08 Jan 1971
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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1971
Page
1
In central South Vietnam near Bong Son, a US Army patrol from the 7th Airborne Brigade was attacked by an unknown Communist force. Five American paratroopers were killed, with rescuers finding five corpses and reporting some possible survivors after reinforcements arrived by helicopter.
Saigon reports 4,204 Americans killed in combat in 1969, the lowest since 1965 as U S forces wind down. Last week 33 were killed in action, down from 41, with 37 wounded. Overall 1969 fatalities were less than half of 1968’s 9,414, reflecting reduced fighting and disengagement.
Paris Vietnam peace negotiations enter third year with Allied and Communist negotiators acknowledging that the first two years yielded no progress. The two sides find common ground on one point amid renewed discussions.
Lt. Vulf Zalmanson, 31, and another Jewish officer are sentenced to ten years in a labor camp for plotting to hijack a Russian plane. Fifteen Soviet citizens faced trial. two Jews, including a brother in law, spared by the Russian Supreme Court. The aborted hijacking and outcomes follow a series of trials.
A winter storm spread from Texas through Louisiana Arkansas and Mississippi causing school closures and dangerous driving conditions in the Deep South while a cold wave in the Southwest produced record lows in New Mexico and imperiled crops in Arizona. The Hawaii snow event and arctic conditions disrupted normal life during the holiday period.
Maurice Rosen completed a round the world journey in 41 hours 30 minutes aboard Pan American 747s, landing at 7:20 a.m. at San Francisco International. He traveled via London Moscow and Tokyo, cost 1300 dollars, and breaks the prior 43 hour 5 minute mark. He plans to return to work at his store House of Steel Nt Bars and noted the trip as a personal escape from home.
Sgt Joseph Wambaugh Jr 34 a detective and LAPD veteran was orally admonished by Chief Ed Davis for not seeking department clearance before publishing The New Centurions a fictional look at three young men joining the Los Angeles Police Department in 1960 The incident follows the 1985 Watts riots and carries potential dismissal risks.
Ron Waller won a two week struggle to rescue his bride Elizabeth Jane Clark from a Greek cruise ship and bring her to dry land in Mazatlan and Los Angeles. The couple married in Mazatlan on December 23 and plan to file a residence visa in Los Angeles.
A catalog snippet shows bath oil priced at 4 dollars and moisturizer at 3 dollars with an additional line noting foaming bubble bath at 3.50 and 2.60 in smaller entries. It reads like a basic price list from a shop.
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