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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1968
Page
1
U S officials report Hanoi now calls Paris meetings formal talks and seeks broader peace negotiations. Washington expects demands to halt bombing and intelligence flights, with U S push for reduced hostilities and infiltration as Saigon worries over the talks.
Danny Sochor, one of nine children in a Michigan and California family, walks three miles daily to the Little League field and back even after his promised birthday bike is delayed. He keeps a good attitude despite family hardship and school and music plans ahead.
An unidentified 23 year old man lay unconscious with a gunshot wound to the head for about ten hours after two burglars were frightened off by Lennox area property owner Joseph Boroff who fired a shotgun blast. The victim was found beside trash cans in an alley near 11029 S Vermont Ave and was in critical condition Saturday night.
The Kremlin ratified a long delayed American-Soviet consular convention paving the way for at least one US consulate in the Soviet Union and a Soviet consulate in the United States. It requires mutual notification of arrests and speedy consular access and follows a period of tense Vietnam era relations. The U S Senate ratified in March 1967 and the Presidium moved to approve on April 26.
Evansville report states Mrs Abigail McCarthy wife of Senator Eugene J McCarthy D Minn was admitted Saturday to St Marys Hospital for observation of chest congestion. Attending physician says she is doing nicely.
A sign at an Army recruiting station proclaims We honor all draft cards. The readable fragment notes inclusive wording on eligibility and recognition of draft cards amid recruitment activity.
Communist forces attacked allied bases and provincial capitals with mortars and rockets less than a week before Paris talks. Saigon endured mortar fire while Marines fought on the city’s fringes as allies reported 280 Communist troops killed in heavy weekend fighting. Early casualty toll listed 10 dead and several score wounded.
A convicted murderer seeks a third chance at freedom amid ongoing legal debates. Page A-3 details the case strategy and court history as it advances through the system.
Northwestern University officials announced a settlement after Negro students ended their encampment of the business office seeking housing, recruitment, and admissions reforms. The school admitted a history of white establishment bias and plans separate housing for 125 Negro students and an orientation program. A protest against police brutality occurred in New York at Gracie Mansion with aún protesters observing Columbia University campus calm.
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