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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1968
Page
2
In Saigon area, Communist gunners shattered the Viet Cong cease fire within hours of its 1 am start. Rockets and mortars hit an American night position and three South Vietnamese posts. at least one US soldier was killed. The Mekong Delta outpost also saw fatal shelling.
Saigon police report Nguyen Dong Ha, 37, brother of former NLF peace talks delegate Nguyen Thi Binh, was arrested last Saturday in Cholon. He is held in custody and has been active in a youth and student pacifist movement.
The UNC and North Korea will convene a joint MAC meeting at Panmunjom today the 283rd in the series and the first since the Pueblo crew was freed no topics were released for discussion. Eight killed in Rio shantytown slide. many children feared buried.
Drums echoed through Peking as crowds celebrated the seventh Red China nuclear test. Tanjug reported a delayed announcement aimed at weekend enthusiasm rather than work hours. Western observers questioned the blast's completeness. Prague political shift follows Czech Premier Cernik's government resignations. Svoboda expects new regime sworn in Jan 1.
The Brink's Express loot is revised to 800000 dollars with most of the haul in cash and some checks. FBI and detectives pursue clues about the key used to access the truck while guards were momentarily away.
Bob Hope arrived at Los Angeles International Airport with 21 entertainers including Ann Margret after visiting U S troops in South Vietnam and other Asia locations. Governor Reagan proclaimed Bob Hope Day as the group hoped their Vietnam visit would be their last.
President Johnson attended a New Year sermon at Trinity Lutheran Church in Stonewall where Rev. Norman C. Truesdell urged common 1969 resolutions. Johnson joked about not being brave enough to vow not to disagree with his wife while Thurmond and his bride attended a reception in Columbia after their Bahamas honeymoon. John B. Chaney, 109, longtime Hayward resident, died. funeral held for the Spanish-American War veteran at St. Rose Hospital.
U. Alexis Johnson departing Tokyo for Washington fuels talk he may be named undersecretary of state in the Nixon administration. In Moscow Patriarch Alexis calls for world disarmament in his annual message via Tass, signaling Kremlin-aligned stance. Traci Anderson wins Miss Cheerleader USA at Cypress Garden.
Sophia Loren delivered a Cesarean birth Sunday in Geneva to Carlo Jr after years of miscarriages. Carlo Ponti, her husband, announced the boy would carry his name. The couple, famed Italian film figures, celebrated with friends after the hospital event.
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey relaxed at his lakeside home and said 1969 will be a better year. He spoke to about 2,000 supporters in Buffalo Minnesota near Waverly on HHH Day promising a brighter future.
Ervin F. Cramer, 50, 38th surviving recipient, sat up Sunday and sipped water after Friday’s operation at Presbyterian St. Luke’s Hospital in Chicago. Doctors said the patient is doing very well.
Classified listings from the Independent newspaper page published in Long Beach California on December 30 1968. Includes contact numbers HE 5 116 and HE 12 5959 with postal and publication details and pricing for mail delivery and single copies.
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