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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1968
Page
2
Combined News Services SAIGON. Heavy fighting in South Vietnam last week left 408 Americans killed and 2,513 wounded, the high mark for a seven day period since last May's offensive. Allied forces reported 4,476 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed, the week’s second highest tally since May, while South Vietnamese losses reached 284 dead and 1,187 wounded.
The report tallies 27 509 U S killed and 171 809 wounded since January 1 1961 with Communist losses at 390 105. Guerrillas fire mortars into Saigon while government forces clash in the Mekong Delta and a typhoon quiets northern South Vietnam. In the United States the F111A fighter bomber faces testing faults and temporary flight limits. Westmoreland cancels a Germany visit amid political caution following the Soviet led invasion of Czechoslovakia. In Israel Arab commandos are rounded up after bomb blasts in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv leaving one dead and 59 wounded. The U N Security Council debate on Egypt’s ambush in the Suez Canal area faces a Soviet veto threat.
A Prague pro Moscow appeal aimed at justifying Soviet invasion faced delays due to journalists loyal to Dubcek. Separately Washington reported seismic signals from a Soviet underground test in Semipalatinsk.
President Johnson faced word from congressional leadership that prospects for Abe Fortas being confirmed as chief justice are dimming. Senate leaders differed on withdrawal, with Mansfield doubting a two thirds vote to end a filibuster is achievable and Dirksen confirming the tough odds.
The State Department cancelled a tour of the Soviet Union by the University of Minnesota Symphonic Band in response to Soviet actions in Czechoslovakia. Other areas of U S Soviet relations are under review while talks on missile arms control may still proceed.
Senator Everett Dirksen disclosed ongoing police guards for six months due to life threats. He cited three warnings from officials and noted guards followed him during Illinois campaign appearances and a visit to a small town. Separately actor Milburn Stone suffered a mild heart attack but is in good condition and expected back in four weeks.
Sen. Eugene McCarthy of Minnesota returned to the Senate for the first time since losing the Democratic nomination. Only about six other senators were present as he strolled in for a quorum call, exchanged handshakes, and then departed.
Elridge Cleaver, Black Panther minister of information, told San Francisco Barristers Club on Thursday that the county's legal apparatus oppresses Negroes.
Pallbearers Bing Crosby and Robert Taylor led funeral services for Dennis O'Keefe at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles. The actor, 57, cremated and prepared for burial at sea, died Saturday of cancer after a career sparked by Clark Gable. Also attending were John Payne Randolph Scott and Cesar Romero. In Manhattan, ex New York City Water Commissioner James L Marcus pled guilty to taking a 1500 bribe unlawful fees and conspiring to commit perjury.
Morris Wolf, 85, recalls early film censorship from 1909 when he represented Philadelphia's first motion picture exhibitor before the Pennsylvania Movie Censorship Board. He recalls censors objecting to a cradle scene as too suggestive and mandating its removal.
Secretary of Defense Clark M. Clifford said he would remain in his post if Hubert H. Humphrey becomes president. He noted that President Johnson had asked him to stay on previously and he agreed to remain as long as Johnson wished.
Mrs. Coretta King told about 1,000 women at a National Progressive Baptist Convention event in Washington that women must supply the forceful soul quality the nation needs in this critical period. She spoke before the Christian Women’s Response Chapter and was interrupted by applause 26 times.
Film director Robert Wise, creator of The Sound of Music, intends to direct a multimillion dollar movie about the life of the late Dr. Martin Luther King. He is in Mexico for a private premiere of The Star, a film about actress Gertrude Lawrence, with Julie Andrews in the lead.
French novelist Philippe de Voljoli sues in Los Angeles for 2 million dollars claiming Uris plagiarized his manuscript Le Reseau Topaze and hid profits from Topaz. He alleges 1965 assignment and a 50 50 profit split that was never honored. The suit also accuses Uris and agent Herbert Schlosberg of securing movie rights last May and keeping secret profits.
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