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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1969
Page
2
Saigon reports allied patrols disrupted Communist plans by capturing three stockpiles of rockets and weapons near Saigon on Sunday. The largest cache of heavy weapons reportedly uncovered in the conflict was seized.
In a sweep 59 miles northwest of Saigon, patrols seized 20 tons of rice and 2,500 pounds of salt and several arms caches. The largest find, 60 miles NW of Saigon, uncovered long-range rockets and thousands of weapons and uniforms in a tunnel complex used by enemy forces.
Officials say the Vietnam peace talks look barren and unlikely to progress until after President Nixon’s Paris visit at month’s end. Experts expect no real movement in the Thursday sessions among the United States South Vietnam North Vietnam and the National Liberation Front. Exclusive interviews with South Vietnamese Vice President Ky. Page A-6.
Rockets struck Israel’s Sodom Potash works as gunners inside Jordan used Katyushas for about an hour. A man was wounded, while mine explosions killed one Israeli and wounded four. Foreign Minister Eban told a cabinet that the U.S. would not push a settlement but will join talks at the U.N. in bilateral four-way talks.
Bursts of police fire kill six and wound at least twelve as mobs burn the main railroad station. Police impose dusk to dawn curfew after rioting blamed on the Shiv Sena paramilitary campaign to oust non-Maharashtrians from jobs in Maharashtra.
University of Chicago administration building evacuated as bomb squads traced ticking noises to an oven timer in a locked filing cabinet. Protesters were moved to lower floors then permitted to return after the timer was found.
George Gabby Hayes famed as winded comic sidekick in Hopalong Cassidy and Roy Rogers westerns died at St Joseph Hospital in Burbank at age 83 after a heart ailment. He rose from a New York debut to vaudeville and film, growing his signature beard during early 1930s work with Trem Carr and Harry Sherman.
Classified notice style header shows contact numbers HE 2.5999 and HE 5114 for listings. Publication date February 10 1969 Vol 32 No 29 Long Beach California. S etched details include daily schedule except weekends and mailing delivery note.
Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin has recovered from the Hong Kong flu and will resume duties at the Kremlin desk this week. The illness was dubbed the Chinese Pestilence in Moscow.
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