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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1968
Page
2
Viet Cong rockets pounded Saigon and Tan Son Nhut Airbase in the heaviest attack in nine days. Six civilians were killed and at least 20 injured. five 122mm rockets struck a Gia Dinh Province neighborhood wounding 14 and causing fires. A single shell killed three children and wounded seven others in two families.
Communist artillery hit Camp Kistler near the DMZ while Dong Ha endured rocket and mortar rounds. U S officials probe a sinkings mystery as air-to-air missiles down seven North Vietnamese helicopters, with allied sources noting naval losses and heightened confusion around aerial threats.
The week's combat in Vietnam adds 324 American KIA, total U S deaths since January 1961 reach 25,068. Allied forces report 1,613 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed, U S losses 380, enemy wounded 2,325 bringing total wounded to 181,576.
West German Parliament moved quickly on an emergency economic package for West Berlin and proposed a government subsidized airlift from Hannover to West Berlin and back. The plan aims to bypass East Germany with a cheaper quicker route, recalling a similar Allied airlift that kept Berlin supplied during a past Soviet blockade.
Police arrest Oswald Brandt 76 and son Clifford 44 on charges of financing an abortive invasion to overthrow President Duvalier. Brandt held after testimony before a military tribunal in Port au Prince. They allegedly bankrolled the failed May 20 operation with 150000 dollars to Haitian exiles in New York and Montreal.
A two unit diesel locomotive ran loose from Hutchinson to Kinsley and nine towns, reaching speeds up to 90 mph. It rammed a track supervisor's car, started grass fires, and halted after 98 miles. No injuries were reported.
Hugo Vihlen sails from Casablanca March 29 in a six foot sailboat and lands on Florida’s Gold Coast after 81 days at sea. A wide search by boats planes and helicopters followed as he neared Homestead and Miami Beach, with his wife Johnny and their son among spectators. The voyage marks a dramatic return for the veteran mariner amid light westerly winds and gulfstream currents.
Remi Brooke daughter of the first Negro senator since the 1880s will marry Donald R Hasler in a Catholic ceremony at the family summer home on Martha’s Vineyard. Guests include Sen Charles Percy Sen Jacob Javits Gov Nelson Rockefeller and Gov John Volpe among 200 to 300 attendees. Gift list features 16 silver trays 13 asparagus dishes 22 cheese dishes and 22 nightgowns received.
Actor Dan Duryea's probate filing in Los Angeles Superior Court states his $273000 estate will be shared equally by his sons Peter and Richard. The plan includes a $90000 Mulholland Drive home and other personal property. Duryea bequeaths his scrapbooks and scripts to the Ethel Barrym ore performing arts division of USC.
Walter Reed officials report Eisenhower’s irregular heartbeats after his fifth heart attack have improved. No chest pain or heart failure signs are present, though premature contractions may follow heart events.
President Johnson and family mark Patrick Lyndon Nugent’s first birthday in the White House. Luci Johnson plans photos and tapes for her husband Airman J C Patrick Nugent in Vietnam. A U S savings bond is given, amount not disclosed.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk returned to his desk after a hospital checkup which found no infection or significant disease. He continues to suffer a low grade fever of undetermined origin, and will hold a news conference this morning.
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