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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1968
Page
2
The Senate approved a record $71.9 billion military and defense package for the Vietnam War, defeating all cuts. The bill also funds antiballistic missile deployment amid ongoing political balance. A $72.2 billion House bill awaits conference.
Justice Abe Fortas in a rare public appearance defended the Supreme Court’s humanitarian rulings and asserted they return to the original meaning of the 14th Amendment. He spoke with former justice Arthur Goldberg who expressed regret over the Senate’s rejection of his Fortas nomination.
A heavy U S air and artillery bombardment followed by ground action around Thuong Duc as up to 7 000 North Vietnamese troops massed for an attack on the Green Beret camp 25 miles southwest of Da Nang While the siege continued Communist gunners hit the camp and Thuong Duc headquarters with mortar and rocket fire South Vietnamese militiamen near the Cambodian border clashed with North Vietnamese units and claimed 111 enemy deaths in a day of fighting Casualty figures showed U S losses in action at 247 for the week with 1 779 wounded and 1 203 missing or captured since 1961
A Czechoslovak delegation led by Alexander Dubcek arrives in Moscow for discussions with Soviet leaders on withdrawing Red Army troops. Brezhnev greets them at Vnukovo-2 airport with no crowds or speeches as talks begin.
Lima reports a bloodless military coup that ousted President Francisco Belaunde Terry and sent him into exile in Buenos Aires. Scattered student protests occurred in Lima while the rest of the country stayed calm. one student was wounded and windows shattered as attempts at counter revolt failed.
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko warned at the United Nations that Western meddling in Czechoslovakia or other Communist states could spark a new world war. He also offered immediate negotiations with the United States to limit the arms race while reaffirming a desire for friendship with North American peoples.
Herman B Ferguson a Negro candidate of the Freedom and Peace party for the U S Senate was sentenced in New York Thursday to 3147 years in prison after being convicted of conspiring to murder moderate civil rights leaders.
Local Long Beach bulletin lists contact numbers, publication dates, and court adjudication details for the Independent paper. The item records a 1968 issue with issue location at Sixth Street and Pine Avenue and a court decree number C-16280 on October 6, 1968.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee endorsed Russell Wiggin as ambassador to the United Nations to replace George Ball who resigned to campaign for Humphrey. Meanwhile a Medal of Honor was awarded in Washington to Elmelinda R. Smith for Valor in Vietnam. Richard Cain and others were convicted in a 1963 Franklin Park bank robbery with loot unrecovered. Actress Joanne Pettit welcomed a 7 1 4 pound boy at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital.
Five of the sextuplets born to Mrs Sheila Thorns were reported doing well on Thursday as survival odds improved hourly. Mrs Thorns remained in good condition but too weak to visit the incubator ward housing the newborns.
Samuel Pruitt Jr of Los Angeles has been elected president of the State Bar Association, signaling leadership shift within the organization and highlighting Los Angeles representation at the state level.
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