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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1969
Page
2
Communists abandoned two villages near the Bien Hoa base outside Saigon after 24 hours of heavy fighting. South Vietnamese forces reoccupied Don Lach and Ho Nai with little resistance, while Allied casualties were light. B 52s dropped 700 tons on concentrations within 20 to 77 miles of Saigon.
In Umuahia a Nigerian air force jet struck a market crowded with women trading root pulp and nuts. At least 60 people were killed and over 100 more injured during a 12 hour into a 48 hour truce observed for a Muslim feast.
Six armed hooded men stormed the Canadian National Railways central station during lunch hour, seizing about 175000 in cash and bonds. At least 100000 in cash and 75000 in bonds were recovered in the nearly complete tally as the gang escaped with precise timing.
The Transport Workers Union began a coast to coast strike against American Airlines affecting 15,000 workers in 52 cities including New York Los Angeles Chicago Dallas and Washington after failed contract talks before the midnight deadline.
Israel's Labor Party backs formerForeign Minister Golda Meir to succeed Premier Levi Eshkol who died of a heart attack. Deputy Premier Yigal Allon acts as interim premier as mourning begins. Meir's rise gains party and Allon's support amid world tributes and Arab neighbor reactions.
Rep. Rogers C. Morton of Maryland was named the new Republican national chairman with White House backing to exclude Murray Chotiner from the committee. Morton, 54, will take the post in mid April and will choose his own staff while Chotiner departs. Presley signs contract to perform at Las Vegas International Hotel this summer.
Dr Ralph Bunche told a Los Angeles audience at UCLA that there has been retrogression for Negroes in the United States and that every black man bears deep wounds from racism. He welcomed black studies programs as a partial remedy.
A 1969 classified page from a Long Beach California newspaper shows the Independent masthead with phone numbers. It lists classified lines, publication details, and court adjudication notes referencing Los Angeles County Superior Court and a 1946 decree.
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