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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1968
Page
1
Technicians across nuclear powers except China have tested a method to tell if an underground blast is man made or caused by an earthquake. Stockholm talks mark a breakthrough toward a total ban on nuclear tests with ongoing questions about small yield explosions and future applications.
Gov. Reagan says undercover agents found no reason for the campus shutdown and that police can maintain order during reopening. The college board will hold an emergency session in Los Angeles to decide on reopening as violence and student demands pace the crisis.
Tass reported the Proton 4 automatic station, the world s biggest, was launched into an elliptical Earth orbit. The 17 ton craft carries cosmic ray instruments and reached altitudes from 158 to 307 miles. Speculation centers on data ahead of a possible manned moon voyage. In Paris, Maj Bernard Ziegler claimed a new altitude record for light planes at 43200 feet in a Pilatus aircraft.
In Brussels NATO set a new zone of security interest in southeast Europe and the Mediterranean. The alliance warned the Soviet Union that any intervention could trigger an international crisis. NATO also outlined emergency defense plans for Yugoslavia Austria and Albania and urged a power buildup to deter Moscow.
A billion dollar U S Mexico nuclear desart plant is reported as under study at the White House seeking options and details for potential future energy and defense needs.
A North Vietnamese official said Hanoi would respect the DMZ buffer if Allied and American actions align. He warned Allied forces had recently violated the DMZ and disputed U.S. claims that North Vietnamese units provoked fire. American officials say Hanoi tacitly accepts continued air reconnaissance.
Secretary of Defense Clark M. Clifford said he has cooled to the idea of firing a demonstrative nuclear weapon in a European emergency to deter the Soviets. He denied NATO accepted such shots and said the idea has had less merit as it was examined.
South Vietnamese forces launched a major combat parachute operation in the Mekong Delta against Seven Mountains near the Cambodian border. About 500 elite jumpers and 1,500 troops were dropped after B 52 and jet bomber strikes. US ground troops were not involved. Separate attacks at Da Nang caused no US fatalities.
A reader questions whether the U S attorney general must hold a law degree and what is required to win the Olympic decathlon. Answers explain that no written degree requirement exists but all attorneys general have been lawyers and outline decathlon events and scoring. The etiquette guidance covers tiered wedding cake cutting.
Ricky Star, owner of multiple Orange County barbershops, won a Santa Ana trial invalidating a state law setting a $1.91 haircut minimum. A homemade bomb shattered his shop window at 8870 Valley View St. Police say the bomb was placed at 8:42 a.m. on Saturday. Star plans to charge $1 for youths under 21 and $1.75 for men.
A witty remark on preferences contrasts gentlemen choosing blondes with a quick depletion of brunettes, implying a social comedic observation about dating norms.
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