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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1967
Page
1
A fast spreading milk famine grips Chicago with empty refrigerators in most stores. Parents drive long distances for supplies while hotels and hospitals face delivery limits. The dairy strike and retaliatory lockout sparked runs on milk, intensifying the shortage across the city.
The U S Marines seized Hill 881 from North Vietnamese forces in a costly victory along the Viet Nam frontier. In the Mekong Delta, U S troops surrounded a Viet Cong battalion and reported heavy casualties. U S air and ground actions escalated, with widespread fighting and reprisals across South East Asia.
In the White House rose garden President Johnson awarded the Medal of Honor to Oceanside California widow Eleanor M. Connor for her husband Marine Staff Sergeant Peter S. Connor who sacrificed himself by grabbing a faulty grenade to save his platoon. Johnson urged that debate in a democracy will have its price and must continue.
Fragmentary item notes an event or notice on a Sunday in Long Beach with numbered references and a monetary amount. The readable text lists names and places such as Los Angeles County, a decree and per month year indications. This record remains unclear but indicates a legal or administrative notice with a sum of $3208 and references to Ballas and Bach.
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