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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1968
Page
2
Four enemy attacks hit west of Saigon within 15 miles of the capital as the pattern tightens since August. Far north, American troops win a fresh engagement, with enemy fatalities reported at 511 over three days and Allied claims of more than 6,000 enemy dead in eight days. Official U.S. Command declined to speculate.
Reports describe a widespread push near Tam Ky and Hau Nghia Town as the long-awaited third offensive unfolds amid signals tied to the Democratic National Convention. Hanoi urged Americans to end the war while Seoul said North Korean infiltrators were killed and Bikini began planning resettlement. Lava neared Pahoa as Hawaii civil defense warned residents.
President Eisenhower remained in critical condition with heart irritability showing no further increase after a morning rise. Doctors noted high incidence of extra heart beats but steadier overall status by afternoon.
The Rev. Russell Karl, long-time pastor of Mary Star of the Sea in Oxnard, says he was permanently removed from the priesthood after requesting a one-year leave to oppose Pope Paul VI's encyclical banning artificial contraception. He plans a new career in Texas, citing conscience and parishioner beliefs.
In the 190th Street subway station a seeing eye dog named Bes sie jumped onto the tracks in front of a train, pulling musician Joel Shulman with her. He survived after calling police, but Bes sie was killed. A Denver girl Julie Cher ie Rodriguez, aged two, died of cancer related to a transplanted liver that had functioned since July 1967.
Investigators search for Dixie Arensen 20 wife of minister Rev. Jonathan Arensen 22 who vanished from Hillcrest Christian Church in Granada Hills. Eyeglasses lay on the floor and car keys were found on a nearby desk as the couple had married two months.
Rev. Fred Wilken of United Methodist Church in Sanger calls the Northern California Council of Churches July 12 resolution backing a nationwide grape boycott illegal immoral and undemocratic. He says it passed at an illegal meeting without a quorum and with insufficient discussion. EMERGENCY Two year old Pamela Smith of Concord was flown to the University of Colorado Medical Center for a liver transplant hoped to save her life. She was added to the emergency list after internal bleeding began three weeks ago.
Kay Francis died in New York at age 65 after a lengthy illness. A leading 1930s star known for husky voice and fiery temper she left Hollywood for Broadway in the mid 1940s. She starred in State of the Union Favorite Strangers and Four Jills in a Jeep among notable works and supported troops in World War II including the North African front.
Jean Genet, visiting French playwright, spoke in Lincoln Park about flowers while Allen Ginsberg attended a Youth International Party news conference. Genet praised plants, vowed to wait until flowers cover the tall buildings, and suggested America could rot if change does not come. Newsmen snickered as he eyed the gathering.
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