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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1969
Page
2
American forces battled North Vietnamese troops after a Marine Sea Knight helicopter was shot down en route to evacuate crew. In two engagements, four Americans and seven Communists died as U.S. troops secured the crew and withdrew.
Representative Patman, Democratic chair of the House Banking Committee, announced a wide scale inquiry into banking lobbying centered on the American Bankers Association. He alleged bankers offer lawmakers free stock and campaign contributions as favors.
Pope Paul VI landed in Kampala to a drumbeat welcome and a 40,000 strong crowd as his African trip shifts toward peace efforts in Nigeria and Biafra. The visit aims to unite Nigerian and Biafran delegations while bishops meet and a church altar is consecrated.
Msgr. Vincent A. Yzermans, 42, resigns as editor in chief of Our Sunday Visitor after weeks of serious thought. He supported Vatican II reforms but disputes with superiors over the paper’s stance did not involve the Pope’s birth control encyclical.
Brigadier General Ross T. Dwyer assumed command Thursday of the 1st Marine Division at Camp Pendleton. He praised today’s young Marines as top-notch and noted a few former longhairs and dissenters have proven themselves in combat. Eldridge Cleaver seeks Bay Area return this year possibly from prison. Panther staffer Hilliard says Cleaver hopes to rejoin in 1970s context, if possible. A 10-year-old girl in Alexandria, Virginia, gave birth to a 5 pound 10 ounce boy at Alexandria Hospital. administrator calls it a normal delivery.
Pat Nixon showed irritation during a global tour stop as 100 degree heat and a broken Rolls Royce air conditioning disrupted her schedule. A state banquet ended the day on a high note, but earlier she snapped at Indian reporters and cut short activities, leaving some volunteers disappointed at a child care center.
A Japanese man, Shigetsugu Hamaoka, 21, rushed toward Secretary of State William B. Rogers at Tokyo International Airport with a knife but was overpowered by U S and Japanese guards. Ambassador Armin H. Meyer was knocked down but uninjured amid the scuffle.
Arthur Cameron Corbett, 49, asks a judge to annul his six year marriage to April Ashley, 34, claiming she is a man. Ashley, who began as George Jamieson, was declared a woman after sex change operations in 1960. The case challenges gender and medical questions of identity.
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