Reds Storm Saigon North and Da Nang Areas
Communist forces fired mortars into Loc Ninh and Hoi An near Da Nang as fighting raged across South Vietnam. In Da Nang 135 rockets killed six Americans and wounded 30. Maj. Gen. Worley shot down. U S troops tallied at least 68 enemy killed in actions near Da Nang and 40 miles south. In Cairo Nasser warned of a possible broader conflict as Israeli occupation drew U S support. Vatican notes pope opposes artificial birth control. Senate moves to exempt hundreds of thousands from federal manpower cuts.
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Saigon
Loc Ninh
Cambodia
Hoi An
da Nang
South Vietnam
Robert F. Worley
U.S. Air Force
Vietnam
Worley
Washington
Senate
Federal Aviation Administration
Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Governor Maddox Says Gunman Followed Him at Conference
Georgia Governor Lester Maddox says a Cincinnati man followed him from the hotel to the convention center and back after getting his autograph. Police identified the suspect as 20 year old Thomas Andrews McKeown who faced charges for carrying a concealed weapon. Also arrested was Hans Klint, 27, in Syracuse with rifles and other weapons en route to a possible hijacking. In Houston a seventh heart transplant in three months was performed at St. Luke's Hospital with Henry W. Jurgens, 57, the latest recipient, showing positive recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Lester Maddox
Cincinnati
Maddox
Hans, Klint
FBI
Syracuse
N.Y
Bureau
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital
Houston
Eisenhower Sends Telegram Reaffirming Goldwater Respect
Former President Dwight Eisenhower, recovering from a heart attack, telegraphed Barry Goldwater insisting he has the highest respect and warmest regard for the 1964 Republican candidate. Actress Elizabeth Taylor, 36, is recovering from an abdominal operation.
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Dwight Eisenhower
Barry Goldwater
Elizabeth Taylor
Miss Taylor
Beauty queens parade through California lawmakers
A California Assembly session featured three district residents introduced as national pageant contestants. Sharon Terrill, Miss California in Miss America, Troas Hayes representing California in Miss Universe, and Diane Dye, Miss California in Miss World, were presented by lawmakers L. E. Townsend Edwin L. Zberg and Paul Priolo respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. E. Townsend
D-Torrance
Sharon Terrill
Miss Terrill
Edwin L. Z’berg
Sacramento
Troas Hayes
California
Paul Priolo
R-Pacific Palisades
Diane Dye
Chase Over Runaway Heiress Marries in Gibraltar
Runaway heiress Jayne Harries aged 16 and London hairdresser Gavin Hodge 23 wed at Gibraltar registrar after eloping to Portugal six days earlier. Parents chartered a plane to chase them before consenting to the wedding. FBI fugitive James Joseph Scully 47 was arrested in Arcadia on Tuesday amid bank robbery charges in Torrance and San Jose.
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Jayne Harries
London
Gavin Hodge
Gibraltar
Jayne
Gavin
Portugal
James Joseph Scully
FBI
Arcadia
Scully
Torrance
San Jose
Long Beach Daily Classified Contact Numbers and Publication Data
The Independent lists phone numbers HE 5 1161 and HE 2 5959 in its classified section. It notes publication on Wednesdays July 24 1968 as Vol 31 No 148, printed daily except Saturdays and Sundays at Long Beach California.
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Sixth St
Pine Ave
Long Beach 12
Calif
Long Beach Calif
Superior Court
Los Angeles County
Steelworkers approve strike mandate for Aug 1
The United Steelworkers rank and file across 600 locals in the U S and Canada vote overwhelmingly to authorize their bargainers to strike if no top-dollar contract is signed by August 1. Returns show less than 2 percent opposition among 96 967 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers
Canada
Unions Resolve Standoff Over Convention Equipment
An electricians union ended a deadlock that threatened to move the Democratic National Convention from Chicago by agreeing to install all required communications gear at the international amphitheatre. Democratic National Chairman John Bailey praised the decision, while Republicans prepared for their own convention. CBS reported a jurisdiction agreement on a new TV gear piece, and the union had earlier posted pickets around Convention Hall to halt GOP work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnson
Capitol Hill
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House
George Mahon
D-Tex
House Appropriations Committee
Chicago
Clave
International Amphitheatre
John M. Bailey
Republi
CBS
International Brotherhood of Elecrical Workers
Convention Hall
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World Today
South Charleston
W. VA
Ek Ae
Combined News Services
Reds
Rip Key
S. Viet Towns
Nasser
Cairo
Gamel Abdel Nasser
Middle East
U.N
America
Israel
Pope
Vatican City
Paul VI
Vatican
W.va
FMC Inorganic Division
Kanawha River
Dunbar
North Charleston
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Frank Schweiter
McKeown
Polk
Henry W. Jurgens
Beatrice, Neb
Jurgens
Humphrey
New York
Singing Supremes
Cindy Birdsong
Diana Ross
Barry
U.S. Senate
Chase
Steelers
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
John McKeithen
LBJ
Austin
Tex
Hubert H. Humphrey
Mid- Manhattan
Collegienne
Campus Hi
Lakewood Center
Clark Ave
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