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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1970
Page
3
Federal suit filed by Stanley Fitzhman seeks 250000 damages and eight prints returned, plus a permanent injunction to halt further seizures. The Long Beach raid followed by police after a screening drew mixed theater reactions and council debate over legality and obscenity concerns.
Army to court martial 29 year old David Mitchell of Saint Francisville La for allegedly shooting civilians with an M 16 rifle during the My Lai killings. Mitchell faces up to 20 years, a dishonorable discharge, and rank loss if convicted. His attorney Ossie Brown says witnesses are scattered and preparation is costly.
President Nixon ended 1969 with a trimmed foreign aid bill and a quiet New Year at San Clemente villa. He signed 16 bills including funding for the 1970 and 1971 fiscal years while planning his State of the Union and 1971 budget, and he discussed further aid reforms with aides.
Union and industry spokesmen discuss installing Platform C to speed removal of underground oil and halt ocean seepage. Hartley calls for local share of lease income for beaches and harbors, while USGS says spill impact was limited and contained.
A Pentagon survey shows that since July 1 1966, 1403 U S GIs crossed borders to desert in foreign lands. About 371 have returned and 468 were alien service members who deserted to their home countries. As of December 18, 576 remain in Canada 88 in Mexico and 85 in Sweden with others scattered widely.
Robert L. DeLain was arrested Wednesday for investigation of murder in the October death of his three month-old son Timothy Lee. John Crow said the infant was treated at Barton Memorial Hospital on October 10 and later in Reno where he died October 15 from a ruptured spleen and scalp hemorrhage. DeLain held without bail.
The article recounts how French produced gunboats built in Cherbourg slipped out before dawn on Christmas Day, the last of 42 ordered by Israel. An embargo and investigations follow, naming officers and officials tied to the contracts. Also noted are burglaries and a Sunday edition detail.
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