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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1968
Page
2
North Vietnamese forces launched a third attack on Khe Sanh near the border, about 400 men pushing from zigzag trenches toward Marine positions. Government rangers repelled the assault, breaking the charge as the allied defense halted the advance after dawn.
Allied forces reported heavy fighting over the weekend with 506 enemy KIA in central highlands and scattered clashes from south of the DMZ to Saigon’s ring. A South Vietnamese unit in Resolved to Win killed 55 Communists in four hours near Saigon, amid air strikes. Air war expanded with six B52s bombers in Thailand for evaluation and U.S. pilots flying 100 missions against targets near Hanoi and Haiphong.
Nine people died when a Beechcraft BB-18 twin engine plane nose dived in crosswinds at Rapid City Municipal Airport. Victims included six Rapid City High School cheerleaders and teacher Mrs Dorothy Lloyd. Pilot Ivan Landstrom and May Landstrom also perished. The craft had been returning from Sioux Falls after a basketball tournament.
West German Foreign Minister Willy Brandt was shoved and blocked from entering the Social Democratic national convention in Nuremberg by left wing demonstrators until police cleared a path. About 500 blocked the Meistersing Hall doors as Brandt arrived and stood off the mob for about ten minutes.
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