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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1968
Page
4
Rockets strike near Da Nang target U S Navy offices and enemy bunkers at the DMZ edge. Sixty five enemies killed. two Americans killed and 24 wounded. Farther west Marines engage in fighting with unclear outcome.
Dennis O Keefe movie star dies at 60. US and allied units report multiple combat actions in Vietnam with casualties. A bus station bombing in Truc Giang kills civilians and wounds others. Thu Duc driver assassinated. Korean and Australian forces suffer and claim enemy confirms.
Dennis O Keefe born Edward Vanes Flanagan Jr and raised in Hollywood rose from extra and vaudeville to Star billing with MGM after Clark Gable backed a screen test. He directed and acted in The Diamond Wizard and Angela and wrote as Jonathan Ricks. He died after a life spanning television Comedy and film with seven years as a stuntman. A WW II era mine clearing unit and air campaigns in Vietnam are noted.
Prague reports mass arrests amid a reshaped Presidium of the Communist Party. The party seeks Soviet backing to recall troops, with liberal reformers trimmed while Alexander Dubcek remains as party chief.
Maurer addressed mass rallies in Transylvania denying the Soviet Kremlin charges against Romania. He praised unity of Romanian leaders and people and urged withdrawal of Warsaw Pact troops from Czechoslovakia to respect Czech and Slovak self rules. NATO sources claimed Romania told the U.S. it would not be attacked, but no confirmation followed.
Sean Flynn 27 son of Erroll Flynn was lightly wounded by grenade fragments during a counterattack near Da Nang while with US Special Forces and CBS crew. He returned to the Da Nang press center, calling Paris home, after the chest wound required no hospital care.
Multiple Texans die in highway crashes during the Labor Day weekend. Among the deceased are Elias Gomez and Jose Moreno of San Antonio in a northeast side crash, and 2 year old Harry James Coulter killed after stepping into traffic near Pampa.
Manila reports thirteen persons feared dead or missing after floods in central Luzon that caused five million dollars in property and crop damage. Health officials say influenza deaths total thirty two since an epidemic began last month.
Houston doctors report four recipients progressing satisfactorily after Saturday’s mass transplant led by Dr. Michael Debukey. Corneas were placed in an eye bank. three other recent heart transplant patients in Pittsburgh, Stanford, and Montreal are also doing well with no complications.
The Department of Planning reports Bermuda will add 1,900 tourism beds next year, building on the current stock of 2,080. Officials expect steady growth as the island attracts visitors and expands lodging capacity.
Sunset Strip congestion blamed on hippie crowds cuts property values by about 50 percent in two miles. Sheriff and private security expand presence as traffic jams and teen oriented venues rise. County study, curfew debates, and new rules target youth dance clubs serving liquor.
In Dashthiaz near Birjand a family of six died in the rubble while others faced hunger infection and animal threats. Two field hospitals opened in Kakhak as airlifts and caravans bring food and supplies amid a planned rebuilding push under the shah.
In Ljubljana, Yugoslavia the NIV International Fair of Wines and Fruit Juices opened over the weekend and will run until September. More than 350 exhibitors from 22 countries are on hand for the event.
The recollection recalls a Spur barber shop with vat tubs and hot towels, a first haircut rite, and local characters like Jake Raines and Cecil Fox. Merriman tells of a cold water shave and a prediction that straight razors would return, a memory of Spur life from long ago.
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