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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1970
Page
8
US troops and jeeps arrived Friday to support relief work in eastern Nigeria. The force, trained and disciplined, relocated to former Biafra zones to relieve relief workers facing transport shortages. Jeeps landed at air ports but carried no food or medical supplies yet. Police and government sources expect movement to Enugu within days for aid delivery.
An elderly widow asks about pursuing civil action and seeks local venues for pinochle and bridge in North Long Beach. The letter references attorney input, a New York firm, and directs contact to James Kenkler at Harbor Rest Memorial Park Costa Mesa for deeds, noting missing correspondence and a contract number.
A 4 year old boy named John was trapped in a 22 foot shaft on a potato field for five hours. Sheriff’s deputies and a construction worker used earth moving gear and a narrow tunnel to extract him. Crowds gathered as portable generators were brought in and the child was finally freed with his head through the opening.
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