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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1968
Page
2
American authorities inclined to view renewed shelling of U S Marines from within the DMZ as a probing incident not a major violation of the understanding that ended the North Vietnam bombing. In Saigon and Washington the impression was that North Vietnamese gunners killed four Marines and wounded 41 on Sunday.
International shelling targets three Leatherneck positions below the DMZ as Communist forces press four South Vietnamese towns with mortars and recoilless rifles. At least seven killed and 40 wounded as Marines retaliate with air strikes and artillery.
A widespread storm brings up to eight inches of snow in the Great Smoky Mountains and central Georgia while freezing temperatures, tornadoes, and flood warnings spread from Texas to Florida. Apollo 8 missions receive travel orders for a Christmas moon flyby. Senate probes show only 11.5 percent of DoD contracts awarded competitively amid Vietnam war pressures. Detroit youths face charges in an anti establishment bomb plot. New York City schools extend strike with 900,000 students affected.
Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson gave Pat Nixon a closet by closet tour of the White House as President Johnson and the President-elect discussed foreign policy. Mrs. Nixon praised the residence as a house that shows someone cares during a formal luncheon in the family dining room.
The Vietnamese split with China widens as Beijing privately tells top officials Hanoi has lost the will to fight under Russian influence. Reports say Chinese material and arms support to North Vietnam may decline as Moscow strengthens its hold in Hanoi.
The Czechoslovak government expelled seven Western journalists and banned a magazine in a broad press crackdown amid Soviet pressure. Conservatives take control of radio and tv and a political journalism blackout is imposed. Premier Cernik warns force may be used to stop demonstrations planned by students on International Student Day.
Moscow reports Zond 6 launched Sunday would conduct scientific explorations along the flight route and near lunar space and test unidentified systems and units aboard. The mission comes as a possible precursor to an American manned round the moon attempt next month.
A NATO Assembly five day review opened in Brussels noting Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia alters East West military balance but no imminent Soviet attack on NATO. The Cooper report states US nuclear superiority remains but Moscow is making rapid advances.
Marion County Indiana Treasurer John Dobkins, defeated on November 5, saw a light plane fly over Indianapolis with banners reading John Dobkins-42B and Need a job-42B during the Veterans Day parade. The pilot fulfilled remaining contract time after weather delayed flights.
Yayoi Kusama staged a 15 minute paint out near City Hall with polka dot body art on three men and a woman. About 150 onlookers watched in cold weather as the artist proclaimed that atomic explosions are better than atomic explosions and urged an end to war while she kept fully clothed.
Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy says her son Edward Kennedy should not seek the Democratic nomination at the convention this year. She notes he is ambitious and wants to follow his brothers but agrees the timing is wrong and expresses worry over safety and envy toward the family.
Alicia Grootenboer, 20, a Holland contestant at the 1968 Miss World pageant, says organizers lock her in her room and bar friends. She calls the event a prison and accuses the pageant of dishonesty and commercialization of womanhood.
Billionaire Howard Hughes now plans to concentrate on developing the $175 million worth of property he has acquired in Las Vegas rather than make additional purchases. His aides report he has owned six hotel casinos and substantial undeveloped acreage since moving into the Desert Inn two years ago.
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