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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1970
Page
2
Viet Cong commandos breached the wire of a U S artillery base near Saigon late Sunday night attacking defenders with satchel charges. Four Americans were killed and 12 wounded as damage to Pine Ridge fire support base was moderate. One enemy body was left behind.
Viet Cong forces now control major sections of five of seven highways linking Phnom Penh with Cambodia and threaten to cut off the capital’s sea trade routes. Government reports say battles continue around Ang Tasom as Cambodian troops claim to have retaken the town after a three day fight.
The body of Francisco Barreno, a Guatemalan labor leader, was found near the capital with a bullet to the head and a note accusing him of aiding Cuba and other nations. A businessman, Rudy Weisenberg Martinez, was kidnapped and ransomed for 250000, released in Coatepeque. Egyptian forces crossed the Suez for a second raid in 24 hours, Israeli patrols were hit, and a hijacked Brazilian airliner carrying 98 passengers landed in Georgetown for refueling before Curacao.
A series of tornadoes and storms swept Alabama and nearby states on Sunday causing downed trees and power lines in Huntsville and Birmingham with no injuries reported. Tornado watches and severe thunderstorm warnings stretched into Georgia the Carolinas and Mississippi.
Tony Curtis and his wife Leslie Allen were arrested by Scotland Yard at Heathrow Airport after customs found marijuana on their arrival from New York. Curtis, real name Bernard Schwartz, was released on bail pending court appearance. he and Allen are known for public service anti smoking ads with the American Cancer Society. Curtis planned a London television project for The Friendly Persuaders to begin production next month.
Actress Anita Louise a patrician blonde of 1930s and 40s cinema and early TV fame died Saturday night at her Los Angeles area home after a stroke. She debuted at age five, peaked in the 1930s and 1940s, and was married to Henry Berger after a prior marriage to Buddy Adler. She appeared in My Friend Flicka and Mod Squad.
Percy Dawkins, 82, a survivor of the undated 3S S Titanile, died Sunday in Chicago. He was a baker aboard the English luxury liner when it sank in the mid Atlantic in April 1912.
Charles Lindbergh and son John arrive in Osaka to view Expo 70. They travel in a single engine seaplane, Lindbergh 67, wife Mrs. Lindbergh meeting them at Haneda. Sirius, the famed aircraft, is showcased in a park near the Expo site. Hanna Meron, injured in a Munich El Al attack, will be released from hospital in two to three weeks and plans future treatment.
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