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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1968
Page
4
Communist guerrillas blew up a new Saigon River bridge to handle U S military traffic in a pre dawn raid. Seven American guards were wounded and one GI missing. Explosives were floated down the river and mines planted around bridge supports. The blast ripped a large section from the bridge 14 miles north of Saigon.
Snow blankets Helena and Livingston Montana plus Lemmon South Dakota and Paradise ranger station on Mount Rainier reports heavy and scattered precipitation from Montana to Wisconsin. A Norwegian tanker Etnef Jell suffers fire and missing crew as Coast Guard efforts continue. Local school strike fatigue in New York and union talks halt progress. Musicians strike to influence presidential coverage while Cardinal O Boyle reopens talks with priests in Washington.
Singer Billy Daniels was stabbed on stage at the Latin Quarter after a man jumped the footlights. Daniels, hit twice in the back, was treated at Roosevelt Hospital and released.
Saigon reports Communist forces ordered to accelerate fighting during a bombing pause. Government claims a Hanoi document seized in the Mekong Delta ordered Viet Cong troops to increase military and political activities while hostilities pause.
The United States postponed expanded Vietnam talks in Paris after Saigon refused to sit with a Viet Cong delegation. The Viet Cong pressed to proceed without Saigon as Mme Nguyen Thi Binh led a hardline Paris news conference. US spokesman William Jorden hoped Saigon would eventually join, but no start date for four way negotiations emerged.
Civilian casualties in Saigon increased sharply with Viet Cong murders rising from 197 to 245 and wounded up from 336 to 508 in the 14 days ending last Saturday. Kidnapings fell from 817 to 96 in the same period.
At a Moscow news conference cosmonaut Georgi Beregovoi and space officials said Russia lacks enough information on lunar radiation to approve a manned Moon mission. Mstislav Keldysh proposed sending an animal first to test radiation levels and dangers.
Ray Scott lost a bid to subpoena IRS Commissioner Sheldon Cohen in his malicious mischief case. Judge West said Cohen cannot be subpoenaed as Scott, who staged a 17 hour sit in atop a 100 foot water tower protesting IRS actions, faces trial. County assessor Philip E. Watson and chief deputy Margaret Coffey wed in Los Angeles.
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