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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1968
Page
5
About 50 searchers comb the Skunk Cabbage Meadows in the Idyllwild Mountains for missing 10-year-old Bob Litz from San Diego. A deputy notes footprints found Friday but no additional clues as night temperatures hovered near 50 degrees.
Long Beach builds two artificial oil islands Alfa and Bravo as sculpted concrete forms resembling sea creatures and cylinders. Engineer Bradshaw used the model to guide full scale design while contractor Wilson adapts pool techniques. lighting and water pumps expected by mid September.
In San Francisco the Humphreys Robert and Donna with John Alioto toured the city as campaign weekend activity shifted to casual sightseeing. They viewed two islands with faux high rise oil derrick facades while observers speculated on hidden operations and the real purpose behind the artful disguises.
The destroyer USS Turner Joy blasted a Viet Cong base camp and knocked out three fortifications near the DMZ. Cmdr Edward Briggs led the attack as the ship opened fire and silenced fortified positions. Another Long Beach ship, USS Benner, was reported creating havoc with VC on Tiger Island about 20 miles east of the DMZ in the Tonkin Gulf.
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