This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1968
Page
1
Yuri Alexeyevitch Gagarin, famed space explorer and author, died in a plane crash while saving a peasant village. He was 34, and his courage drew public mourning as crowds queued on Gorky Street.
U S B52s pounded Hue region in a new assault Thursday targeting the jungle infiltration routes. Allied forces reported killing 194 Communist fighters moving along coastal flats east and south of the city as ground operations intensified in the Hue area.
Battle updates from Hue, Khe Sanh, and surrounding regions describe intensifying clashes as U.S. air strikes and artillery target North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces. Reports note casualties, tank movements, and new engagements along supply routes from Laos to the A Shan valley with broader implications for Hue and Khe Sanh defenses.
Conservatives secured four large victories over Harold Wilson's Labour Party in key districts across England. The swings signal a national revolt against austerity and suggest a Conservative landslide if elections were held soon, Labor reduced to a token force in the 630 seat Commons.
The Senate Armed Services Committee voted 42 to 37 to drop the Navy version of the TFX swing wing fighter bomber and ordered development of a substitute. The action followed Defense Department plans to cut production while engineers work on a new fleet aircraft amid McNamara’s exit and ongoing Vietnam era debates.
Senator Everett M. Dirksen of Illinois fell at his Washington home Thursday night while changing a light bulb over the dining room table. He is 72 and was hospitalized for examination after X rays showed no new fracture on the previously injured hip.
In Fort Worth a three year old, Shaun Koziczkowski, was pulled from a swimming pool after being declared dead by a nurse. Two physicians persisted, reviving him after 150 minutes of effort. A hospital spokesman noted doctors refused to accept death.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.