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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1970
Page
2
Reports from Phnom Penh say Cambodian troops, aided by air strikes, fought bitterly to retake Kompong Thom and Skoun north of the capital with at least 45 Cambodians killed and 137 wounded across the two battles. Communist casualties were not fully confirmed.
Senator J W Tulebright proposed legislation to block a new executive agreement with Spain unless submitted to the Senate as a treaty, arguing the pact includes an American military commitment and requires congressional approval before taking effect. The issue highlights constitutional process and foreign policy oversight.
President Nasser of Egypt accuses his own government of avoiding war with Israel. He questions why forces on the front never receive orders to clash and why enemy planes never reach their targets, signaling his determination to suppress criticism from Arab nations amid Mideast peace proposals.
President Nixon slips past press at San Clemente and dines unobserved in Los Angeles while Kissinger and friends travel by car. Reports differ on how he eluded reporters as wires blame a foulup and outmaneuvering. Sammy Cahn marries Tina Curtis at Beverly Hills Hotel in private ceremony.
Roger Mills, a white law clerk, married Berta Linsop, a 24 year old Black woman, in Jackson, Mississippi after a two week legal fight. About 200 guests attended the formal church ceremony at a Negro Methodist church. Mills said the union proves such marriages occur, though this is the first time the state has officially sanctioned one. The couple, both Mississippians, faced a court injunction blocked earlier, then a federal judge allowed the marriage to proceed with a license issued hours before the weekend.
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