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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1968
Page
2
Viet Cong sapper team attacked Tuy Hoa Air Base 60 miles northeast of Nha Trang. They destroyed two C130 planes and damaged others before repulsed as American MPs counterattacked, nine guerrillas killed and one wounded. A similar raid occurred at Udorn Thailand last Friday.
Police battled looting and arson in Gary as 10 stores were damaged after a rock shattered a mail truck. A 274-officer force, state police, and guardsmen were mobilized to restore order amid broader vandalism and threats.
Nobel laureate Otto Hahn, aged 89, died in Goettingen West Germany after a life shaping nuclear science and anti weapon advocacy. Argentine ambassador Jose Arce, surgeon and longtime Conservative congressman, passed away at 86. Cardinal Angel Herrera Oria of Malaga died in Madrid at 81. In Saint Tropez Brigitte Bardot nightlife sparked a barroom incident with Luigi Rizzi Alain Delon and Johnny Hallyday helping to restore calm.
Joseph Kennedy, 16, son of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, visited a Huelva tavern in Spain over the weekend. He left 29.42, buying a soft drink for himself and drinks for the house. The bartender called him back saying he had more than 1,000 pesetas left, which Kennedy waved off with a small gesture. He is vacationing there.
The People, a London newspaper, reports President Gamal Abdel Nasser has a cancerous brain tumor and only three months to live unless brain surgery is performed. Russian doctors allegedly warned of imminent death during his Moscow visit after treatment delays for leg inflammation and diabetes.
In Hue Prime Minister Tran Van Huong pledged the South Vietnamese government would never concede any area to the Viet Cong. He spoke after reopening a steel bridge blown by Communists and expressed shame that the city had fallen under occupation.
Herbert V. Kohler Sr. chairman and CEO of Kohler Co. died in Shoeboygan after a brief illness. He joined the firm in 1914, became president in 1937 and board chairman in 1940. Survived by Ruth De Young Kohler II, Her bert V. Kohler Jr. and Frederick.
Dr. Charles W. Mayo aged 70 and last Mayo Clinic family member on staff died in a Sunday car accident near Rochester Minnesota. He was son of Mayo Clinic cofounder Charles C. Mayo and brother of William H. Mayo. He had retired in 1963 and died at the scene after his vehicle left an embankment near the Mayo Wood home on Rochester's outskirts.
Published daily except Saturday and Sunday at Sixth St and Pine Ave Long Beach California entered as second class matter May 27 1943 adjudicated by Superior Court Los Angeles County Oct 6 1946 Decree No Kveon By Mail Carrier Delivery Single Copy
Rachele Mussolini, 77, widow of Benito Mussolini, has appealed for the return of three small parcels of land seized after the fascist regime fell. She runs a restaurant in Predappio in northern Italy and disclosed the appeal Sunday.
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