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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1968
Page
3
Frederick Rudolph Yokom, head of the Yokom Gang of jewel thieves, is listed among the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. Born February 11, 1948, he is 5 foot 8, 170 pounds with dark brown hair and eyes. He has facial scars, a wrist and abdomen scar, a tattoo reading Rred on the left, may wear a mustache, and is deemed armed and very dangerous.
Donnier Cavnar, 25, was released hours after charges tied to the Lake Tahoe mobile home bombing death of Richard Chartrand, 42, were dropped. District Attorney Ted Stokes cited insufficient evidence despite an informant’s threats. Chartrand, general manager of the South Lake Nugget, had fired Cavnar three months earlier as a poker dealer.
About 3,200 Campbell Soup workers in New Jersey returned to work after a settlement ended a month-long, nationwide strike. Production at Camden and Moorestown plants resumed on the first shift as 499 machinists accepted a new contract and ended picketing. Other strikebound plants in Sacramento Napoleon Ohio Paris Tex and Chestertown Md were mentioned in the agreement.
US forces report their heaviest weekly toll since May as battles flare around Saigon and northwest of the city. American deaths exceed 200 with more killed or wounded as jets and artillery strafe Viet Cong positions near the demilitarized zone. South Vietnamese forces and allied units sustain mounting casualties amid persistent combat.
AP dispatch reports mixed views on the Democratic Convention bombing policy, with South Vietnamese and U.S. officers noting ongoing combat in Vietnam. Casualties include at least 30 American and several South Vietnamese deaths and dozens wounded in clashes around Tay Ninh, Duc Lap, and Da Nang. An accidental U.S. Navy missile launch during MIG intercept operations left two crew missing.
Los Angeles based University of California engineers recommend raising automobile front seats by six inches to lessen whiplash and other injuries seen in rear end crashes. Research notes altered seat height improves head and neck protection for occupants in collisions.
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