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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1968
Page
1
U S warplanes bomb targets within 10 miles of Communist China and strike along Lang Son, Hanoi, and Haiphong areas. F105 jets from Thailand hit the Lang Son bridge and nearby anti air sites. Navy planes also bombed near Haiphong and Hanoi with no immediate loss reported.
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces faced heavy fighting along the northern coast with higher casualty counts. U S casualties rose in 1967 marking the bloodiest year, while Viet Nam and Cambodian diplomacy moved toward possible talks as Bowles prepared for a mission to Phnom Penh. De Gaulle’s motive questioned as Mendes France accuses him of revenge over world issues.
An 82 passenger four engine DC airliner from Honduras to New Orleans landed safely in Baton Rouge after clipping a cypress tree in fog over a swamp near the airport. The plane sustained a damaged wing and belly but no injuries were reported. The incident came as FAA ordered 59 FH227 turboprops grounded for attitude control inspections.
Vice President Hubert Humphrey and President Mobutu faced loud antiwar protests as about 150 students blocked Humphrey's closed convertible in Kinshasa. Demonstrators hurled stones at vehicles including Mrs Humphrey’s car and a press car, while security kept crowds from the scene. Humphrey later said about 50 protesters were hired, and the pair later passed the area to cheers from thousands of Congolese.
U S attorney says an agreement was reached with Round Mountain woodcutter Virgil Gray over 4.4 acres for a three state power line after two months of stalling. Gray’s son Ronald, 20, facilitated talks. initial offers ranged from 1 825 to 2 000, but Gray wanted no project on his land.
Carole Viriilo Diviak, the chauffeur of Archduke Francis Ferdinand’s car at Sarajevo, the 1914 assassination that sparked World War I, died Thursday in Italy.
A rabbi and six Protestant ministers assisted in the consecration of Most Rev. Mark J Hurley as auxiliary bishop of the San Francisco Archdiocese and pastor of St. Francis of Assissi Church. Eastern Orthodox prelates also participated. The event marked the first interfaith participation in a Catholic bishop’s consecration.
Gov. Lurleen Wallace announced new tests in Texas raise the possibility of another cancer recurrence. If the pelvic nodule proves malignant, it would mark the third cancer episode for the nation's only current woman governor. She plans to fly to Houston Monday to resume radiation therapy, accompanied by her husband former Gov. George Wallace.
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