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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1968
Page
2
Lt. George Heise fired a missile that damaged the MIG and Lt. Norman McCoy scored a direct hit that destroyed it in a Friday air combat. The downed aircraft marked the 110th U.S. kill. Ground fighting flared in Quang Nam Province with a Marine recon unit involved.
Rescue teams faced heavy mud and ash in Costa Rica as the Mt Arenal eruption continued for four days. The death toll rose to 78 with hundreds burned or suffering inhalation from toxic gas belched by the volcano.
Congress blocked nationwide postal job cuts and approved a 10 percent tax rise to shield the Post Office Department from most layoffs. Postmaster General Watson halted planned rural office closures and a four day a week home delivery schedule.
Sirhan Sirhan, the 23 year old Jordanian immigrant, is scheduled to return to the Los Angeles Hall of Justice to enter a single plea to the charge of assassinating Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. His attorney, Russel E. Parsons, indicated the plea will be single and not innocent by reason of insanity. Actress Elizabeth Taylor, who had a partial hysterectomy, is recovering well and may go home next week.
Air Force Lt. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Jr., 55, becomes deputy commander in chief of Strike Command. He shares the post with Strike Commander Gen. T. J. Conway after a West Point reunion in 1932.
Mrs Lewis B Hershey wife of the National Selective Service director is treated for a separated rib from chest cartilage. The 75 year old is described as in pain but not seriously ill and was admitted to an Army hospital in Denver.
Don McNeill announced his retirement as master of ceremonies of the ABC Breakfast Club in Chicago effective January 1 1969. He began in radio while a Marquette student in Milwaukee and will be 61 in December.
Marines report five killed and 14 wounded in an assault estimated at company strength. Seven attackers were killed. Reinforcements arrived but contact ceased. In the same area, troopers of the 1st Air Cavalry Division claimed 60 enemy killed in six clashes with one soldier wounded.
The U S reported 193 Americans killed in Vietnam action last week, with South Vietnamese losses at 243 dead and 791 wounded. Allied headquarters said 1,146 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong were killed, and total U S fatalities since Jan 1, 1961 reached 26,290 with 165,130 wounded. Communist deaths stood at 374,083.
Marines in Da Nang recount a clash with an enemy squad in which they killed a leader they believe was an American Leatherneck. The wounded Afghan? No, the man cried for help as he fell near the Marine position. Four missing Marines were identified in photos, including an 18-year-old listed missing in action since 1965.
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