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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1969
Page
1
Me Kong Delta clash sees Viet Cong attack a government outpost while troops slept. 35 communists killed as US 3rd Regiment fights a four hour battle 15 miles from Saigon. Separate report notes a spy roundup in Saigon with about 100 arrests in a month long crackdown.
In Darien Connecticut two commuter trains collided on a single track near New Canaan and Stamford on the old New Haven line now Penn Central. The wreck killed two engineers and a crewman and injured 32. One train slid down an embankment after cars overturned and power lines were knocked down.
A Parkersburg Marine veteran, returned from Vietnam, used a rifle and tear gas to kill two people and seriously wound three along city streets in a Wednesday shooting spree. Police dragged 25 year old David J. Grimm from his home and arraigned him on a murder charge.
Seven more train loads of phosgene gas will be shipped to New York and Louisiana starting Monday as private firms transport the chemical from the Rocky Mountain Arsenal near Denver. The sale totals 106,693 dollars for 7.7 million pounds of phosgene contracted last year, part of a larger defense program.
Multiple figures linked to PTA groups and public life face legal issues. Maryena Kennedy, elected Marco Forster School PTA president, awaits a five year narcotics sentence after 3 pounds marijuana found at a Mexico border crossing. Charleen Wert, Ole Hanson PTA president, held on shoplifting charges with a small purse item seizure. The Navy Cross issue surrounding astronaut Gordon Cooper’s father, William Anders, is clarified as a reissued decoration for heroism aboard Panay in 1937. Columbia University named Dr. Andrew Cordier president, succeeding Grayson Kirk after the 1968 upheaval. Nixon family tour plans noted, Bobby Seale faces murder and kidnapping charges related to a New Haven case. John Wayne sues over yacht damages in San Diego harbor. Senator Eugene McCarthy and wife reportedly separate. Tricia Nixon’s California social circle includes Edward Cox. Virginia Governor candidate William Battle emphasizes state-focused campaign strategy. Theodore Sorensen denies Kennedy family phone contact the night of the car accident.
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Loretta Young Watts received a divorce from Thomas T A Lewis after a five minute Los Angeles hearing. The 56 year old actress charged desertion and mental cruelty. Lewis, 63, left in 1956. Jose phine, John Wayne's former wife, testified he had told her he was leaving. Young was awarded a year token alimony and the couple has divided community property. They have two sons and an adopted daughter.
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