05 Dec 1968
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1968
Page
1
SAIGON UP I US bombers struck north of Saigon as fighting surged. Week totals show 95 Americans killed, 1,094 wounded, 2,689 Communists dead while South Vietnamese losses reached 223 killed and 789 wounded. Ambushes, shelling, and terrorist incidents marked the period.
Lima Peru AP A young Peruvian doctor says he may have cured his half sister Elis Wenzell of uterine cancer by injecting himself with her cancer cells to create antibodies then transferring them to her The experiment begun less than a month ago faces a five year wait for proof of cure and differs from U S trials with unrelated cell exchanges
Jerome L. Silbergeld a 24 year old Princeton University art student was indicted by a federal grand jury in San Francisco on charges of tearing up his military draft papers and fleeing induction in San Francisco on March 14 He was arraigned before a U S commissioner in Trenton and released on five thousand dollars pending a hearing The FBI arrested him Wednesday in Princeton New Jersey
Los Angeles voters outline a 10 to 1 council vote against a small payroll and income tax plan. City officials warned the city risks bankruptcy without new revenue as a 36 million dollar budget shortfall looms next year. Councilman Snyder abstained but supported the measure, accusing others of reelection fear.
Thirteen men and women were indicted by the county grand jury on charges of taking part in a major stolen credit card ring. Crimes spanned April 15 to November 8 with muggings, burglaries, auto and mail thefts. Detective Sgt. C Douglas Taylor infiltrated the ring last September, credited with its breakup. Major victims included BankAmericaid and Master Charge.
UPI reports two men connected to the Friars Club card cheating trial were indicted for contempt for refusing to testify. Edwin Gebhard of Miami Beach and Albert Snyder, a professional gambler, face charges. Snyder also faces perjury counts. Gebhard is already serving a five year term for perjury before the same grand jury.
About 111 people arrested in a Thanksgiving Day cockfight raid in San Luis Obispo will face prosecution authorities say. Sheriff Larry Mansfield said those arrest ed will be charged with the misdemeanor offense.
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