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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1970
Page
5
Partial text shows an AM PM ad placement with call to Aus, dated 28, 1970. Working fragment indicates a long listing from 9 to 5, suggesting hours or a sale window. No clear event, entity, or location beyond Australia and a timestamp.
London based Jane's reports that the U S and British fleets are near danger levels while the Soviet navy expands rapidly. Editor Raymond Blackman warns the Atlantic Fleet is stretched and U S naval forces risk obsolescence without timely replacement, as Britain trims its peacetime fleet.
Eleven Marines were injured in a race related brawl outside a barracks at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. Ten whites and one black were treated and released. The fight stemmed from earlier rock and bottle throwing, with blacks returning from liberty in civilian clothes clashing with whites at a bus stop near Gate 4. No charges filed. Earlier, Camp Pendleton guards ended a four hour melee with nine injuries, described by a spokesman as a race riot.
In Baltic waters off Smygehuk Sweden, a Soviet Sat class submarine hunter rammed the Swedish frigate Sundsvall, causing minor damage. No injuries reported. Stockholm lodged a protest and demanded damages as the Soviet vessel fled.
Blackman lauds US Navy for aiming at a permanent force of 15 attack aircraft carriers while highlighting stretched resources in the Mediterranean sixth fleet and a small force in the Middle East. He notes pressure from Soviet maritime expansion as the USA trims its navy.
Redwood City dedicates Sam McDonald Park a three mile west of La Honda wildlife refuge as a walk in park for hikers campers and picnickers. Lands donated by Sam McDonald a Negro who led Stanford University athletic grounds before his 1957 death. county purchased the property in 1958.
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