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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1968
Page
1
American and North Vietnamese troops exchange artillery and skirmishes near Khe Sanh as U S forces evacuate about 2000 civilians. U S Marines guard the demilitarized zone as B 52 bombers conduct four early raids on North Vietnam targets.
Col David Lownds commander of the Khe Sanh garrison warned of heavier enemy assaults. His 26th Regiment reported light actions as shells and mortars drove Marines to cover at Con Thien in the McNamara Wall area. In other fronts, a Cambodian incursion note, a protest at Sasebo, and talks in Moscow with Brezhnev and Kosygin framed Vietnam War tensions. Egypt charged a failed coup attempt led by Abdul Hakim Amer, with Amer dead after arrest.
The Supreme Court ruled states may require teachers to swear to uphold federal and state constitutions. The ruling affirms a New York law on allegiance oaths and suggests other states could adopt similar affirmations while noting royalty oaths remain unconstitutional. The court will also decide if welfare can be cut to dependent children when a mother is found with an illicit partner.
Fog persisted in California and spread across the north central United States, closing airports and slowing traffic. Rain continued for a fifth day in Texas with evacuations near Lake Corpus Christi as upstream thunderstorms caused water to spill over a dam. The Nueces, Atascosa, and Frio rivers surged seven to three feet above flood state while snow flurries touched Minnesota to upper Michigan as cold air moved in.
A group of New Jersey nuns under the Sisters of Charity St Joseph’s Convent in Paterson won 100000 in New York state’s December drawing. The ticket was issued to the convent and the funds may support their school. Sister Agnes Marion called the win joyous.
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