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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Aug 11, 1968

Page

5

McGovern Enters Democratic Race With Kennedy Backers

Sen. George S. McGovern announces his presidential bid powered by Kennedy backers and pledges to end the Vietnam War now. He cites support from Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Frank Mankiewicz, and Pierre Salinger, and signals possible backing from Edward Kennedy if Nixon wins the GOP nominating fight.

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Gunbattle Over ID Leaves 1 Dead in Bourbon Street Parlor

In New Orleans early Saturday a demand for age proof at a Bourbon Street striptease parlor sparked a gun battle. One man, David Bellistri, 23, was killed and four people were booked on murder charges after Henry Green, 20, was wounded and fled with companions. Bystanders Randy Salaz, 16, and John Earl, 19, were also hurt as police wounded Green.

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McCarthy Sees Little Impact From McGovern Candidacy

Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy argued McGovern’s presidential bid will have little or no effect on the Democratic National Convention. He suggested any impact would help his own nomination while in Sacramento to seek 174 undecided convention delegates.

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Tito mum on Czech win role during live news conference

Tito dodged questions about possible Soviet intervention in Czechoslovakia during a live news conference with reform leaders. He defended each Communist country’s right to its own road and praised the Bratislava meeting as showing a comradely, positive solution to their problems.

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Grenade kills boy in Khan Yunis crowd

A 14 year old Arab boy died from injuries after a hand grenade was tossed into a crowd in front of a theater in Khan Yunis in the occupied Gaza Strip. Eleven other Arabs were wounded, two seriously.

Tel Aviv Israel Khan Yunis Gaza Strip

Free Youth Implicated in Killings

John Philip Angeles a 20 year old Hollywood youth connected to the 1965 Corpus Christi fishing boat killings is released to his father after being jailed at a California state boys school. Angles and Paul Eric Kruger, 21, fled military school siblings. Kruger later jailed for life for the murders of John D. Fox Noel D. Little and Van D. Carson on April 12 1965.

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