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Newspaper
Delaware County Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1969
Page
8
U S Marines clash with North Vietnamese inside the DMZ and fly wounded to safety over mountains and jungles for two days. Two rescue helicopters were shot down. all crewmen escaped unharmed and joined the ground patrol. The action marked the first DMZ ground clash in months and followed a pause in bombing.
The Viet Cong provisional revolutionary government took seats at the NFL table in Paris during the weekly Vietnam peace talks session. Nguyen Thi Binh replaced Tran Buu Keim as leader of the former NFL delegation while Lawrence Walsh said the changeover held no significance for the conference.
Marine 1st Lt. Ronald W. McLean, 24, James Stewart's stepson, was killed in combat in South Vietnam. He died while leading a reconnaissance patrol along the southern edge of the demilitarized zone, according to four military spokesmen.
Bethlehem Steel Corp raised prices on reinforcing bars used in concrete by seven dollars per ton, joining U S Steel in higher plate and structural steel. The increase on rebar takes effect with July shipments, while other steel items rise on July 14. Jones-Laughlin Acme Steel and Phoenix Steel also followed the move. Last year rebar shipments totaled 3,241,292 tons, about 3.5 percent of total steel shipments.
Philadelphia Mayor James H. Tate urged city state and federal governments to join forces to halt a surge in juvenile gang killings in the city, calling for an all-out coordinated approach.
A cold front from Canada sent frigid air across the Northern Plains while Montana logged two inches of new snow and record lows. Severe storms lashed the Midwest with tornadoes baseball hail and damaging winds. frost warnings spread from Montana to Wyoming and Nebraska as sun returned elsewhere.
Flames swept through a modern high rise named for humorist James Thurber in Columbus Ohio early today. Two persons died and at least six were hospitalized with serious injuries. About 510 residents evacuated as some fled to the roof to escape smoke. Firemen held the blaze on the lower floors, preventing spread higher.
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