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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1968
Page
2
U S infantrymen probing corridors around Saigon uncovered a heavily stocked bunker complex 30 miles northwest of the capital and seized 35 rockets and more than 1 000 smaller rounds. The cache lay within 10 miles of a major Dau Tieng base.
Papete Tahiti reports a French naval task force encircled the Muru roa atoll where atomic energy experts plan multiple nuclear blasts including France’s first hydrogen bomb test.
Kurt Georg Kiesinger, then deputy head of the radio propaganda unit, testified at a war crimes trial in Bonn describing Nazi mass extermination charges as "atrocity propaganda." He said it was inconceivable to him that such events occurred and claimed he discounted them until late in World War II.
The National Education Association calls for an apology after an African diplomat was refused service at a Dallas tavern. About 7,000 delegates threaten to adjourn if authorities do not respond. President Braulio Alonso condemns the discrimination affecting the embassy of Lesotho.
Delegates at COREs 26th annual convention in Columbus, Ohio, aim to unite black organizations and find agreement on issues facing black people. Floyd McKissick, CORE national director, says uniting all black Americans under one common purpose is a new effort and CORE will test its viability. He notes the attempt to define problems without white men framing them.
The Quaker group sponsoring the Phoenix voyage to North Vietnam began a five week vigil in Lafayette Park across from the White House. They seek to press the Poor People's Campaign demands and urge ending the Vietnam War to refocus resources on needy people at home and abroad.
Alec Rose, 59, landed in Portsmouth aboard the Lively Lady after 320 days at sea and a 28 500 mile solo voyage. Crowds, ships, and Buckingham Palace send congratulatory tributes as Rose greets family and press.
Arthur Hanes Sr former Birmingham mayor arrives in London to advise James Earl Ray’s defense and will confer in Ray’s maximum security cell at Wandsworth Prison Hanes previously defended Viola Liuzzo murder defendants. Retired Rear Admiral Howard F Kingman dies at 78 in Los Angeles. former Third Fleet commander and Los Angeles Harbor Commission member.
Rev. Edward R. Black said he ended his final sermon at New Providence Baptist Church in Buckeye Ark when the 160-member flock attacked him and beat him. Deacon Charles Buck said Black prayed for the Lord to strike the congregation dead and members fought, with women ripping garments and a woman hitting him with a crutch.
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