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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1971
Page
2
Back-to-back blasts rocked Izucar de Matamoros sending 10 buildings to rubble as hundreds shopped nearby. At least six killed 25 seriously injured many trapped in the debris. A short circuit triggered a tank explosion and dynamite detonations followed.
National Calley trial resumes at Fort Benning with psychiatrists viewing orders and potential testimony. Apollo 14 astronauts review lunar photos and discuss geology while Space Agency officials note extensive photography. In Maryland a raft accident sinks killing two teens. Atlanta police quell a Broad Street disturbance with 29 arrests. Meir Kahane of the JDL is arrested near the UN mission for harassing a Russian official.
A American airman first class James Finley from Fort Worth Texas was abducted by three Turks after they cut through barbed wire at a U S military compound in Ankara. He was held for about 16 hours then released with no injuries reported. Turkish police fired at the vehicle but U S embassy said the guards were unarmed. The truck was found abandoned near a cliff in Diliman District. The two way radio was missing.
Insight profile of 80 year old Dr. Norwood Clayton Riddle who is blind but continues to work as a physician in Darrington Washington. He attributes his long life to a blend of factors and his resilience.
Sir Laurence Olivier will head the British National Theatre in the musical Guys and Dolls as Nathan Detroit at the Old Vic starting November 24. The company halted the show last year due to Olivier's illness and opens exactly 21 years after its New York premiere.
American flags fluttered for George Washington’s birthday as two women leafleting under a flag celebrated Susan B. Anthony Day. The suffragette, born 151 years ago, drew attention amid the Roanoke event.
James Orang, winner of a Kansas Recreation and Park Association contest in Hutchinson, is revealed to be an orangutan named Jim at Topeka zoo. Zoo director Gary Clarke says the judges were unaware of his identity and praised the animal's unconventional paintings Train from Tokyo and Tornado.
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