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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1968
Page
2
In Washington President Thieu requests additional U.S. troops as combat nears Hue. White House spokesman says any increase remains under consideration but no authorization level has been reached. Marine units tighten the siege while Viet Cong and NVA forces probe surrounding areas.
North Viet Nam Defense Minister Vo Nguyen Giap may seek to win the war by spring according to Douglas Pike. Pike, author of Viet Cong, based his view on Communist press, radio, interrogations, and captured plans. He spent six years in Vietnam and was brought back to Saigon a week ago.
U S Congressman George Mahon defended General William C. Westmoreland as he faced critics on Monday. Mahon, head of the House Appropriations Committee, called Westmoreland’s Vietnam command possibly the toughest U S leadership task ever.
A Kansas City report says merchants are training with rifles and pistols as riots loom. National Guard plans code named Skyhawk Sundown Gablet Glass Wet Blanket and Oscar. Adj. Gen. Gelston says he could take over if Baltimore is threatened. In Springfield a UPI dispatch quotes Ramsey Clark on a divided nation while Detroit militants push for armed resistance and police and Army prepare for a new war-like tension across communities.
Rev. James E. Groppi, Milwaukee priest and NAACP advisor, was fined 500 dollars and placed on two years probation with jail if arrested again. He led ongoing open housing demonstrations now in their 169th day, saying the activism would continue despite the sentence.
Washington Rep. H R Gross accuses Vice President Humphrey of a double standard over a 1965 13.3 million contract to Universal Fiberglass Corp. of Two Harbors Minnesota for three wheeled mail trucks. He cites Neal Peterson and Roger Peterson links and contrasts with Dixon Yates. Blatnik defends role noting limited Humphrey involvement. A separate report notes a 150 sailing dinghy theft at Long Beach Marina from Don Armstrong.
Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen said the USS Pueblo captured by North Korea carried the latest and most delicate code breaking equipment for eavesdropping and breaking other nations' codes. He added the North Koreans are dragging the ocean bottom to recover gear and papers dumped before the seizure.
Dean emissary said peace talks with North Vietnam could start today if the Viet Cong lunar new year offensive had not disrupted the meeting. He told Chicago reporters that Washington’s push for negotiations faced a Communist response in Saigon.
In downtown Saigon flower vendors vegetable peddlers and black marketeers resume business while convoys of U S tracks move through the city with battle ready troops, signaling the war persists despite a sense of normalcy reopening.
Star Eggland Miss Love, born in Midland Texas and living in London, is featured with activity on Universal’s Isadora in production. Her early films include Penny of Top Hill Human Wreckage Forget Me Not and Broadway Melody. In 1944 she co managed and entertained for a Red Cross Hospital unit in Great Britain. A 1929 photo of the star will be sent.
Mrs CLO of Long Beach seeks guidance on raising two boys to be patriotic in a time when the country seems to falter. She fears Vietnam era trauma and U S Pueblo incidents may haunt them, causing distrust and anxiety about service. The note asks for quick strategies to instill faith in a nation she feels failing its sailors and youth.
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