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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1968
Page
2
Tornadoes tore through Omaha and Mitchell injuring several and demolishing homes and a shopping center. A second tornado struck five miles away damaging another center. Thunderstorms and cool air followed across the Plains and Great Lakes region.
In San Diego the Miss World USA pageant ends amid turmoil as winners face claims of rigged results. Jade Hagen and fellow contestants publicly challenge the outcome while legal counsel for several contestants vows to investigate. The scene also notes other national events and notable figures in brief separate items.
Vietnamese troops and U S backed forces fought a daylong battle in Tay Ninh city 45 miles northwest of Saigon as refugees returned home. Damaged homes and several armored vehicles marked the clash while shelling near Saigon showed no major push toward the capital. In Da Nang rioting inmates required tear gas confinement at the Marine brig. In Moscow Pravda intensified attacks on Czechoslovak liberal leaders denouncing reform efforts.
Vienna reports the United States grants India permission to use a communications satellite for a large scale direct television broadcast to individual receivers. The pilot, starting in 1971, will offer educational programs across seven regions with a combined population of about fifty million.
An apparently well planned series of explosions in Jerusalem Sunday night injured nine people, two seriously, and sparked widespread rioting by Arab and Israeli youths. Riot police restored order after about an hour. One Arab man was critically injured by a mob, and about 30 Arabs and 20 Israelis were arrested.
A 1968 Long Beach daily issue lists contact numbers and pricing for classified ads, with publication details, postal handling, and court adjudication notes. It shows a date of Monday August 19 1968 and circulation information including monthly and yearly rates.
The Rev. Dr. Nathan Wright Jr. argues the black goal should be desegregation rather than integration with white society. He says integration can frustrate Black people and cites rising personal crisis reports. Wright, a Newark event organizer, spoke to about 200 Negro Catholic nuns in Pittsburgh.
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