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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Mar 04, 1968

Page

2

Johnson vacations with family while nation watches

President Johnson and his kin flew to Puerto Rico for a four day break, golfing in tropical sun after a quiet inspection of bombers, while public notes his conventional relaxation. Meanwhile Mrs Chesmore won the World Championship Gold Panning title, beating men and her husband. A Cocoa Beach Marine, Robert C. Johnson, survived a car train crash with minor injuries after his car became wedged under a flatcar in Sharpes, Florida.

Puerto Rico President Johnson White House Johnson Ramey Air Force Base Yuki Patrick Lyndon Nugent Church Robert Chesmore Mis. Chesmore Tropico Robert C. Johnson Cocoa Beach Fla Vietnam Cocoa

International toll from Vietnam clashes widens amid raids

Forty eight Americans were killed and 28 wounded as shells hit a U.S. Navy hospital at Marble Mountain near Da Nang. The 25th Infantry claimed 20 guerrillas killed in ambushes on a southern highway while Camp Radcliffe and Khe Sanh faced attacks. U S planes bombed Haiphong facilities and Haiphong relay points.

Marble Mountain da Nang U.S. 25Th Infantry Division Camp Radcliffe U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division Highlands U.S. Marine Khe Sanh South Vietnam U.S Haojpore Haiphong Khe ‘Sanh Hue Old Imperial

Allied Troop Boost in Saigon War Effort

The U.S. Command Sun gay reports 3 500 more American troops arriving in South Vietnam and says the South Vietnamese government can provide 125 000 additional men if armed and trained by the United States. Marines of the 27th Regiment are sent to northern provinces where a Communist invasion has been feared for nights.

Saigon U.S Sungay South Vietnam

House unit Slama Viet reforms critique lands reforms

A House Government Operations Committee on Sunday issued a sharp appraisal of South Vietnamese and American efforts to enact meaningful land reform. The panel said fourteen years of history provide scant hope that the government of South Vietnam will institute a meaningful reform program soon.

Washington House South Vietnam

Nasser Vows to Regain Land After Annexation Claim

President Gamal Abdel Nasser condemned what he called an Israeli annexation of Arab land and pledged to liberate the territory inch by inch regardless of cost or sacrifices.

Gamal Abdel Nasser Egypt

Bomb blasts hit London embassies and officers club

Explosions in separate London incidents damaged the Spanish and West German Embassies and an American officers club near Belgravia. Police attributed the attack to a left wing group though no injuries were reported.

London Belgravia U.S

Nixon Widens Lead in Gallup Poll as Romney Drops Out

Nixon extends his lead over Rockefeller to 37 points in a Gallup Poll taken two days before Michigan Governor Romney quit the race. Rockefeller gains with independents, Nixon leads overall adults 48 to 44, and 62 delegates lean toward Nixon. O'Hara says he advised Rockefeller against calling out troops during New York sanitation strike. Pittsburgh teachers and Florida educators remain on strike as talks fail.

Nixon New York Nelson Rockefeller Michigan George Romney Rockefeller Gallup Paoll A. C. O'Hara New York Army National Guard New York City O'Hara John V. Lindsay Lindsay National Guard

Winds Hamper Search for Missing B52 Submerged

In Corpus Christi Texas high winds up to 45 mph delayed air rescue divers seeking an unidentified submerged object in the Gulf that may be a missing B52 bomber. The aircraft left Fort Worth on Wednesday with eight aboard for test flights over Matagorda Island. Radar contact was lost after a practice run and the survey ship Georgia reported an object about 80 miles south of Galveston in 120 feet of water.

Corpus Christi Texa Gulf of Mexico Fort Worth Matagorda Georgia Galveston Tex

Johnson Takes Charge in Copper Strike Mediation

President Johnson meets with company and union officials at the White House to end a 233 day copper strike. This marks his fourth White House mediation in a major labor dispute, with Labor Defense and Commerce departments directed to assist.

Washington Johnson White House Labor, Defense and Commerce Departments

Parole Hearing Looms For Lifers Carole Tregoff and Dr Finch

Carole Tregoff and Dr Finchi Finch, both serving life terms for the murder of Finch's estranged wife, face potential parole after seven years. Tregoff, 30, has been imprisoned since 1961 at Frontera Institute for Women, and Finch, 50, began his sentence at San Quentin before transferring to Tehachapi. Parole board decisions are unlikely to grant release at first hearing.

Carole Tregoff Berard Finch Finch Bass California Women’s Parole ‘Board Institute For Women Frontera Tregoff Tehachapi Dy. Finch San Quentin

Bur chard Honored by Cardiology Surgeons in San Francisco

Dr Christiaan N Bur chard received a standing ovation from about 3000 heart surgeons and specialists at the American College of Cardiology Convention in San Francisco praising his historic heart transplants while noting the profession still has more to learn and improve.

Christiaan N. Burchard Isis San Francisco American College of Cardiology

Pope Paul VI Scores Blessing From St Peters Window

Pope Paul VI blessed the crowd in St Peters Square from his study window on Sunday and said Lenk called for a militant concept of Christian life.

Paul VI St. Peters Square Lenk

Evers say white car fired at home in Jackson Mississippi

Negro leader Charles Evers reported Sunday night that white men in a yellow Malibu Chevrolet fired a shotgun at his Jackson residence. He said a guard returned fire, with Evers describing the shots as potentially hitting the attackers. Evers is a runoff candidate against Charles Griffin for the southwest Mississippi U.S. House seat. Also noted: television commentator Louis Lomax, 45, and Robinette Kirk, 42, wed in Beverly Hills, marking Lomax’s third marriage and Kirk’s second.

Charles Evers Jackson Miss Evers Charles H. Griffin Mississippi Congress Louis Lomax Robinette Kirk Beverly Hills Tomax Miss Kirk

Media voices clash with morals at industry breakfast

Television figure Robert Dornan told Hollywood's 17th annual Communion Breakfast that media segments undermine youth morals. He called TV the third parent and urged all sectors to accept responsibility toward the young. Also reported: protests in Fitchburg burn credit cards amid wartime economy talk. 88 year old Yale alum Brewster F. Ames audits Shakespeare and German at Sonoma State College. Ames says he seeks continued education after his wife’s 1966 death.

Robert Dornan Hollywood Doran Dornan Brewster F. Ames Sonoma State College Cotati Yale Ames San Francisco Santa Rosa

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