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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1969
Page
2
More than 1,000 U S infantrymen routed a 150-man Communist force from Mekong Delta bunkers in a 17 hour clash. U S casualties were light and reinforcements turned the tide after an initial setback. In the north a 5,000 man Allied drive closed on Khe Sanh, with dive bombers battering supply lines and light resistance.
Two major snowstorms halted travel across the Midwest and eastern states with heavy totals, closed schools from Indiana to Iowa, and icy runways at Des Moines. Chicago, Grand Rapids, Mason City and Raleigh records marked a winter blast while Washington eyed a Nixon budget plan and Maryland political moves unfolded.
President Johnson, after 35 years in Congress, visits Washington for a nostalgic farewell on Capitol Hill. The Monday night reception in the House office building draws Republicans and Democrats, with Johnson sharing moments with lawmakers and leaders including Edward M. Kennedy and L. Mendel Rivers.
The South Vietnamese regime released ten Viet Cong prisoners on Tuesday for humanitarian reasons. At a POW camp ceremony the men received pocket money of 500 plasters or $4.25 each before being sent back to their native villages.
Prague reports the official Czech Communist Party endorses the Slovak call for the removal of liberal leader Josef Smrkovsky, president of the National Assembly, a move seen as sealing his political fate amid Soviet criticism of his progressive policies.
Israeli helicopters strafed the Jordanian village of As-Sati after artillery bombardment. Gunfire along the Jordan Israel border escalated as Lebanon reinforced defenses nearby, with three Arabs killed and five wounded in the attack south of the Dead Sea.
Paris orders a total stop on arms supplies to Israel including spare parts for the French made jet fighter fleet. An embassy spokesman said no official communication has been received while the embargo has been in effect for two days.
On the campus of Middle East Technical University in Ankara anti American students overturned and burned the official limousine of U S Ambassador Robert Komer during a lunch with university rector Kemal Kurdas Hundreds of protesters surrounded the burning Cadillac shouting Damn America and Get out Komer while he continued his meal and refused to cut short the engagement
Publication note dated Tuesday January 7 1969 announces daily issue at Sixth Street and Pine Avenue Long Beach with no weekend editions.
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