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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Apr 11, 1969

Page

5

Colonel Fined for Destroying Film of Cam Pha Strafing

Retired Air Force Colonel Jack Broughton was fined $600 after admitting he destroyed film from gun cameras showing a Soviet ship strafing in Cam Pha two years earlier. The incident drew Pentagon reversals from denial to acknowledgment and involved two pilots who were later cleared of wrongdoing.

Washington Air Force Pentagon U.S Col Jack Broughton Broughton Santa Barbara The Evening Star of Washington Soviet Union United States Turkestan Cam Pha Haiphong 355Th Tactical Air Fighter Wing Thailand North Vietnam the Star Alonzo L. Ferguson Frederick G. Tolman Une

King Hussein proposes six point Mideast peace plan

King Hussein of Jordan, speaking for Nasser, outlines a six point basis for peace in the Middle East. The plan demands end to hostilities, recognition of borders, right to live in peace, free navigation through the Gulf of Aqaba and Suez Canal, territorial inviolability, and just refugee settlement. He cites Nasser’s authority and cites U.S. talks with Nasser aides as signs of progress.

Washington UPI Hussein Jordan Gamal Abdel Nasser Middle East Israel Egypt National Press Club Nasser U. S Nixon White House Mahmoud Fawzi Mideast United Arab Republic Gulf of Aqaba Suez Canal

Vast Russia Aid to Egypt Forces Told

Britain’s Institute for Strategic Studies said Russia has 3,000 advisers with the Egyptian armed forces. Soviet bombers are stationed at Cairo West Airport and Moscow is making massive efforts to protect the Egyptian air force from another preemptive strike. Egypt holds artillery superiority along the Suez Canal.

London UPI Britain Institute For Strategic Studies Russia Cairo West Egypt Suez Canal

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