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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1970
Page
2
In Portland, about 1,190 antiwar protesters marched quietly through downtown while shouting support for the Viet Cong. National Guardsmen bivouacked near a high school as attendance at nearby rock festivals reduced turnout to roughly 5,000 observers along the parade route.
In Saigon, Communist forces mounted heavy operations across South Vietnam as an apparent bid to disrupt nationwide elections. Official tallies reported 42 killed and 97 wounded from 60 artillery barrages and raids, including an orphanage attack described as murder, while turnout reached about 67.6 percent with 4.39 million voters casting ballots. In Amman, Palestinian guerrillas and Jordanian troops fought for hours, plunging the capital into blackout as a possible settlement talks were sought with government officials.
Three men armed with guns and a knife seized a Convair 600 carrying 36 passengers in Cagliari Sardinia early today. They ordered the plane to fly to Communist Albania with a refueling stop. After about four hours on the ground the aircraft departed again, reportedly bound for Tirana. Some passengers believed aboard were released.
Freshwater organizers said about 500,000 fans attended the weekend pop festival on the Isle of Wight. The event, billed as Europe’s Woodstock, was declared free after gates opened, turning the island event into a costlier free show and leaving organizers about 164000 dollars in the red as many watched from hillsides rather than buy tickets.
Across Washington, Jacksonville, New Haven, Tucson, Charlotte, and St. Petersburg, fires scorched large areas with worsening weather. a Cecil Field arsenal robbery yielded firearms and ammunition. a Black Panther trial stalled without verdict amid shoving outside court. riots followed a late movie, with arrests for burglary and disorder. truckers rejected part of a wage increase. a yacht exploded in the Gulf, with one survivor hospitalized.
Senate liberal George McGovern denounces Huey Newton and radical youth including Jerry Rubin Abbie Hoffman for glorifying violence and undermining nonviolent peace efforts. He faults Hayden remarks at the National Student Association Congress in St Paul and defends Newton as legally freed. He warns that radical tactics offend the public and hurt war end efforts.
In a Sunday blessing from the papal summer villa at Castel Gandolfo Pope VI urged Christians to work with exergy and lightness of spirit. Reporter notes Joan Baez plans to donate most of her Isle of Wight festival earnings to pacifist groups and a school. Christina Onassis denies marriage plans amid press rumors.Campus unrest feared. Dr Mexander Heard warns of potential state action against university independence. Spiro Agnew comments on longer sideburns and youthful appeal.
Senator Barry Goldwater pressured the State Department to cancel the promotion of Foreign Service Officer Arthur Olsen to New York Times bureau chief in 1964, saying Olsen's writing was personally obnoxious to him. State officials said the objections did not affect Olsen’s work and the department retained full confidence in him.
Two members of the Chicago Seven Terry Tube and Abbie Hoeffmann, plus observers, stood on a brick wall outside the Wilack Panther Lespie McLucas trial in New Haven Connecticut. They refused to speak to newsmen, citing revolutionary press only, while noting they would not talk to crowds under a thousand. Abraham Abram, 66, who filmed Kennedy’s assassination and its motorcade seven years ago, died in Dallas last Sunday amid obituaries.
Avier Del Moore longtime actor in Jerry Lewis films died of a heart attack at his Fincino residence on Sunday He was best known for Life With Elizabeth with Betty White in the 1950s Moore survived by his widow and five daughters after years of illness
Bob Fletcher, 34, swam two miles along Loch Ness in 14 hours and one minute, breaking a four year old record of 31 hours 3 minutes. An Loch Ness Investigation Bureau spokesman warned the attempt could be dangerous due to potential encounter with the legendary monster.
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