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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1968
Page
2
A-1 reports at a news conference that signals from the missing U S submarine are now considered a hoax. Navy officials had previously maintained hope for the submarine and its 99 crewmen who have been missing since.
De Gaulle defies resignation pressure as strikes continue and the franc falters. He postpones a national referendum, while the cabinet meets and thousands in Paris rally support amid talks of emergency measures under the Fifth Republic.
Protesters at California State College at Long Beach posted 26 875 bail for 43 jailed members after a demonstration over sculptor Bill Spater. An English instructor said plans include a restraining rest and a bigger protest Friday.
North Vietnamese troops hurled grenades as they breached a US Army outpost near Dak To in the Central Highlands but were repelled. American sources say about 150 Communists were killed. The week’s US casualties rose to 3,113, including 426 dead and 2,887 wounded, raising the national totals to 24,926 dead, 146,863 wounded, and 1,215 missing or captured. Marines pressed toward Lai An and Trac Kin as Hill 290 near Dak To faced an estimated 400 attackers. Five civilians were killed by rockets in Saigon and four Marines were seriously wounded in early fighting near Dong Ha.
Long Beach police summoned to campus arrest 43 protesters for unlawful assembly and disturbing the peace after a 1 600 strong demonstration. Among those arrested were 37 students, geographer Harold Channer, and five nonstudents. The crowd watched as arrests were carried out and no violence or chemical riot control was used.
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