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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1971
Page
1
A sequence of blasts at a large US South Vietnamese ammunition dump in Qui Nhon caused over 600 tons of ammo destroyed, with four Americans and three Vietnamese injured. The cause was not known and the first explosion occurred around 2 am, shattering windows two miles away. The facility stored 105 mm and 183 mm artillery shells.
Secretary of Housing George Romney accused Rep. Wright Patman of using an inaccurate and misleading report to attack housing subsidies. Romney criticized Patman for breaking his word. Patman retorted that families harmed by alleged schemes deserved better from a Cabinet official.
Record cold grips the Southwest with prices and fuel shortages leaving about 300 homes in Santa Fe and nearby towns heatless in bitter weather. Subzero readings stretch from Colorado to the Midwest as Chicago and Milwaukee set consumption records and New Mexico towns report steep temperatures.
Police said former heavyweight champion Sonny Liston likely died days earlier with needle marks on his arms and a capsule, heroin and marijuana found in his Las Vegas home. An autopsy failed to determine cause. toxicology and microscopic tests were ordered with results anticipated by week’s end.
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