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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Sep 16, 1968

Page

2

Sai Gon Cache Haul Shows Large Arms Stash Near Hoc Mon

Allied forces in Saigon uncover two major weapon caches from the Vietnam conflict. A 3rd Brigade unit finds two tons of arms near Hoc Mon ten miles from Saigon, including 16 rockets. A second haul north of Saigon contains about 25 tons of munitions as fighting erupts near Da Nang.

Saigon U.S. Army 25Th Infantry Division Hoc Mon South Vietnam da Nang I Corps Tay Ninh

National Predict Longest Teacher Strike In History

Albert Shanker warned New York City public schools would remain closed as the teachers strike over job security and decentralization continues. He dismissed a peace plan as fuzzy while indicating most union officers favor rejection.

New York Albert Shanker Teachers’ Union James E. Allen Jr Shanker Ocean-Hill Brownsville Brooklyn

Negro General Debuts Infantry Brigade Lead

Frederic Ellis Davison, 51, receives a brigadier general’s star from Gen. Creighton Abrams in a ceremony marking him as the third African American to reach general officer rank. Davison, who led the all Negro 371st Infantry in Italy during World War II, now commands an infantry brigade in combat.

Frederic Ellis Davison Vietnam Creighton Abrams Jr Davison Howard University Italy 371St Gen. Abrams Europe Frederic Davison Creighton Abrams U.S Prison Star

Gradual to riches marriage links oil wealth and Honolulu

An 18 year old Roosevelt High School graduate in Honolulu married 46 year old oilman Wendell G. Phillips who calls himself the largest private oil concessionaire. He is reputedly worth 20 million and owns 40 producing wells plus drilling rights in 100000 square miles. The couple moved into Phillips Honolulu penthouse.

Roosevelt High School Honolulu Hawaii Wendell G. Phillips Shirley S.G. Au Phillips Oman Persian Gulf

Czechoslovakia vows room for free criticism despite censorship push

Oldrich Cernik assures Sunday night that journalists editors and artists in Czechoslovakia will have space for social criticism and artistic expression despite Soviet demand for censorship. Hungarian troops mobilize middle aged reservists while regulars stay in reserve for potential actions against Romania and Yugoslavia. Yugoslav Communist Edvard Kradelj says Yugoslavia backs Czechoslovakia not for anti Soviet reasons but because the invasion undermines communism.

Prague Oldrich Cernik Czechoslovakia Romania Yugoslavia Edvard Kradelj

Chavez Under Guard After Threat Calls

Farm union leader Cesar Chavez, hospitalized for a back ailment, remained under police guard Sunday after a telephone caller threatened his life.

Cesar Chavez

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