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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1968
Page
2
At Titusville High School and Sanford Seminole game crowds clashed after the bands played Dixie. Thirteen people were hurt including three policemen one stabbed. Ten arrests made as white and black youths fought. both schools are integrated.
Veteran astronaut Wally Schirra said he will not train for another flight after the 11 day Apollo mission set for October at the Space Center in Houston. He noted it is appropriate to move on and that he and his wife are tired of the space routine.
William W. Scranton met President de Gaulle for seventy minutes in Paris on a policy research trip for Republican nominee Richard M. Nixon. Earlier he met Premier Maurice Couve de Murville as part of his Europe visit.
A unit of 2,000 U.S. Marines reportedly crossed into the DMZ to block a potential North Vietnamese thrust toward the south. Command officials said elements of the 4th and 9th Marine Regiments moved to riverbanks along the Ben Hai and into hilly jungle terrain as part of the operation.
In Bà Tri, South Vietnam, President Nguyen Van Thieu said American troop withdrawal could begin by year end as South Vietnamese forces assume more combat duties. He noted Vietnam’s armed forces will handle more responsibility in I Corps and III Corps, including Saigon.
Soviet officials announce unmanned Zond-5 completed lunar orbit and may attempt a soft landing on Earth. Western scientists say the craft heads home, potentially marking another space feat for the USSR amid tense Cold War context.
The 7 year old grandson of a hosiery magnate was kidnapped near a school bus stop in Oak Brook Illinois. FBI agents recovered him unharmed after a ransom of 125000 was demanded but not paid. Arrested were Daniel C Pieter 30 Robert S Marin 24 and Ethel Marie Marin 26.
Nevada Supreme Court rules entertainer Louis Prima need not pay 955 to James B. Dudley after a car crash damaged Dudley s horses. The ruling says Prima did not prove knowledge of the water pipes that caused the accident near Warm Springs Country Club in 1966.
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