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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Apr 16, 1969

Page

2

Vietnam War Gunners Hit 25 Towns In Saigon Area

Communist gunners pushed an eight week offensive shelling 25 towns and bases across South Vietnam. Five killed and 19 wounded in a district town. U S forces routed another infiltrating unit near Cam bodia. GIs killed 13 in the Phu Khuong area. Earlier, 238 attackers fell to U S 25th Division at the Cambodian border outpost 33 miles northwest of Saigon.

Saigon South Vietnam U.S Cambodia Gis Phu Khuong U.S. 25Th Infantry Division

Nixon Budget Aims Moon Exploration and Saturn V Growth

President Nixon proposed a budget increase to fund post lunar exploration and add Saturn V launch vehicles while cutting next year’s space programs by 131 million below Johnson administration authorization.

Washington Nixon Winton M. Blount Nixon Administration Johnson Congress

Ray charges plot to exploit him and life rights

The King slaying suspect James Earl Ray accuses attorney Arthur Hanes Sr and author William Bradford Huie of collusion to exploit his life story. Ray alleges Foreman planned a guilty plea to protect movie rights and that deals favored Hanes Huie and Foreman over Ray’s interests.

James Earl Ray Arthur Hanes Sr Birmingham William Bradford Huie U.S. District Court Nashville Tenn Martin Luther King Jr Percy Foreman Ray Hanes Huie Foreman

Queen Victoria Eugenia of Spain Dies at 81

Former Queen of Spain Victoria Eugenia died in Lausanne Switzerland after a coma following a fall last year. She was 81 and widow of King Alfonso XIII who abdicated in 1931 in Rome. She had moved to Lausanne in 1942 after Alfonso IX's death.

Victoria Eugenia Spain Europe Lausanne Switzerland Alfonso XIII France Alfonso Rome

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