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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1970
Page
2
United States jet fighters launched 65 strikes against Communist forces near the Dak Seung Special Forces outpost, continuing daily air raids after clashes that left 110 Communists dead and a U.S. helicopter shot down. Elsewhere, Reds near Phnom Penh advanced into Saang, while East German jets fired on a private West German plane carrying five sick children.
Reports from Destin, Corinth, and Counce describe a tornado capsizing a fishing boat, 100 homes destroyed in a 2 mile wide Corinth strip, and gas leaks driving area closures. Chicago wages talks stall as mediators call for talks. Earth Day efforts sweep Washington while Vietnam moratorium winds down. Nine prisoners escaped from a Georgia state prison but were recaptured after a failed maximum security break.
A Scandinavian Airlines jet with 75 aboard exploded as it began takeoff at Rome Fiumicino. Twenty five injured, including seventeen admitted to hospital. engine ruptured, fuel tanks breached, fire destroyed the aircraft. Captain John Boden- described a rapid burst as flames enveloped the DC-10 on its transit stop between Tehran and Zurich.
The book Operation Overflight claims Lee Harvey Oswald supplied information that helped the United States spy plane downed by the Russians in 1960. Francis Gary Powers says Oswald held radar access at Atsugi and El Toro, and that key documents remain classified. The report also covers other crime and award news from the era.
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