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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1968
Page
1
Allied forces reported heavy fighting along Highway Z near Dong Ha and in the A Shau Valley. The campaign produced multiple outposts and ongoing search and destroy missions aimed at disrupting North Vietnamese threat lines.
Weeklong clashes across Vietnam saw South Vietnamese infantry spotting North Vietnamese forces along Highway 1 at dusk. Leathern neck units reinforced the battle while a Marine company dug in near Dang Ha bridge to encircle the enemy. South Vietnamese claim 104 enemy dead, Marines report 6, and air forces pledged 106 missions with two Navy bombers lost and two airmen rescued.
Beir ut Lebanon President Gamal Abdel Nasser told Egyptian forces Monday night that another military round with Israel is inevitable and that it is their responsibility to liquidate completely the consequences of the war.
North Korean infiltrators ambushed a seven man South Korean patrol in the DMZ on Monday, killing two and wounding two others. It marked a second Communist attack in three days as the attackers fired about 200 rounds.
British warship stands off Hamilton as steel helmeted troops and police patrol the streets to prevent further racial clashes threatening tourism. By Monday at least 17 injured and 100 arrested as tourists flee the Atlantic island.
Scientists announced the oldest human remains found in the Western Hemisphere, dated 11 000 to 13 000 years old, at a site in southeastern Washington near the Snake Palouse confluence. A 13 foot pit yielded charred bones and mammal remains, with bones cracked as if to extract marrow and evidence the body may have been eaten by others.
About 600 cadets at the U S Air Force Academy in Colorado were affected by a probable contagious infection that prompted suspension of classes Monday. Seventy three severe cases required hospital care while none were in dangerous condition as cadets sought doctors with sore throats and fever reported over the weekend.
Delegates at the United Methodist Church general conference voted to withdraw a $10 million investment portfolio from the First National City Bank of New York and halt a loan renewal to the South African government in protest of that country’s racial policy. The move supports private business in line with interracial ideals.
Doctors led by Dr. Christian Cabrol in Paris perform Europe’s seventh heart transplant using a new technique. Clovis Roblain, 66, receives Michel Guppaz’s heart, while Roblain’s brain shows concerning injury risk though blood circulation and heartbeat are normal. Roblain remained alive at midnight on respirator.
Philip Blaiberg 58, sole survivor of the world’s first six heart transplants, drives in city traffic six weeks after discharge from a Capetown hospital. His condition has been excellent since the Jan 2 operation. Unshaven Thomas N. Truax arraigned in San Francisco on seven counts involving 203500 in ABAG securities theft. 26-year-old former assistant administrator appeared in a rumpled blue suit after returning from Palm Beach where he was arrested April 19 in a bar.
Annemarie Huste, fired as Mrs John F Kennedy's cook amid cookbook ambitions, says she signed a contract to publish a collection of her favorite recipes. In two weeks since dismissal she has received many job offers from restaurants country clubs and private families including a Beverly Hills restaurant and a Dallas offer of $20000 a year.
The 1964 Savings Bond drive for the U S Treasury named SAVINGS STAR Eddie Fisher honorary chairman and he will receive a certificate of office from Secretary Henry H Fowler on Friday. Also reported, representatives from the Howard Hughes organization were invited to discuss the next large underground Nevada nuclear test, while Hughes figures objected and warned of possible earthquakes or water contamination. Al Jolson Jr ended a singing tour in England and returned home stating audiences hoped he would be like his father, but were disappointed. Two nieces of the late Alan S Bishop sued in Los Angeles, claiming undue influence by a nephew in a multimillion estate dispute. Dr Harvey S Perloff named dean of UCLA architecture and planning. Pope Paul VI appointed 12 prelates, including three bishops from Communist nations, to Vatican Secretariat for Christian unity. A Paris couple sued Jacques Hergerac in Los Angeles Superior Court for 22,000 in household furnishings they say he borrowed. King Hussein and Prince Mohammed left Jordan for Europe to advocate for the Arab cause.
Capt Robert Franklin Foley of Newton Massachusetts and Sgt John Franklin Baker Jr of Davenport Iowa receive the nations highest decoration for valor from a prolonged battle. Foley was blown back by a grenade yet refused aid and rallied his men destroying three enemy emplacements. Baker, charging under fire to clear positions and evacuate comrades, was also struck by a grenade but persisted to kill Viet Cong and rescue more Americans.
Home Secretary James Callaghan said on a TV program that Britain would pay passage home for any immigrant who wished to leave. The remark marks a shift after he had earlier dismissed the idea as unrealistic and part of race relations problems.
In Baden Wuerttemberg the far right National Democratic Party led by Adolph Von Thadden won 9.8 percent of votes and 12 of 127 state seats amid student riots and leftist opposition. Government and party leaders met to assess the rising neo Nazi threat and map strategy.
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