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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1969
Page
2
Saigon watches a fifth day of attacks from Communist forces near the Cambodian border with five U.S. positions hit north of the city and further strikes on Saigon. The conflict has already cost at least 200 Americans dead and more than 1,000 wounded as rockets strike outskirts of Saigon.
The Federal Reserve reports July industrial production rose seven tenths of one percent to 175.2 percent of the 1957-59 average, with autos up six percent after model changes. Business equipment up about one percent while farm equipment held steady. Across the year, production up 5.5 percent from July 1968.
Ten year old Marcia Kessler wrote the IRS asking for one week of tax relief to buy a pony. IRS staff bought a white pony named Cotton for her, a spontaneous gesture to show government has feeling. Also noted were former President Johnson’s quiet Mayo Clinic visit and actress Sigrid Gurie’s death in Mexico City.
Philip Blaiberg, the world’s longest surviving heart transplant patient, lies critically ill at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town after a recent complication. Doctors, led by heart transplant pioneer Dr. Christiaan Barnard, face a crucial four day period to determine his survival.
Atheist activist Madalyn Murray O hair wins a three judge federal court hearing to challenge NASA astronauts radioing or practicing religious activities in space including reading the Bible. Judge John R Brown in Austin Texas granted the request though no hearing date is set. Her prior suit helped lead to the Supreme Court ruling against mandatory prayers in public schools.
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