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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1968
Page
1
Five waves of B52 bombers pounded North Vietnamese positions encircling the Thuong Duc Special Forces camp on Wednesday and today in an effort to crack the defenses. The sustained air campaign aimed to disrupt enemy supply lines and degrade fortifications as U S forces press the offensive.
Reports describe a five day siege cutting off a strategic Da Nang outpost with 25 Green Berets and 300 South Vietnamese beneath heavy bombardment. Six U.S. aircraft, including a spotter plane for the New Jersey, were downed as helicopters carrying wounded were shot at through Communist fire. Paris talks issue clashes over Humphrey pledge with Nixon asserting risk to peace talks. Prague to send five man delegation to Moscow for Soviet occupation talks. Blackpool notes a threatened strike by Britain's metal workers following wage curbs.
German campaign claims the Soviet Union launched a violent diversionary maneuver to obscure its intervention in Czechoslovakia. Foreign Minister Michel Debré praises Bonn leaders in a National Assembly address, calling it unjust to deny their peaceful intentions.
U S Secretary of State Dean Rusk told the United Nations General Assembly that the Soviet Union should remove its troops from Czechoslovakia and pledged to halt bombing in Vietnam when such action would likely lead to peace. He faced hecklers and urged North Vietnam to propose steps to end the fighting.
About 16,000 Air National Guardsmen and air reservists called up after North Korea seized the Puebla will be phased back to civilian life by June 30. The Air Force will release about 1,500 reservists and guardsmen. The Navy already said 600 air reservists will be released. Rep. Schweiker urged broader release as the Army maintains its callups.
A Birmingham housewife gave birth to sextuplets after fertility drugs, two of whom died soon after birth. Five babies survived, weighing two to three pounds each, delivered by a 28-member team two months early. The father said they had longed for a family for ten years.
Francine Gottfried the buxom Wall Street strolls star drew thousands last month and was offered 100000 to perform topless go go dancing over 32 months with the option to wear pasties. Tarantino promised appearances in Miami Beach Las Vegas San Francisco and New York and a dancing coach if needed. Gottfried has received offers from talent agents and TV but says she won’t work for nothing.
A three judge panel ruled unanimously that Minnesota Secretary of State Joseph L Donovan must accept petitions to place the American Communist party on the November ballot. Federal judges said Communist presidential and vice presidential candidates could not be kept off the ballot under the 1954 Act.
Joan Kennedy toured five Indiana cities in support of Len Birch Bayh, urging voters to back him for the Senate. She said Ted Kennedy sent her to ask for Birch Bayh's return to the Senate and indicated potential help for Humphrey if asked.
Philip E. Watson, LA County assessor, was under coronary care at Saint Francis Hospital in Lynnwood after chest pains. He spent a quiet night and felt much better on Wednesday following admission Sunday night for coronary insufficiency.
The Association of Washington Priests said 47 members signed a statement accusing Cardinal O Boyle of arbitrary unjust and scandalous misuse of authority in disciplining them as part of a broader revolt over the birth control issue.
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