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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1968
Page
1
U S soldiers guarding Saigon followed a Viet Cong defector to two large Communist ammunition caches and unearthed two more, a haul sufficient to equip a Communist company for a major assault. The storages lay within 20 miles of the capital as Communist gunners shelled Sai gon and provincial capitals.
Across the Saigon region, Exslanational towns face war action from the north to the Clatlands for the first time in three weeks. Meanwhile the S2nd Airborne Division and Vietnamese forces uncovered two more caches nine miles northwest of Saigon during a sweep with local troops and national police. The underground sites contained 7,000 rounds of small arms ammo, one machine gun, a large quantity of dynamite, propaganda leaflets, blasting caps, and assorted gear. Earlier Thursday B52s raided North Vietnamese targets for the seventh time in three days.
The U S command reports sharp drops in Vietnam war casualties last week with 190 Americans killed and 1 326 wounded. Allied forces killed 1 654 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong. South Vietnamese losses were 228 killed and 1 075 wounded. American deaths and injuries since January 1961 reach 28 648 killed and 179 55 wounded. The Communist total stands at 404 286.
The National Assembly backed major changes demanded by de Gaulle to curb student unrest in a 441 to 0 vote. The reform grants students advisory thirds in university councils and a strong say in teacher selection and curriculum, with 34 Communist bloc and six Gaullist deputies abstaining. In Beirut, Arabs condemned Johnson’s plan to sell US Phantom jets to Israel, while Israelis welcomed the move as a peace step amid regional tensions.
President Johnson announced he will not nominate another candidate for chief justice amid lingering Senate doubts over Abe Fortas. He urged Chief Justice Earl Warren to stay on until the political climate improves. The president left open the option to nominate again before his term ends next January. The House approved a foreign aid compromise of 1.75 billion dollars, with allocations for development loans and alliance for progress. In New York, the Roudinesco School of Paris collection sold at Parke-Bernet for 2.79 million, setting auction records, while nine more French paintings brought totals of 6.03 million over two nights.
New York authorities report threats aimed at closing the BrooklyN junior high school amid turmoil by 1,700 students. The dispute split teachers between community control advocates and opponents of a year long experiment. The school was ordered closed Wednesday night after a day of unrest. Separately MelioMedia Inc and Transamerica Corp announced a principal merger agreement fueling talk of a new television network.
Paul D. Schneider, a philosophy graduate with nine years of college including Oxford, works as a parkage collector in Berkeley to earn money to pay off an $8,000 education debt. He took a $613-a-month job three weeks ago.
Rev. Robert Niklibore also known as Robert Rind faces arraignment for failing to pay 119,980 in personal income taxes for 1983 1964 and 1965 while residing at a Palm Springs home he led as president and financial director of Boys Town of the Desert neighbors say he lived under an assumed name and was not present at the Palm Springs property. The case proceeds as authorities and an attorney state he will appear at the arraignment.
Senator Edmund S Muskie a Democratic vice presidential nominee filed a disclosure showing a total net worth of 106468 with assets including Bethesda Maryland real estate valued at 385000 Kennebunk Maine property 10000 life insurance cash value 12940 Civil Service Retirement fund 18550 household goods 11000 and vehicles 4780. Liabilities include a 36026 mortgage on Bethesda property 12621 on Kennebunk mortgage 2250 bank loan 2370 and miscellaneous current liabilities. Also reports a school dispute over a students hair with parent support and constitutional freedom claims.
The Senate proposed continuing Secret Service protection for Mrs. John F. Kennedy until death or remarriage and extend protection to her children until age 16, with House approval. The four year postpresidential limit expired in November 1967. protection had continued year to year. In another matter, Albert DeSalvo, once called the Boston Strangler, testified he could not recall harming anyone.
Avior Burt Lancaster VI hosts a benefit at his home in Hel Air Sunday to raise funds for more than 400 protesters arrested in Chicago during the August Democratic National Convention riots. The Guaranties of Arts and Letters sponsor the event to support the Chicago defense fund of the ACLU. Celebrities including Paul Newman Julie Adams Leonard Nimoy Donna Reed Jill St John Joanne Woodward Dan Murray serve as servers. In New York, Robert Lipman, 46, was found guilty of manslaughter in the death of Claudia Delharre, 18, while the jury acquitted him of murder. Lipman’s sentence reflects a role drug influence. defense says he did not intend to kill.
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