August 23, 1968

[SoCalDem]

It was an ordinary Friday

Arthur Lloyd Adams, Jr. (Loveland, CO 11-11-46) was killed in Quang Nam
others who died that same day in Viet Nam

Pope Paul VI was addrsssing the faithful in Bogota, Colombia

Janis Joplin was performing August 23, 1968 Big Brother & The Holding Company
Singer Bowl, Queens, New York City

The Grateful dead were at the Orange County Fairgrounds

Scientology was being reported on (not at all favorably)in Time Magazine Article & links

"On August 23, 1968, Company B departed the night base perimeter and began search operations at 0800 hours. Company C followed at 0852 hours. The Recon Platoon provided security for the night perimeter location. At 0950 hours, Troop A, ¾ Cavalry was released from OPCON to the 1/5th(M) and departed the night perimeter. At 1040 hours, Company A, 1/5th(M) was released from OPCON to the 4/23rd(M).
At 1051 hours, Company C moved closer to the contact area of August 21. At XT 460444 they located approximately 100 bunkers that had been used in the last few days. At 1120 hours, the company located the first body of the 17 soldiers who were MIA from the fight on the August 21st. At 1125 hours, Company C was instructed to secure the area of the MIAs and not disturb or touch anything. The Battalion Commander, the 2nd Brigade Commander and personnel from the 25th Division Headquarters were going to visit and inspect the battlefield scene.
At 1130 hours, Company B was instructed to secure Highway 239 for a convoy from Dau Tieng to Tay Ninh and then for one going in the opposite direction. At 1255 hours, Company A, 1/5th(M) closed the battalion forward base location at the Ben Cui Airstrip.
At 1330 hours, Company C reported that they had located 14 bodies of the Company C MIAs. At 1430 hours, it was reported that all 17 bodies that were left on the battlefield some 48 hours earlier had been located and secured.
By 1900 hours, all units had closed into the battalion night perimeter at the Ben Cui Airfield. ...from: this diary

A 20 yr old woman in California had a multiple birth (twins?) named one of her newborns "Connie" and then gave them up for adoption.. Connie, now Kathleen, is searching for her. http://registry.adoption.com/records/342.html

The Beatles were in the studio at Abbey Road overdubbing the "White Album" . Ringo had briefly quit The Beatles on this day..

Communist Forces Renew Offenses (a red surge?)

Communist forces launch rocket and mortar attacks on numerous cities, provincial capitals, and military installations. The heaviest shelling was on the U.S. airfield at Da Nang, the cities of Hue and Quang Tri. North Vietnamese forces numbering between 1200 and 1500 troops attacked the U.S. Special Forces camp at Duc Lap, 130 miles northeast of Saigon near the Cambodian border. The camp fell but was retaken by an allied relief column led by U.S. Special Forces on August 25. A reported 643 North Vietnamese troops were killed in the battle.

In Baltimore, the temp was a balmy 98 degrees.. It was 100 in Denver.

August 23: Yippies nominate Pigasus the pig as their presidential ... Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley formally opens the 1968 Democratic National Convention. ...

August 23 - Simon and Garfunkel gave a live concert at the Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood


On August 23, former Vice President Nixon accepts the Republican nomination for President in the 1968 election

On CBS news..this was the line up:
(from Vanderbilt video library archive)
CBS Evening News -- Aug 23, 1968: Introduction Walter Cronkite (Chicago); Charles Kuralt (New York City)

-- CBS Evening News -- Aug 23, 1968: Czechoslovakia Invasion / Film / Reaction

-- CBS Evening News -- Aug 23, 1968: (Commercial: Di-Gel Antacid Tablets and Liquid; Solarcane First-Aid Cream, Lotion and Spray.)

-- CBS Evening News -- Aug 23, 1968: Invasion / United Nations / Hajek

-- CBS Evening News -- Aug 23, 1968: Johnson / Meeting / Czechoslovakia / Vietnam

-- CBS Evening News -- Aug 23, 1968: Invasion / E. Germany

-- CBS Evening News -- Aug 23, 1968: Eisenhower Health

-- CBS Evening News -- Aug 23, 1968: Columbia / Kirk

-- CBS Evening News -- Aug 23, 1968: Stock Market Report (Studio)

-- CBS Evening News -- Aug 23, 1968: (Commercial: Bic Pens.)

-- CBS Evening News -- Aug 23, 1968: Vietnam / Fighting

-- CBS Evening News -- Aug 23, 1968: Pope Paul Visit / Colombia

-- CBS Evening News -- Aug 23, 1968: Democratic Convention / Kennedy / Johnson / Unit-Rule

-- CBS Evening News -- Aug 23, 1968: Convention / Maddox

-- CBS Evening News -- Aug 23, 1968: Convention / Demo. Doves

-- CBS Evening News -- Aug 23, 1968: (Commercial: True Cigarettes.)

-- CBS Evening News -- Aug 23, 1968: Convention / National Guard

-- CBS Evening News -- Aug 23, 1968: Convention / Yippies

-- CBS Evening News -- Aug 23, 1968: Convention / Restricted Coverage

-- CBS Evening News -- Aug 23, 1968: (Commercial: Wish-Bone Salad Dressings.)

-- CBS Evening News -- Aug 23, 1968: Analysis (Chicago and Prague)

-- CBS Evening News -- Aug 23, 1968: Good Night



It was a day like any other day in 1968

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. And on the CBS Evening News they reported actual news.

No celebrity drunk driving cases, will contests or divorces.
No thuggish professional sports guys in trouble with the law.
No cute blond teenaged girls gone missing.

Just news.

[SoCalDem]

2. The content of that one broadcast is stunning..

No fluff at all