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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1968
Page
2
Jets and B52s pounded North Vietnamese divisions near Khe Sanh as Marines repelled assaults on the fortress. Reports say 124 Communist casualties and heavy bombardment of supply routes. refugees swarmed the base amid planned evacuations and mobilization efforts by South Vietnam's Thieu government.
State Lands Commission backed the oil firms against local governments in a lease possessory interest tax dispute. The Board of Equalization considered asking the attorney general not to intervene, while Long Beach seeks to preserve tax revenue and oppose a new exemption signed by Governor Reagan.
Rioting near All-Star Bowling Lanes in Orangeburg left three students dead and thirteen injured as clashes erupted during a move to integrate the privately run facility. Police and National Guardsmen confronted about 75 Negroes, with two students from South Carolina State College among the dead and another local teen dying later. Samuel Hammond and Henry Smith, both SC State students, were among the deceased. Delano Middleton, 17, an Orangeburg High pupil, also died.
Police say two reserve officers chased youths suspected of narcotics use. One officer fired a single shot striking Aguilera in the head as he ran. The incident prompts a district attorney investigation and an autopsy at Orange County Medical Center.
In Sunland Riv erwood, Claude Doty runs a hog farm with seven hippies living on site. Neighbors say the hippies prompted cruelty to animals and flag desecration after painting hogs and burning an American flag. Local officials and associations express outrage as tensions rise over the growing colony on the farm.
A hijacking attempt on a Vietnam era flight escalated as tear gas was deployed and armed air police surrounded the aircraft. The hijacker Clark resisted briefly before surrendering as cockpit officers detained him. Gen Westmoreland’s directive was to prevent the plane from leaving.
North Vietnam Foreign Minister Nguyen Duy Trinh proposed peace talks with the United States, conditional on a true halt to bombings and all acts of war. He said Hanoi could start discussions as soon as Washington proves it has ceased aggression, referencing the 1954 Geneva armistice as a potential framework. State Department officials reviewed the statement, noting no fundamental shift in policy.
The International Committee of the Red Cross denounced inhuman acts by both sides in Vietnam. It urged belligerents to observe humanity, protest against civilians facing aerial attacks, executions, torture, and reprisals, and reminded parties to follow universally recognized humane treatment rules.
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