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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1968
Page
8
U S heavy bombers attacked Communist base camps and supply bunkers within 26 miles of Saigon unloading at least 500000 pounds of bombs. Allied troops reported little resistance as officials planned a Christmas Day meeting with Viet Cong agents to arrange freeing three American POWs.
South Vietnam denounces North Vietnam and the Viet Cong as seeking to impose peace in Paris not negotiate it. The Ky led delegation blasts a two-side setup and warns of a political battle for NLF recognition as Vance returns to Washington for talks with Ky set to depart for Saigon.
A 20 year old Long Beach youth Dewey Dale Nicholson was shot in the left leg as he and companion Gary Glenn Dielman 21 attempted to clear a jam in a recently purchased .22 rifle. The incident occurred at 15-10 Lakewood Boulevard Bellflower and he was taken to Studebaker Hospital.
In Downey a 38 year old Bell Gardens man Donald Herren was shot to death at 5725 Priory Street. Three suspects David Long Janet Zimmers and Kenneth McMillan were booked on murder and burglary charges. Long and Zimmers were at the scene when the shooting occurred during a dispute over Janet Zimmers. McMillan drove Herren to Downey Community Hospital where he died.
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