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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1968
Page
2
North Vietnamese forces shot down a helicopter near the Duc Lap Green Beret border watch post on Sunday. The attack killed a South Vietnamese brigadier general and a U.S. colonel as part of ongoing clashes in the area.
In Saigon two helicopter crashes left two survivors among six aboard. Brig. Gen. Truong Quang An, his wife, and an American colonel were killed. US forces reported 82 enemy killed in two battles near Saigon. In Prague, Soviet and Czech leaders reached terms on invasion aftermath, including troops on Czech borders and eventual withdrawal of security organs.
Paris reports a second hydrogen bomb test over Mururoa Lagoon in the South Pacific. The device, suspended from a balloon, is believed smaller than France's first thermonuclear blast. Japan demands France halt nuclear tests in the Pacific.
Israeli and Egyptian forces traded heavy shellfire for over four hours across the Suez Canal in a major clash. Israel sought a U.N. Security Council emergency meeting to charge a flagrant ceasefire violation as ten Israeli soldiers were killed and two U.N. observation posts were hit.
Mayor John V. Lindsay claimed the teachers strike was resolved and schools would open for fall term, but union leader Albert Shanker said the strike remains and would keep picket lines across New York City. The school superintendent warned the strike could ignite racial unrest.
Senate leader Mike Mansfield said he would seek to discharge the Judiciary Committee if it does not report Abe Fortas for chief justice. He warned of an up and down vote and may reconvene the Senate after the November elections if needed.
Cesar Chavez, leader of the United Farm Workers, was hospitalized in the Bay Area with degenerative lumbar disc disease after a 25 day fast. Aides said he was in severe pain and unable to take a call from Vice President Humphrey. The union is pressuring grape growers to recognize it as bargaining agent.
Mimi Baez Farina 23 wed record producer Milan Melvin at a Big Sur folk festival. Farina was previously married to author Richard Farina who died in a motorcycle crash two years ago.
Classified ad section shows rates and delivery prices with historic filers. Publication notes indicate daily except weekends at Sixth Street and Pine Avenue in Long Beach California. Entries reference court adjudication in Los Angeles County and a 1946 decree. Carrier price listed at 36 dollars and single copy at 42 dollars.
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