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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1969
Page
2
More than 2700 U S troops pulled out of South Vietnam on Friday while B 52 bombers kept up strikes near Saigon. Eleven raids dropped over 100 tons of bombs on bunkers 17 to 70 miles from the capital. withdrawals push toward admin plan to reduce U S forces.
The bid for an inquest into Mary Joe Kopechne's death in Senator Kennedy's car crash was rejected on a technicality in New Bedford. District Attorney Edmund Dinis planned to pursue the matter in another court while Justice Tauro questioned jurisdiction.
A 22 year old Eastern Michigan University student, John Norman Collins of Ypsilanti, was charged with first degree murder in the slaying of Karen Sue Beineman, one of eight young women found slain in the Ann Arbor Ypsilanti area over two years. He stood mute at arraignment and was ordered held without bail. Investigators tied Collins to the Beineman death via information from his uncle, state police corporal David Leik, who was away when Beineman disappeared. The investigation spans seven unsolved slayings as authorities pursue the larger case.
Gunmen robbed bartender Ed Gardner twice on a Friday at the Harmony Lounge Miami. The first robbery netted $100 at 8 15 in the morning and the second, about 2 p.m., yielded about $13 000 from a safe. The same two men threatened Gardner and forced him to empty the safe into a cardboard box. The Senate sent a bill to Governor Reagan to double retirement benefits for aging Secretary of State Frank Jordan who is 80 and appeared unable to speak after a stroke three months ago.
Marni Nixon was granted a default divorce from Ernest Gold after testifying he did not share a bedroom with her. She said they sometimes shared a bed at home but never the same bed when they were away, and that he wanted a separate room to avoid disturbance.
Juanita Maddox a Trans World Airlines government affairs representative left for a globe circling weekend trip with stops in Frankfurt Zurich Athens Tel Aviv Bombay Bangkok Hong Kong Okinawa Guam and Honolulu She will return Monday morning and travels on a comp pass The first class fare listed is 1850 60 for the route.
William J. Kaufmann will become head of the County Park Observatory in March succeeding Clarence H. Cleminshaw who retires after 33 years leading the Los Angeles Observatory.
Penny Brahms aged 19 began flying lessons at 9 am on Thursday and seven hours and 55 minutes later completed her first solo flight. She becomes Biggin Hill England's first woman to fly solo in a single day.
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