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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1968
Page
3
Saigon suffered a strike on an Oriental River bridge severing the Mekong Delta route. Near Da Nang allied forces reported heavy clashes with Communist troops, killing 75 in ongoing fighting as guerrillas used mines on rafts to disable a temporary crossing.
The Bethlehem Steel Co and Pittsburgh Steel Co informed the Army they will not raise prices on shell steel or other defense materials. The move follows Johnson administration directives to favor low competitive pricing, with about one million tons of defense steel price increases averted.
U.S. Senator Edward V. Long trails in Missouri Democratic primary as Lt. Gov. Eagleton nears victory amid Life magazine attacks over a 1965 slum housing project and fees from a jailed attorney. Other candidates, including W. True Davis, lag behind.
Ambassador Harriman is poised to announce the United States will release several North Vietnamese seamen at the Paris peace talks. The move mirrors North Vietnam’s Friday release of three American pilots shot down over the North.
Negotiations yielded an accord to end Canada's 20 day old postal walkout. The settlement was announced by mediator Judge Rene Lippe but details were not given. Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau pressed for a resolution and said Parliament might be called into session if needed.
Israeli forces push into Jordan in pursuit of alleged Arab bombers injuring a clinic. Five Arabs killed and two captured in Jordan. North of the border Jordanian and Israeli troops exchange mortars and tank fire along the Syrian frontier. At the UN France and the USSR urge condemnation of Israel bombing raids, with France denouncing them as unjustified reprisals.
Rescue teams pulled two 10 year old girls from the Ruby Towers rubble after 128 hours trapped in the collapse. Police estimated the disaster claimed nearly 400 lives as the city mourned the deadly Friday quake.
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