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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1968
Page
1
Fierce Communist ambushes and mortar attacks killed or wounded more than 100 Americans near Saigon. U S retaliation included heavy B52 strikes while a battalion in the Mekong Delta was decimated. In the air over North Vietnam two recon planes faced surface-to-air missiles but returned safely.
New York streets cleared as heavy rain subdued two day protests by public high school students over makeup time. Bomb threat rumors led to evacuations at a Queens high school. 2,000 pupils were evacuated. President-elect Nixon planned meetings with Harriman and other officials in Paris talks.
The State Department says Maj. Gen Jan Seina of Czechoslovakia has been granted permanent residency in the United States after he fled following involvement in a failed coup in Prague. Secretary of State Dean Rusk denied Czechoslovakia’s extradition request.
Thousands of striking workers and students surged through Italian cities with leftist flags and Mao portraits smashing windows and clashing with police. In Naples mobs pounded officers as reinforcements held line. A second nighttime demonstration saw about 1000 people marching on police and government offices tossing dye and rocks. Rome mobilized hundreds of riot police amid expectations of further confrontations over wages and social benefits.
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