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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jan 10, 1969

Page

8

Sweden Moves to Recognize Hanoi Amid Paris Talks

Stockholm sources say Sweden will become first Western European nation to grant full diplomatic recognition to Hanoi with a cabinet decision expected. Diplomats note Sweden’s plan includes accrediting Lennart Petri to Hanoi and may avoid disrupting the Paris negotiations.

Stockholm UPI Sweden North Vietnam Hanoi Paris Vietnam South Vietnam Saigon Dagens Nyheter Foreign Ministry Peking Lennart Petri Europe Britain Thailand Torsten Nilsson Social Democratic Party Riksdag

Free Food Aid in Vietnam Reaches 3.5 Million in 1968

UPI reports U S Public Law 480 provided 23 million dollars in food to 3.5 million hungry Vietnamese in 1968 with potential for five million more next year for refugees. John Dunlap notes efforts to educate and rebuild warehousing while expanding imports of corn and other staples under a program that supports Vietnam’s defense and future resettlement.

Saigon UPI U.S. PL John Dunlap Food For Freedom Program Vietnam Food For Freedom U.S Dunlap Japan

Jets Collide. One Pilot Dies Near Las Vegas

Two Air Force Thunderbird jet fighters collided in flight sixty miles north of Las Vegas. Captain Jack Thurman of Waco Texas, 31, died when his F 100D plunged to the desert floor. Major Michael Miller of Columbia South Carolina, 31, piloted the surviving plane back to Nellis Air Force Base with no injuries. The Air Force reported only minor damage to the second aircraft.

Las Vegas UPS Air Force Thunderbird Jack Thurman Waco Texas Miller

Nippon Diplomat Says U S to Pull B 52s Out of Okinawa

Tokyo reports say Japanese ambassador Shimoda told a meeting with Okinawa’s Chokyo Yara that the United States plans to withdraw B 52 bombers from Okinawa soon. Washington negotiations and a favorable Pueblo release are cited as factors. leftist groups threaten a Feb 4 strike to press for the withdrawal. A separate San Diego report notes Lt Cmdr Robert Pixley was killed landing an F8 Crusader off San Clemente Island after an all night search.

Nippon U.S Okinawa Tokyo United States Takezo Shimoda Asahi and Yomiuri Shimoda Washington Pueblo North Korea Navy San Diego UPS Poway Oriskany San Clemente Island Cmdr Robert Pixley

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