06 Aug 1970
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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1970
Page
1
National reports describe a high rise fire on the 33rd floor with heavy smoke and flames, two victims trapped in an elevator dying before reaching hospital. Officials cite electrical origin and no suspicion. Other briefs note Nixon adviser on nerve gas disposal, potential protest over a spy ship, Spain base pact extension, and Corpus Christi hurricane Celia profiteering measures.
A 14 year old Australian schoolboy charmed his way aboard a jetliner from Sydney to Paris spending 12,000 miles in first class with only 10 cents. He slipped through customs shouting Papa wait for me then explored stops at Singapore Bangkok Colombo and Athens before joining a family in Paris. Civil aviation officials opened an inquiry into his un ticketed journey as authorities in Sydney probe how he traveled without papers.
U S planes struck near Skoun as Cambodian troops recaptured part of the outskirts north of Phnom Penh. Seven American F100s bombed nearby enemy positions while a Cambodian officer directed air strikes in direct support of his battalion during a firefight on the road toward a key junction.
A pre dawn blaze in an 85 year old Minneapolis apartment building killed 11 residents and critically injured four others as tenants opened doors to escape smoke. Fire Chief Hall said five top staircase doors were wired open despite orders to keep them closed and that open doors aided rapid fire spread.
A Chicago appeals panel on Wednesday denied James Hoffa and five other appellants a reversal of their mail and wire fraud conspiracy conviction. The 7th Circuit reaffirmed the 1964 jury verdict, rejecting Hoffa’s appeal.
Presidential adviser Robert Finch will portray himself in NBCs The Name of the Game script shows Finch welcoming top newsmen to the Capitol for a hearing on a drug control bill the administration backs. He urges passage in a public service role. Nixon offered Mitchell or Finch, NBC chose Finch for the 1970 71 season.
Four of the sextuplets born three months premature to Mrs. Antonio Petrone died in Rome on Wednesday, less than nine hours after birth. The surviving infants were reported in stable condition at the same hospital.
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