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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1968
Page
1
The U S Air Force said an American plane aimed to aid South Vietnamese troops under attack near Mythoi in the Mekong Delta dropped a flare but did not fire its guns. Nineteen South Vietnamese Marines died and 49 were wounded in the New Year truce incident.
The Midwest endures frigid conditions with subzero readings in Green Bay Moline Indianapolis Milwaukee Chicago and Cleveland setting date heat records. A northern snow storm impacts the Rockies and western mountains while freezing rain and dangerous driving spread from the Central Plains to the Lower Mississippi Valley.
In Gary Indiana Mayor Richard G Hatcher the first black mayor sworn in vows a war on racism and orders a white police chief to curb vice. Police chief James Hilton 41 vows to shut down prostitution and gambling as Hatcher calls for unity and overhaul and warns racists they are no longer welcome. Pope Paul VI opens a day of peace urging reconciliation to end the Vietnam War. Evel Knievel is in fair condition after a Las Vegas stunt crash. Don Quinn creator of Fibber McGee and Molly dies. De Gaulle praises Paul VI as peace apostle. Cecil Day Lewis named Britain's poet laureate. Four US sailors seeking asylum after leaving Vietnam war aboard Intrepid. Archbishop Joost de Blank dies. Shirley Porter rescues family after plane crash near Bullhead City. Roswell Garst cited for boosting El Salvador’s food program. Normans Carpenter not missing says Navy. Dr Christian Barnard to write lay book on heart transplants. Brooklyn man survives 127ft fall from the Brooklyn Bridge. King Constantine and Queen Anne Marie attend quiet New Year in Rome. Queen’s list honors go to Arthur Coens and Walter Coombs.
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey sat in front row at Liberian President William V. Tubman's inauguration in Monrovia. Tubman urged a world agreement outlawing war during his oath for the sixth and last time. The ceremony marked part of Humphrey's nine nation African tour to show U.S. interest in the continent.
Long Beach police report a celebrant dodging bullets near Pacific Coast Highway and Atlantic Avenue as a sniper fired into a flashing neon sign at the Imperial 400 Motel. Holes appeared between 11:85 p.m. Saturday and 12:10 a.m. Monday amid New Year noise.
A uniformed sailor smashed a plate glass window at Taco Bell, 1822 Santa Fe Ave, after employees refused to reopen early New Year’s Day. He fled the scene, apparently unharmed, as police investigated the incident.
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