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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1968
Page
1
North Vietnamese regulars dug in around a jungle landing zone and poured heavy fire into a helicopter fleet, killing twenty GIs and wounding many more as American infantrymen slugged through the fighting on Tuesday.
North of Saigon Loc Ninh area sees 300 Communist troops attack a U S air cavalry alighting company. Reinforcements repelled the assault as Marines near Da Nang swarm bunkers and holes with about 3 000 Marines seeking the force. A prisoner cited orders to fight to the death.
New York youths, upset over 45 minutes of extra daily class time to recover time lost during a teachers strike, rioted citywide for a second day. Over 30 youths were arrested near about a dozen high schools in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx and Queens amid clashes with police. Attendance in some ghetto schools fell to about 49 percent.
President-elect Nixon privately pressed South Vietnam to join expanded Paris peace talks before Johnson's term ends. A Nixon emissary delivered a message to South Vietnam’s ambassador To Washington, But Diem, shortly before Diem’s trip to Saigon on Nov 11. Nixon acted at Johnson’s request as Saigon hesitated to participate under U S North Vietnam conditions.
Paris reports indicate American and Communist diplomats expect broadened Vietnam talks to start next week with a favorable Communist reply to Washington’s basic conference protocol package within a few days. In Prague economists warn of capitalist experiments amid inflation. In Venezuela Caldera calls for vote-count investigation after a resumed tally. London accuses Britain of stoking Cold War tensions over Czechoslovakia.
Senator Wayne Morse asked for a recount after trailing Republican Robert Packwood by 3 446 votes in the November general election. An analysis by Dr. Ronald F. Stinett suggested Morse would win the recount, with total cost over 26 000 if victorious. Legal groundwork for the recount was set as Morse and Packwood’s attorneys agreed on rules.
Walt W Rostow special assistant to President Johnson and his wife Mrs Rostow will join the University of Texas faculty February 1 Rostow will be joint professor of economics and history while his wife becomes associate professor of government In Moscow a father of an American sailor held aboard the Pueblo by North Korea arrived Tuesday night seeking his son's release Robert Ayling of Stayton Virginia offered no comment on his mission saying he is worn out by the crossing California Fish and Game director Walter T Shannon said Tuesday he will retire after 32% years in wildlife management His departure leaves only one Brown era appointee in a key policy role under Governor Reagan The remaining Brown appointee is Dr James Lowry in the Mental Hygiene Department.
Mrs Ariane Sheppard, 39, filed for divorce from Dr Samuel Sheppard and won an injunction preventing contact after revealing fear for her safety. The case notes that Sheppard was once convicted in the 1954 killing of his first wife and later acquitted at a retrial.
President elect Nixon on Tuesday named Caltech physicist Lee A. DuBridge as chief White House science adviser. He urged DuBridge to bridge the gap between scientists and politics and to reassure scientists that policymakers value both production and counsel.
Dr. Martin Luther King II in a taped magazine interview foretells dissent as America’s hope and predicts the poor and despised will reform the era. He cites passion for justice, brotherhood, and abundance amid arrogance and lawlessness. Publication planned for January Playboy. The Beatles named top vocal group. Lulu and Elvis top female and male singers. Country Jos and The Fish fined for marijuana possession.
President-elect Nixon personally invited 13 year old Vicki Lynne Cole of Deshler Ohio to contribute a theme for his administration. During an October whistle stop in Deshler he saw a sign reading Bring Us Together and cited it repeatedly.
Albert H. DeSalvo, who called himself the Boston Strangler, filed a $2 million defamation suit in Boston against 20th Century-Fox. He alleges the movie portrays him as a vicious depraved individual with reckless disregard for the truth and exposes him to contempt and ridicule.
X-15 rocket plane pilot William J. Knight received the Harman Aviation Trophy from President Johnson at the White House ceremony. Johnson praised him for “making a career of challenging the impossible.” Knight, 39, set a record by flying the X-15 to 4,500 mph as Major in the Air Force. Maureen O'Hara photographed the event.
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