01 Jul 1968
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Newspaper
California Pasadena Independent
Location
Pasadena, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1968
Page
1
Independent Star-News readers ask about European club charters and reduced fares. Advice notes nonadvertised, nonscheduled flights and ahead-of-time payments. Also compares milk prices, warns on contracts, and explains expected silver price trends for July delivery.
Allied troops dismantling a Viet Cong arsenal near Saigon report 20 tons of TNT found Sunday, enough to arm more than 2,000 long-range rockets. Headquarters says hundreds of weapons and large ammunition piles were for a new Communist attack on the capital.
The CSA, the largest airplane ever built, successfully flew for 1 hour 34 minutes in Marietta Georgia. Lead test pilot Leo Sullivan and a five man crew reported no major issues aside from a red landing gear warning during gear retraction. The C5a weighed 497000 pounds and aimed to reach 540 miles per hour on future flights amid an Air Force program to produce 58 giants.
Two Michigan sisters Nora and Deanna Guiley aged 11 were found stabbed to death in Detroit near their home on Sunday morning. Police described multiple chest wounds and noted no sexual assault. A knife found nearby is under inquiry.
Berkeley imposed a 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew on a D6-block area around Telegraph and Bancroft to head off more French style demonstrations. Police used tear gas as about 1,000 protesters blocked streets, tossed Molotovs, and hurled rocks while fires burned within an eight block zone.
President Charles de Gaulle achieved his largest political victory in national elections, with the Gaullist party securing at least 255 of 487 seats in the National Assembly. The Communist bloc earned 33 seats, the Leftist Federation 57, Centrists 29, and minor parties 11.
A Seaboard World Airlines DC-4 with 214 U S troops bound for Yokota Japan strayed off course Sunday night and was escorted by Soviet planes to land on Paramer Kuril island Jiurity in the Kuril chain. Washington said no damage or injuries were reported.
Hubert Humphrey emphasizes "the four realities" and a politics of hope and hard work as he campaigns through Denver, Bismarck, Oklahoma City, and Des Moines. He links law and order with social justice, pledges education from age four, and vows to fight hunger and poverty while pursuing Paris ceasefire talks. He avoids attacking McCarthy and urges unity among Democrats.
Meridian Mississippi police said a planned racist bombing attempt led to a running gun battle that killed a woman identified as Kathy Ainsworth twenty six. Three men were wounded including a police officer. Authorities recovered twenty nine sticks of dynamite and a timer.
The Independent Star-News notes rapid rental results from a classified ad campaign. Frank DeMayo of Pasadena says five apartments rented from a single day ad, promoting urgent action and quick occupancy. Call numbers provided for placing ads across Monrovia El Monte and Covina exchanges.
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