U.S.A: EXPLOSION DAMAGES DRAFT BOARD OFFICE

Record ID: 230301

  • Title: U.S.A: EXPLOSION DAMAGES DRAFT BOARD OFFICE
  • Date: 26th June 1968
  • Summary: DAMAGED OFFICE; ONLOOKERS; POLICE. Initials MA/VS/MR/SC Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 11th July 1968 13:00
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  • Location: LOS ANGELES, U.S.A.
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  • Country: USA
  • Reuters ID: LVABW54JE20ANMQN3IWSGG8VSPBJ
  • Story Text: A BOMB EXPLOSION DAMAGED A DRAFT BOARD OFFICE AT NORTH HOLLYWOOD, IN CALIFORNIA, ON MONDAY (JUNE 24).

    THE BOMB WAS APPARENTLY THROWN INTO THE OFFICE, OR PLACED JUST INSIDE THE FRONT DOOR. POLICE WOULD NOT SPECULATE ON THE REASON FOR THE BLAST, BUT THEY NOTED THAT THERE HAD BEEN A RECENT WAVE OF HARASSMENT ATTACKS ON DRAFT OFFICES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.

    THE OFFICES SELECT THE NAMES OF THE MEN WHO ARE TO SERVE IN THE FORCES. THE NORTH HOLLYWOOD OFFICE IS ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE U.S., HANDLING RECORDS OF THOUSANDS OF YOUNG MEN IN THE LOS ANGELES SUBURBS. IF THE PURPOSE OF THE BOMB WAS TO DESTROY DRAFT RECORDS, AS SEEMS LIKELY, IT FAILED BECAUSE MOST OF THE FILES WERE LEFT INTACT.

    RESIDENTS WHO HAVE HOMES NEAR THE OFFICE WERE EVACUATED FOR A WHILE UNTIL MEMBERS OF THE POLICE BOMB SQUAD COULD DETERMINE THAT NO MORE EXPLOSIVES WERE IN THE BUILDING.
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