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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Apr 02, 1968

Page

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U S Planes Hit North Vietnam Near Hanoi 81 Miles South

U S planes struck targets about 205 miles north of the DMZ with a radar site at Than Hoa 81 miles south of Hanoi. Defense officials said the operation did not violate the day-old bombing halt while Johnson ordered raids in North Vietnam limited to the threatened area north of the DMZ.

Hanoi Defense Department Johnson U.S. Millspokesmen Demilitarized Zone Than Hoa North Vietnam

World News Roundup Shows Vietnam Tensions and Global Events

Heavy Soviet rockets hit Tan Son Nhut and a Saigon fuel dump as fires engulf dual tanks. In Thailand four F111A aircraft are grounded after two crashes. SEATO ministers meet in Wellington as Johnson seeks peace tactics. North Korea releases Pueblo crew letters in Tokyo. Rioters clash with police near Japan U.S. Army hospital opening. Alec Rose completes Cape Horn transit as Atlantic leg begins.

Tan Son Nhut Saigon Tokyo Zengakuren Japan

National Stock Market Rally Pushes Prices to Record Volume

New York stock prices surged and trading volume hit an all time high as the Dow Jones industrial average rose 20.58 to 961.25 on Monday. Volume reached 17.73 million shares, surpassing the 1929 crash high, with brokers citing Johnsons Vietnam bombing curtailment as a key factor.

New York New York Stock Exchange Johnson North Vietnam Met

Coffins of Sand Returned in Israeli Jordan Exchange

Israel charged Jordan with returning coffins filled with sand instead of bodies of two soldiers missing since the March 21 strike on Arab commando bases in Jordan. The coffins arrived via the Red Cross as Israel released 12 Jordanian prisoners. Earlier, troops briefly crossed the Jordan River after mortar fire from the Arab side targeted Israeli positions.

Israel Tel Aviv Jordan International Red Cross Jordan River

Lodge and McGhee swap ambassador posts in shift across Berlin and Saigon

President Johnson named Henry Cabot Lodge to be ambassador to West Germany replacing George C. McGhee who returns as ambassador at large. Lodge, 5, has been ambassador at large after Saigon posting. McGhee is a Rhodes scholar who served in Iran and Turkey era roles. Angier Biddle Duke sworn in as chief of protocol at the State Department with Mrs Johnson present, marking Symington's final public duty.

Johnson Henry Cabot Lodge South Vietnam West Germany Lodge George C. McGhee Saigon Kennedy New Hampshire Oregon Richard M. Nixon McGhee East Texas Louisiana Truman Greece Turkey Eisenhower National Security Council Angier Biddle Duke U.S Spain Lyndon B. Johnson Biddle Duke State Department Nicholas Katzenbach Duke Department Washington James W. Symington Lady Bird Johnson -Biddle Duke Drv Sevilla-Sacassa Nicaragua

Pike hits LB Episcopal Bishop James A Pike on Johnson war plea

Episcopal Bishop James A Pike, a sharp Vietnam War critic, compared Johnson's national unity appeal to Hitler’s call to exterminate Jews. Speaking to about 500 at Cal Poly, Pomona he called the war murder and dubbed the United States the new French for its actions in Vietnam.

Episcopal James. A. Pike Johnson Adolph Hitler Pike U.S Cal Poly Pomona United States Vietnam

Powell Ile Adam Clayton Powell Ill in Duke Hospital

Powell is hospitalized in Duke Hospital Durham North Carolina after an afternoon news conference he appeared ill spokesmen refused to disclose his condition Aide Ed Brown read his campus address In New York James H Meredith announced a Harlem campaign for Powell seat focusing on poverty elimination Meredith 34 who broke Mississippi racial barrier in 1962

Adam Clayton Lowell Duke Hospital Durham N.C Powell Durham O Duke University Ed Brown New York James H. Meredith Harlem Congress Meredith University of Mississippi

Newark taxi driver guilty of assaulting patrolman

John W. Smith, the Newark taxi driver tied to July rioting, was found guilty by an all white jury of assaulting patrolman John DeSimone. He accepted the verdict without emotion.

John W. Smith Newark Smith John DeSimone

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