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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1969
Page
2
Allied forces led by U.S. Green Berets took the Viet Cong red bastion “Superstition Mountain” near Cambodia after a three week push from March 16 to April 1. At least 55 Viet Cong were killed and 20 captured, while Allied losses reached 42 dead and over 160 wounded.
Twenty one people died in two Easter fires. Eleven were trapped on a Bridgeport Connecticut tenement top floor when stairs burned away. Ten died at a family home in Oakwood Bayou Arkansas from a kerosene fire and blocked exit. A Pacific storm then influenced Western weather, with snow in Oregon and cold fronts across the nation. Defense Secretary Laird acknowledged secret talks with North Vietnam triggering White House and State Department unease.
Circulating pamphlets in Prague claimed the Soviet Union sought the right to impose martial law in Czechoslovakia when needed to quell protests. The anonymous sheets also alleged Czechoslovak army officers were weighing a coup against the government. Reads spread in public spots like Wenceslas Square.
A mob stormed a packed Calcutta stadium with about 50 000 people, set it ablaze and caused a deadly stampede. Officials and concert organizers faced anger over ticket access as riders and bystanders fled into the streets amid hours of rioting and arson.
Coast Guard says a blaze confined to starboard side generators in the engine room of the Dorals. The ship switched to emergency power as crews respond to the incident near New York.
Nationwide hearts donation plea follows Has kell Earp's artificial heart implant. A donor from out of state was flown to Houston as ambulance planes standby for immediate transfer if a brain dead donor is found. President Nixon returns from Easter at Key Biscayne to host the White House Easter egg roll.
President Nixon commends Steve Frank a Vietnam veteran and Viva member for leading nine others to remove barricades at Los Angeles City College. The action followed riots on March 12 by black militants and white sympathizers at the main entrance.
Fragmentary OCR notes show an Independent donation entry with numbers 21 and 3499 and a date of Monday April 7 1969. Insufficient readable context to confirm full details or entities.
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