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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1969
Page
2
A devastating tornado tore through central Mississippi near Hazlehurst on Thursday morning, killing 30 people and damaging homes across three counties. The storm struck a predominantly Black neighborhood south of Hazlehurst and followed by a sequence of tornadoes, leaving wreckage in its wake.
Reports describe widespread tornado damage in the northeast, with Gov John Bell Williams seeking federal disaster aid as communities endure collapsed and intact structures. Concordant incidents include a freight train derailment near Grantham and a move toward organ donation legalization in Arkansas.
Judy Garland arrived 90 minutes late at Talk O the Town in London. Fans booed and objects were tossed when she sang and then left the stage amid heated exchanges. New Mrs Eisenhower Julie and David visited Mamie Eisenhower in Gettysburg. Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr. to receive USC honorary doctor of science. A Jacksonville shooting jury acquits a white man in a MLK era case. Alta Faubus files for divorce from Orval Faubus after 37 years. David Stein, painter of forged masterpieces, sentenced for art forgeries. Hubert H. Humphrey addresses Steelworkers in Pittsburgh. Julian Bond guarded by police after Georgia capitol stalking report. Bertrand Russell calls Stockholm meeting with Western leftists on Czechoslovakia.
In Saigon a encircled Communist force near Quang Ngai City powered by scarce food and heavy bombardment from U S bombs and artillery resisted American troops for a fifth day with intense fire. Viet Cong marksmen shot down two more U S jet fighters, the fourth and fifth Vietnamese air losses this week.
In Caracas, uniformed urban guerrillas seized control of the Silsa slum and battled a large police and security force. The city declared a state of local emergency after guerrillas machine gunned a police car, wounding four officers. Police raided homes as they pressed the pursuit and later said the neighborhood was taken.
French riot police stormed the Vincennes campus of the University of Paris and ejected 250 students after hours of clashes with protesters at the Sorbonne. Earlier, officers charged into the Sorbonne during an occupation of the rector’s office, defacing artwork and destroying files.
A deranged gunman shot five times at a triumphal motorcade carrying the Soviet Union's cosmonaut heroes in Moscow. A chauffeur was critically wounded and a motorcycle policeman injured by stray bullets. One cosmonaut suffered minor injuries from flying glass as shots hit limousine windows near the Kremlin.
Partial OCR shows an item from a Long Beach daily paper dated Oct 6 with a Superior Court adjudication in Los Angeles County. It lists publication frequency, address at Sixth St and Pine Ave, and price per month.
West German President Eugen Gerstenmaier resigns amid protests over receiving more than $70,000 in Nazi era compensation. He steps down after 14 years in office and secures statements from three parliamentary parties affirming legality of his payments.
Israeli President Zalman Shazar thanked former President Johnson on Thursday for five years of backing and invited him to visit Israel, signaling continued diplomatic goodwill and engagement.
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