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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1968
Page
2
Police recovered $500000 from a ransoming plot after officers disrupted the plan in Miami. A duffel bag with a wet suit and gear, and a suitcase with cash were found. two suspects fled in a car and were pursued with helicopters and dogs.
The atomic test near Las Vegas caused little off site harm with shock waves felt in Panaca Tonopah and St George. Seismographs logged a magnitude near 6, comparable to a major quake. Officials said radiation was not vented and the blast was a successful weapons test.
In Cleveland five persons perished when a hotel fire swept through several floors. About 50 tenants escaped. The A A Hotel housed pensioners and laborers. The blaze started in a second floor room where John Peterson 46 said he smoked in bed and did not fully extinguish the cigarette. In Washington President Johnson accepted Fulton Freeman’s resignation as ambassador to Mexico and Clarence Lundquist’s as administrator of the wage and hour public contracts division, effective January 4.
A North Vietnamese communique quoted U S officials discussing conference rules while warning that Viet Cong forces near Saigon are preparing an assault. Vance cautioned that such an attack could derail talks and halt bombing, as Ky vented at critics and called for restraint amid tensions with Hanoi.
The Pentagon identified 12 released Americans and listed serials, while Prince Sihanouk announced prisoner frees to allow Christmas with families. He later said Johnson sent a cordial note, and warned Washington had not met his conditions. The NLF proposed a Christmas meeting to arrange transfers.
A couple in Santa Monica were wounded by two robbers who ordered them to lie down and pray before shooting them in the back. They fled with $18 as Kenneth Olson and his ex wife Caroline 27 were attacked near Lincoln Park tennis courts and later sought help at a restaurant. Olson told police they had deposited money in a tight meter box and the robbers demanded more, saying lies and prayers.
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