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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1970
Page
2
Viet Cong guerrillas pressed to within two miles of Phnom Penh downtown, with Bazooka blasts waking the city and Cambodian marines firing on infiltrators from half a mile away near the Tonle Sap bridge.
On the final day of Goose Lake in Michigan a couple dressed in red white and blue exchanged rings on stage before a crowd of about 200000 youths. The ceremony was officiated by Rev. Charles Ashwood of the Universal Life Church. No arrests were reported as police left security to promoter Richard Sanger and his 400 private guards.
Prominent civil rights attorney William Kunstler was arrested at Malton Airport Toronto by Metro Police Detective Don Elchuk on two charges of common assault. He had earlier said he would surrender on warrants tied to a June 22 brawl at his speaking engagement with right wing activists Paul Fromm and Alan Overfield. Kunstler posted bond and agreed to appear in court today for a trial date.
President Nixon with Mrs. Nixon and three aides left Camp David Friday to review two big appropriations bills that together exceed his budget requests by nearly 1 billion dollars. Isabel Benavente of Nicaragua undergoes delicate spinal surgery in Shreveport Louisiana after writing to Nixon. a body cast aided correction of her 83 degree spine curvature. Dr W McKay will attach a stainless steel rod to her spine. Pope Paul VI declares Uruguayan guerrillas freed from kidnapping pressure and calls for release of kidnapped foreigners.
A commuter train returning from the beach collided head on with an empty train Sunday near Bilbao. At least 40 people were killed and 10 injured as rescue teams worked under searchlights. Many victims were children. The crash is the worst rail disaster in modern Spanish history. Injured were rushed to Bilbao hospitals. blood donors were requested as lines formed at clinics.
Sen. Jacob Javits predicts any new Mideast pacekeeping will include UN troops with muscle. He said on CBS Raece the Nation that UN forces should not disappear after Nasser orders retreat, noting lessons from 1967.
Neil Armstrong, the 40 year old ex astronaut, saw his glider demonstration derailed by fog and drizzle Sunday drawing about 30 000 fans to Gersfeld Germany. He faced heavy autograph lines and had to push through a crowd with aid from American military officials. He later attended ceremonies in seclusion and was mobbed again while riding in an Army jeep.
Sen. Eugene McCarthy of Minnesota, a 1968 Democratic presidential hopeful, told reporters in Milwaukee on Sunday that he intends to be a political force in 1972 though he did not specify the form his commitment would take.
U S Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger urged more focus on rehabilitation of convicts during a Sunday prayer breakfast in St Louis tied to the American Bar Association. He called many lawyers Sunday Christians, noting a gap between professed commitment and practice.
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