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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1968
Page
1
Navy officers say no hard intelligence the Styx missiles reached North Vietnam but acknowledge a possibility exists. The New Jersey travels 75 miles along the coast while concerns center on a 20 foot Styx capable of sinking ships. Shore guns pose limited risk. Styx remains the major threat in this briefing.
The Apollo 7 crew fired the Saturn IB to close to 70 feet with the second stage in orbit on day two of the mission. Commander Schirra objected to live TV from space, ending the dispute after a 35 second pause with controllers.
A blast and flash fire tore through the Acadian at 237 E. 9th St in Long Beach Saturday night injuring no one. Four apartments suffered severe damage with walls buckled and plaster loosened as emergency crews evacuated about 35 residents. Preliminary reports blame a gas explosion in Clare Moore’s apartment.
A youth with a growing moustache inspired the concept of paying in small weekly installments as the trend spread.
Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy of Minnesota endorsed Sen. Edmund S. Muskie for vice president on Saturday saying he is for Muskie for VP. He also noted that endorsing Hubert H. Humphrey for president is still an open question and did not elaborate on the Muskie endorsement.
Marines from the 5th Regiment repelled a 34 hour assault near the Thuong Duc Green Beret camp 27 miles southwest of Da Nang. They counted 31 enemy dead and reported eight Marines killed and 20 wounded amid limited air support due to weather. Allied forces also killed 107 enemy in four clashes and 26 near the DMZ.
Action Line answers readers questions on the first electric self starter in the 1911 Cadillac and its 1912 upgrade by Delco head Charles F Kettering. It also covers Medi Cal reimbursement for private nursing, noting individuals should not have paid nurses directly.
The 1968 edition of the Independent, Press-Telegram’s Fall Home Furnishings section won first place in a national competition. Sealed III arrives in L A for two weeks rest before the San Clemente experiment. Humphrey pledges to curb crime in TV address. Summer Olympic Games open in Mexico City without incident.
Astronaut Walter Schirra reports fuzzy haze on Apollo 7 windows with hairs around the edges forming dust. The horizon view is blurred, center hatch window nearly unusable while mission control monitors the clouding. In separate item Tribbie Chafee, 14, daughter of Gov. Chafee, is injured by a horse kick in Barrington, Rhode Island.
Capt. Charles Rodney Chandler 30 of Arcadia Louisiana was machine-gunned in front of his son as two Brazilian revolutionaries fired on his car outside the family home. Leaflets accused him of war crimes and urged armed revolution. Chandler, in civilian status, had been studying in Brazil and planned to teach at West Point.
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