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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1968
Page
1
Communist gunners fired 20 long range rockets into Saigon early today in the capital's first shelling in two months, killing 14 and wounding about 65. Rockets hit the National Assembly building, central market area, and waterfront, amid broader attacks in five provinces around Saigon.
A high pressure offshore gas well erupted during repair work on a floating platform near Buras Louisiana. Four men were killed, three missing, twenty two injured as crews fought the fire through the night. Several bodies recovered with three men reportedly leaping into the Gulf to drown.
Shirley Temple Black, living in Atherton, told Radio News West in Los Angeles of tanks rolling through Prague and about 20 people killed near her hotel. She described tanks firing, overturned trams, and widespread occupation as U S film crews in Prague remained safe in their hotel on embassy orders.
SNCC announces it has terminated Stokely Carmichael's relationship with the organization in a New York statement. The release notes his eight years of leadership and progress in black liberation but states SNCC and Carmichael are moving in different directions.
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