 9 pm, Monday through Friday.
Readers ask how to fireproof children s costumes using a borax boric acid solution and flame resistant paper. Technical guidance covers soaking fabric, drying, and reapplying after washing. Other tips note safe costume lengths and a spray product No 54 California Official Flame proofing.
Reader letters challenge prior postage figures to Russia. The editor notes errors in published rates and confirms airmail postage to any part of Russia now stands at 25 cents for 14 ounce letters, effective since last May.
An all white federal jury in Meridian Mississippi convicted seven men including a deputy sheriff and a Ku Klux Klan leader of conspiracy in the 1964 killings of three civil rights workers Michael Schwerner Andrew Goodman and James Chaney near Philadelphia Mississippi. The jury found eight men not guilty and deadlocked on three others. Judge Harold Cox denounced threats to jurors by two convicts Cecil Price and another defendant.
Youths roamed a Los Angeles school prompting officials to blame a Negro woman amid a disruptive incident. Details and page reference appear on AJ.
Anti-war demonstrators staged a picket line for peace outside the Long Beach Selective Service office while a second group from California State College boycotted afternoon classes. Over 100 protesters marched and chanted Hell no we won’t go, as the draft office closed 50 minutes early on orders from Col. John after police alerts and a rock thrown at the Long Beach window. Coordinator Paul Gratz denied plans to enter the building, saying leaflets and conversations with registrants were their aim. The gathering began near noon at 746 E Fourth St, drawing college students, women, and families before dispersing later.
Democratic governors at the National Governors Conference in Charlotte Amalie scrapped their Viet Nam support plan. They issued a diluted opposition declaration aimed at Republican acceptance, dropping direct reference to President Johnson’s policy. The White House said Johnson will not attend to address the governors.
Dense inland fog snarled transportation from sea to sky for a second consecutive day. Long Beach Airport remained fog bound at 11 p.m. and LA flights were diverted to Ontario. Visibility fell to a quarter mile and smog lingered as Coast Guard searched for a 36 foot fishing boat Alibi off Santa Barbara Island.
Dense fog tonight clearing by morning. Highs near 85 today and Saturday. Mountain areas sunny with highs in the 70s. Clear tonight. Desert areas sunny and clear with highs 93 to 100 and lows 50 to 60.
Detroit report says UAW and Ford have wrapped up tentative terms as negotiators push past 24 hours in marathon talks. Settlement of the 44 day old strike appeared imminent with assembly lines ready for immediate production. The bargaining aimed to end a standoff that halted Detroit area auto production and affected suppliers and dealers.
Walter Reuther’s administrative assistant was awaited as he spoke to McDonnell Douglas workers opposing a $25 monthly dues assessment. Reported tentative wage and benefit totals from a three year contract package valued as over $1 per hour circulated without confirmation while bargaining continued since October 10. Ford secretaries were called to work and production prep began at the Livonia transmission plant as UAW crews reported for duty under a special arrangment.
Thousands of demonstrators swarmed Oakland blocking intersections and delaying busloads of recruits at the induction center. Police called for reinforcements from San Francisco as crowds vandalized property, used debris for barricades, and 7 people were arrested with at least 4 injured. Traffic crawled and businesses closed as billy clubs were used to disperse the crowd.
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 77, has recovered enough from an illness to depart Walter Reed Army Hospital. Doctors announced he is expected to leave this afternoon after hospitalization for a non-cancerous prostate growth diagnosed earlier in the week.
From the breakfast table you glimpse a simple chain of pursuit as the bird chases the worm, the cat chases the bird, and the dog chases the cat. The scene offers a humorous lens on the dog’s news order in daily life.
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