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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1968
Page
2
A Viet Cong assault struck three Saigon theaters and two in Ben Tre, killing at least eight and injuring dozens. A local official was assassinated in Khanh Hoi district near the Saigon port. The incidents mark a rare volley of violence in the capital amid anticipated larger actions this year.
North Vietnamese forces said they sank an enemy ship in Thanh Hoa Province on Saturday in a broadcast that did not identify the ship’s nationality. In Saigon, widows of six senior officers killed June 2 by a helicopter misfire alleged U.S. political motives and held a Buddhist temple news conference. In New Delhi, police used tear gas against over 2000 protesters against Soviet arms sales to Pakistan, arresting more than 400 including officials and MPs.
U S protesters in London burned an American flag and broke Hilton Hotel windows while clashing with police in Grosvenor Square. More than 500 officers held back demonstrators as 41 were arrested during a three hour protest against American policy. In Izmir and Ankara Turkey police detained youths and others after attacks on U S facilities and a U S colonel in the street. In Kitakyushu Japan left wing Zengakuren stormed a U S munitions depot injuring 16 officers and arresting 11 students.
National Democratic Chairman John Bailey visits Chicago amid a near communications blackout from a phone strike and talks of a moratorium to permit news coverage equipment for the convention. Illinois Bell and IBEW officials dispute the moratorium, while unions plan a possible alliance. Negotiations face Steelworkers on a new contract as gun control moves dominate Congress with a mail order firearms ban and inflation pressure.
Ruth St Denis famed for pioneering modern interpretive dance and the Denishawn School, died in Hollywood at 88 from heart failure. She and husband Ted Shawn trained many stars and popularized Oriental dance concepts, with her landmark number Incense elevating her as a leading figure in American dance.
Actress Elizabeth Taylor Sunday had a second "woman's operation" at a London nursing home, described as satisfactory by a spokesman. It was her second procedure in five days though the exact nature was not disclosed. The report also notes the Coast Guard's ongoing search for yachtwoman Peggy Slater and her 43-foot sloop Valentine Second south of Hawaii, with radio contact made.
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