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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1968
Page
2
U S Marines closed in Friday night on about 1,000 Communist troops believed trapped in the Dodge City area near Da Nang as artillery hit a gun site north of the Ben Hai River. The action followed artillery bombardments and air reconnaissance losses attributed to North Vietnamese fire.
The White House police chief presented President Johnson with an honorary police detail badge remarking that cops look after each other. In New York AT&T announced station to station calls to Vietnam starting Dec 1 at $9 for three minutes and $3 per extra minute. In Hilo Luci Johnson and J C Nugent praised Hawaii and newsmen for leaving them alone during a five day rest from Vietnam. Washington held first White House naturalization ceremony with 54 new Americans and Lady Bird Johnson welcomed new citizens. Food costs were reported rising with grocery prices up 3 percent and restaurant prices up 5 percent. Philadelphia Marine veteran recalls many Vietnam era classmates, memorial updated as 22 graduates died.
Reports from Stanford and Houston detail Friday heart transplant surgeries. William Karraker and Luis Domingo Roa received hearts, Roa died within hours while Karraker and Everett C. Thomas show mixed recovery. Darrell Hammarley remains stable after his second heart transplant.
Rory Marie Schifter 21 daughter of Errol Flynn pleaded guilty in El Centro Superior Court to marijuana possession. She was arrested Sept 4 at the Mexicali Calexico border after a guard found a marijuana cigarette in her purse. Aristotle Onassis arrived in New York for a reunion with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis marking the fifth anniversary of JFK's death. He was en route to the Hotel Pierre. Jacqueline Kennedy was secluded in Pequack New Jersey.
Three earthquakes struck Manila on Friday with no damage reported. The weather bureau tied the aftershocks to the Aug 2 major quake that killed over 300, noting a common epicenter about 132 miles southeast of Manila.
Brazilian planes spotted bodies believed to be members of a missing expedition that aimed to pacify a fierce Amazon Indian group. The remains were located in an Indian village near a missionary outpost in the upper Rio Negro. An official confirmed the killings. The group last communicated on October 30.
President Johnson thanked the White House Police Force for protecting him and eight million visitors, telling 150 officers on the North Portico that one mistake could cause a great tragedy. He praised their vigilance and dedication during a Friday briefing.
A fragment shows phone numbers 435 114 and 432 5959 with a Saturday date of November 23 1968. The text references a post office gate area and a street name sequence, indicating a miscellaneous classified note.
Exiled King Saud of Saudi Arabia ends a six week visit in London where he and about 50 staff, including a royal coffee maker, occupied two hotel floors at up to 1350 dollars daily. He handed out gold watches to staff before flying to Vienna for ten days and then returning to Cairo.
Pioneer film star Lillian Gish will conduct a two hour film history tour tonight at Royce Hall UCLA. Gish began on stage at six and debuted in Griffiths Birth of a Nation in 1915. The program starts at 8 30. Tickets available at the UCLA concert ticket office and mutual ticket agencies.
Christopher Stamp, brother of British actor Terence Stamp, pleaded innocent on Friday to marijuana possession. Trial slated for December 23 in Van Nuys Superior Court. A Malibu court previously dropped similar charges against the 29 year old actor last month.
Episcopal Bishop Donegan said he has no information about Julie Nixon and David Eisenhower marrying at St John the Divine, despite Women's Wear Daily reports of a December 21 wedding. Sources suggest Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Marble Collegiate or Christ Methodist as possible venues with Billy Graham named as likely minister.
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