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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1968
Page
5
AP dispatch from Parvis Raein describes Kakhk after a January quake. About 6 000 of 7 000 residents killed or missing as 3 500 bodies recovered. Only the mosque remains standing. survivors wander amid rubble and blood stained clothes. A five year old girl pleads for her parents.
The Communist party USA faced a deep split over responses to the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. A near tied vote censured deviating officials at a New York meeting, with leaders like Mike Stein and Gus Hall sparring over calls for unity and timing. Across the globe, Iran faced disaster as a deadly earthquake left dozens dead and 31 towns ruined, with the Shah visiting and aid pouring in.
In Wrockwardine Wood England a 47 member Bald Headed Men's Club refused Len Williams age 52 offer of a hair regrowth remedy claiming they are proud of their bald heads and formed the club to help shy men feel comfortable bald. Williams says he used an 18th century remedy to regrow hair.
A late night fire engulfed a stable on trainer Jack Warren's farm in Spring Hill Tennessee destroying twenty one Tennessee walking show horses. No value estimate was given.
Burglars broke into the home of Lord Avon former Sir Anthony Eden while he and his wife slept. They escaped with several articles valued around 275 dollars including a silver medal from Pope Pius XI. Entry was gained by forcing the library window on the ground floor.
The Industrial Workers of the World urged student and faculty governance of colleges and universities, arguing students are producers and deserve influence alongside workers. They also voiced unconditional opposition to conscription. Former Tennessee Governor Jim Nance McCord died at 89 in Nashville.
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