04 Aug 1970
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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1970
Page
1
Cambodian troops recaptured Kompong Thom, a key provincial capital 80 miles north of Phnom Penh, after three days of heavy fighting that left at least 32 Cambodians killed and 74 wounded while Communist losses reached 111 killed. American air strikes aided the assault and a highway opening drive was mounted north of the capital.
Bands of Catholics attacked three West Belfast areas on Monday night, stoning British troops and throwing gasoline bombs. Twenty-five soldiers were injured as rioters built street barricades and used a digger for missiles. Troops used tear gas, and violence continued into Belfast's fifth night of riots following the funeral of Daniel O'Hagan, a 19 year old killed by troops last Thursday.
Radioactive pieces of a U.S. research rocket from a July 11 Utah test were found in a Mexican meadow near Chihuahua, 200 miles south of the border. A U.S.-Mexican team guarded a cobalt capsule in the nose cone, while the rocket head had disintegrated and a uranium-like trench was located by locals.
Kris tina Hanzalova, 20, Miss Czechoslovakia and former Miss Expo 70 contender, defected during travel home from the United States and has applied for asylum at a refugee camp in Zirndorf Germany. A spokesman said the asylum request is under consideration.
Barbara Feil an 18 year old Sacramento resident known for hauling scrap metal in two and a half ton trucks plans to marry and move with her husband to Ponachel Guatemala to serve as Jehovahs Witness missionaries The articles notes her views on trucker speech and a contrasting quote from AFL CIO president George Meany criticizing Nixon's economic explanation The piece also reports ICC official H Neil Garsons resignation after admitting industry groups paid hotel bills and he falsified check stubs
Frank Leonard, creator of the Mickey Finn comic strip, died Sunday night in Miami after a long illness. He was 74. Leonard began the strip in 1936 and the McNaught Syndicate distributed Mickey Finn to over 200 newspapers in the United States and Canada.
Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty said Luis Echeverria intends to open a large new recreational area with a road into Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. He spoke after a talk at the president-elect's home in Mexico City and noted benefits for Californians.
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Dr. John Hubbard, 51, historian and former USC vice president and provost, was chosen by the board to succeed Dr. Norman Topping. He urged campus consensus and promised action if violence disrupted academics, stating there is no place for violence on the campus.
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