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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1968
Page
2
Allied troops uncovered 25 tons of Communist rocket rounds mines mortar rounds and small arms ammunition in Quan Loa area 60 miles north of Saigon near the Cambodian border. The find brings the total to 50 tons since the weekend with enough munitions to arm a 1500 man unit.
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, Portugal's long time ruler, lay in grave condition after a brain blood clot caused coma. The 79 year old premier had surgery nine days earlier to remove a head clot following a fall at his home. Doctors described a sudden vascular accident affecting the right cerebral hemisphere.
Four feared dead as severe floods inundate Southeast England causing widespread destruction. Rescue teams use helicopters and boats to reach roofs and cars swept into rivers. a woman's body is sought after she and her family clung to a car roof.
The Senate advanced a gun control bill design to ban interstate sales of rifles and shotguns and rejected an amendment that would exempt shotgun shells rifle bullets and .22 caliber ammo. The move followed extensive debate and 63 amendments offered by the Judiciary Committee.
James E. Webb announced his retirement as NASA administrator effective October 7 ahead of the first manned Apollo launch. President Johnson named Dr. Thomas Paine acting NASA chief. Webb cautioned the U.S. trails behind the Soviet Union in space progress amid ongoing budget cuts. Actress Carroll Baker and director Jack Garfein agreed to share custody of Blanche Joy and Herschel David Garfein in Los Angeles.
Ex policeman killer suspect Robert Erler 24 enraged at photographers breaches a courtroom glass door while in custody in Phoenix. He is to be arraigned on a Florida murder charge while in jail for extradition, and he made threats of death by action rather than be caged.
Gene A. McKinney the witness in the Huey P Newton trial was sentenced to six months in jail for criminal contempt after refusing to answer questions. He admitted riding in the car with Newton during a gun battle with police but cited possible self incrimination for his silence on other inquiries.
Henry A. Barnes New York City traffic commissioner dies at 61 from a heart attack in his office. A renowned traffic control expert, Barnes made his name in Flint Denver and Baltimore before joining New York in 1962. He authored The Man with the Red and Green Eyes.
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