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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1968
Page
2
Communists struck several South Vietnamese towns as Viet Cong forces attacked Huc about 400 miles north of Saigon and seized portions of Konlum in the central highlands. Mortar and ground assaults hit Nha Trang and Qui Nhon as the AP report details.
The White House said Saigon command had advance knowledge of Viet Cong attacks across South Vietnam but that little could be done to prevent them. Press Secretary Christian noted Saigon's open status and ease of smuggling, with no totally effective defense against raids. President Johnson followed developments, citing Tet alignment and advance timing information.
A Trans World Airlines Convair 80 with 36 aboard clipped high tension wires during a foggy approach to O'Hare, causing widespread power outages in Des Plaines and surrounding suburbs before diverting to Indianapolis. The jet continued its flight despite the incident.
Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon filed petitions to place his name on the March 12 New Hampshire presidential primary ballot in a direct challenge to Gov. George Romney. Also covered are Apollo program concerns raised by senators, a Tucson antitrust ruling on newspaper operations, Longhairs at Brien McMahon High School facing court, and labor talks with United Steelworkers and Can companies.
A white haired English professor Dr Joseph E Baker and his wife Matilda were found guilty of disrupting the First Presbyterian Church of Town City. They were indefinitely suspended from United Presbyterian Church in the USA after a three week trial. The Bakers opposed the churchs decision to tear down and replace the building. The select commission and Rev Roscoe M Wolvington delivered the verdict. Baker is a Victorian literature specialist at the University of Town. The couple view the church building as an architectural gem and led a two year campaign. In other news Pope Paul VI called Catholics to spread faith amid waning religious sentiment. Jim Garrison claimed Lee Harvey Oswald slayer Jack Ruby was near the Kennedy assassination site on the night of the shooting. A federal jury indicted David Y Harris for refusing induction at the Oakland center after being ordered to report. Harris is a former Stanford student body president.
President Johnson told a White House visitor that seven month old Lyn Nugent burned his hand at chili and had another fall at their Austin home after pulling a sturdy tea cart. He escaped with a bumped head after shattering a crystal dish and landing among broken glass.
District attorney investigators questioned 50 people in an inquiry into near fatal injuries to Jimmie Rodgers in Flint Michigan. The Flint Public Library recovered a 41 year overdue book with fines totaling 75875 dollars and 50. The library received the book by mail from Frank McPherson of Petoskey claiming it was part of a recently purchased collection. Excommunications auto occurred for a priest and nun married after being expelled from Guatemala. The Rev Thomas R Melville and Sister Ma Hannah Peter reported to Maryknoll in Ossining New York. Two state employees received Reagan's highest valor award for risking their lives during brush fire rescue in Nevada and for saving an injured motorist near Santa Ana. Roslyn Kern Scott sued Donald Scott and Corinne Calvet for 500000 claiming a meretricious relationship and asset misappropriation. Chester Porta, Hopkinsville ex mayor, described patience as he freed a 19.4 foot car from a 20 foot parage. Pro-Photo showcased wedding pictures, while AP Wirephoto noted Maj Merlyn Dethlefsen to receive the Nation’s highest award for action in North Vietnam.
Superior Court Judge Robert W. Cole refused an adoption petition by Clifford and Dorothy Callahan of Sacramento for Tony, a boy raised since infancy through multiple operations including open heart surgery. The couple claimed the county welfare department illegally blocked the adoption due to their own children's delinquency.
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