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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1968
Page
2
U S fighter bombers and artillery killed 35 North Vietnamese soldiers in three DMZ strikes cited by U S command. No significant ground fighting in South Vietnam reported. three American aircraft shot down with six crew killed. In Saigon a police officer’s wife was killed by a terrorist.
The National Conference of Catholic Bishops voted 180 to 8 to allow married couples to follow conscience on birth control while maintaining communion. They urged conscientious objection to the Vietnam War and called for an end to the draft as they weighed moral questions tied to Pope Paul VI's ban.
Pravda reports Zond 5 carried turtles wine flies and plants on a lunar loop. Specimens survived the half million mile trip but turtles reportedly underwent internal organ changes the details of which were not disclosed.
President Johnson declared Thanksgiving Day on Thursday November 28 and urged Americans to reflect on 1968 events with gratitude and remembrance. He framed the holiday as a time to seek God's mercy and guidance amid tumultuous years.
Marie Relihan 37 and Raymond Wiehagen 40 marry at Nativity of Our Lord Church with Rev. Arch officiating. The couple, both with large blended families, plan a Caribbean honeymoon and wait to move into a new home in Shaler Township. Wiehagen, paused from Duquesne Light work during the wedding, and Relihan say their 13 children are happy. Coretta King accepts Jamaica invitation to receive Marcus Garvey Prize for human rights in Kingston on December 10 ceremony with Prime Minister Hugh Shearer presenting the award.
Rudd 21, a Columbia protest leader, is reclassified 1 A by the Irvington New Jersey Selective Service Board and ordered to report December 2 for a pre induction physical. Cardinal Augustin Bea, 87, who led the Catholic Church’s drive for Christian unity under Popes John XXIII and Paul VI, died in a Rome hospital.
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip arrive in Chile for two days by Lake Villarrica, flying from Valparaiso and plans to return to Santiago to continue their South American tour. James Brown pleads innocent to assaulting a deputy sheriff and obstructing a police officer. Ian Quarrier fined for striking a police officer in London. Apollo’s Walter Cunningham predicts Earth colonization within 50 years. Harriman turns 77 amid Vietnam peace talks.
Long Beach California publication details for the Independent Press Telegram dated Sunday with postal entry class matter noted. Publishing location shown as Sixth Street and Pine Avenue. Volume 11 number 47 and issue date November 16 1968 appear in the header.
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