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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1969
Page
2
Bands of Puerto Rican youths smashed store windows and looted shops in Passaic New Jersey late Sunday after police dispersed a march to city hall protesting a family eviction. The entire Passaic police force fought the disorder along Passaic Avenue nine blocks amid scattered looting.
Viet Cong frogmen detonated a water level charge under the Rach Hao Bridge 40 miles southeast of Saigon wrecking half the span on Highway 15 and stranding about 1000 weekend travelers at Vung Tau. U.S. engineers floated a temporary bridge as traffic restoration was expected after night work. Separate border actions killed 68 enemies.
A cook in the Apollo 11 quarantine led a Sunday religious service for Neil Armstrong and nine others in the Lunar Receiving Laboratory. Armstrong, Armstrong’s moment of silent prayer followed a brief sermon by Jesse Stewart, while Aldrin and Collins missed the service to work on flight reports. The group is due for release from quarantine on August 11.
The State Department released long hidden U.S. records revealing Stalin described Mao as boastful and exaggeration by Chinese leaders. Marshall noted Russian mental processes differ. Also, funeral services are set for Albert C. Mattei in San Francisco at age 74, an Hoover associate and oil exec.
Jan Irene Thompson married Douglas S. Humphrey son of former vice president Hubert H. Humphrey in Roseville Minnesota. About 150 guests attended the Roman Catholic ceremony with Democratic Sens. Walter Mondale and George McGovern among distinguished guests.
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