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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1968
Page
2
Viet Cong fired 40 rounds of rockets and mortars into Saigon early today and attacked the Y-shaped bridge into the capital. Small arms fire erupted on the bridge. The predawn shelling hit the dock area and Tan Son Nhut airbase following a Monday tear gas raid by U.S. helicopters.
In Saigon, shells hit docks injuring two US ships with minor damage while a power station and hospital took blasts. US B52s attacked infiltration routes toward Saigon. In Paris Le Duc Tho joined Hanoi negotiators, urging an unconditional halt. Pompidou urged a return to work amid a costly strike wave. Abroad, student clashes erupted in Rome Turin Oxford, with Belgrade police clashing with protesters. Ibarra won Ecuador’s presidency in a tight, unofficial vote lead.
The Navy announced a court of inquiry will investigate the Scorpion disappearance. The seven member panel led by Vice Admiral Bernard L. Austin will examine all facts and submit findings and recommendations. Sophisticated underwater gear was deployed near the Azores to aid salvage operations as the search entered its second week.
President Johnson flew to Washington after a six day Texas ranch visit and was expected to travel to Glassboro New Jersey to revive the spirit of the 1967 Glassboro talks with Soviet Premier Kosygin.
A Trans World Airlines jet with 102 aboard struck a signal pier at La Guardia in fog and diverted to Kennedy. Four passengers were hospitalized and 13 sustained minor injuries after a belly landing and 3,500 foot skid off the runway into a sandy area.
A civil aeronautics board hearing examiner urged approval for a Moscow to New York air link. The full board must back the recommendation before it goes to President Johnson for signature, finalizing the long-delayed route.
A four day Memorial Day holiday period saw 867 deaths from traffic accidents and other causes from 6 pm Wednesday to midnight Sunday. 615 were traffic fatalities, 150 drownings, 15 plane crash deaths, and 87 from miscellaneous incidents. California led with 63 deaths, followed by Pennsylvania 35, New York 34, Michigan 31, Illinois 27, North Carolina 26, Texas 24, and Wisconsin 23.
FBI agents and police removed two draft resisters who had sanctuary in the Church of the Mediator. Ten demonstrators blocked patrol cars and were arrested. Anthony Ramos, 24, and Ronald Moyer, 23, were carried from the church as about 30 others rushed the doorway.
In New York, the initial bargaining session between labor and management over steel industry contracts concluded with mutual optimism that a strike can be avoided and a desire to avoid further presidential intervention.
Pop artist Andy Warhol was critically wounded after being shot at his Manhattan film studio. Fellow visitor Mario Amaya was wounded. a former Warhol associate, Valeria Solanas, surrendered later, wearing a trench coat and carrying firearms. Other items note a Navy lawsuit, atheist Madalyn O’Hair on Austin radio, and various city and national news briefs.
The snippet lists per year mail rate of 3.50 and a 42.00 charge for checkier delivery with unclear context and fragmented words. No clear event or proper names available.
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