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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1968
Page
2
Allied troops attacked a 1,000 strong Communist force in Cholon Saigon under Hanoi orders to stay and fight. The battle sparked fires destroying four blocks of homes and driving hundreds of refugees toward central Saigon. Captured soldiers said they were commanded not to retreat. The Communists had distributed leaflets and broadcasts.
Fighting around Saigon enters a fifth day amid U S North Vietnamese talks to start Friday in Paris. Reports say 380 Communist troops were killed Wednesday and total enemy deaths exceed 2 400 since the offensive began Sunday. U S planes bombed positions and B 52s hit staging areas northwest of Saigon.
Unemployment dropped to 3.5 percent in April, the lowest since the Korean War, but the rate among Negroes was about twice that of whites. A study of 100 metro areas showed 7 percent joblessness for Negroes in early 1950s urban neighborhoods.
Houston doctors report the death of James B. Cobb from infection after a heart transplant while the other two recipients, Everett C. Thomas and John M. Stuckwish, show progress. In London Frederick West, 45, remains tired but stable. A Hungarian girl receives a pig valve, and actor Albert Dekker is tentatively ruled an accidental death. A Milwaukee teacher loses her job over an interracial bulletin board.
Paris riot turmoil eased as heavy rain halted a planned march to liberate the Sorbonne. About 20 000 students earlier moved from a Left Bank rally toward the Sorbonne while police guarded in buses. President de Gaulle urged calm and an end to rioting that injured about 1000 people.
Murph the Surf and Jack Griffith face charges for the killings of Terry Rae Frank and Annalie Mohn whose bodies were found at Whisky Creek. Griffith remains at large while Murphy, famed for the Star of India robbery, surrendered Wednesday in Miami. The pair allegedly stole $500,000 in securities from a Los Angeles brokerage before the slayings.
Former President Harry S Truman did not attend the luncheon in Kansas City for his 84th birthday. He spent the day at his Independence home receiving congratulatory calls flowers and gifts from admirers after a well publicized health report.
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower sat in a chair on Wednesday for the first time since his mild heart attack last week. He remains hospitalized at March AFB hospital.
Sister Mary Sheila Haskett O S F studying behavioral disabilities at the University of Wisconsin was barred from working with retarded children in Madison public schools. She called the action an expression of religious intolerance and said she objects to it.
The page lists telephone numbers HE 5116 and HE 25959 for classified ads. Dated Thursday September 9 1968 Vol 31 No 9.
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