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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jul 19, 1969

Page

6

Dirksen Attacks Surtax Delay Over Economic Doom

Senator Dirksen accused Mansfield of stalling on the surtax bill and warned of economic ruin if it fails to pass. He invoked bankers leaping from 15 story windows to dramatize the crisis, as Mansfield offered a restrained smile nearby.

Mansfield Dirksen Congress Herbert Hoover Democrats Senate House

Army to destroy 21 000 nerve gas bombs at Rocky Mountain Arsenal

The Army said it will begin destroying more than 21 000 cluster bombs with liquid nerve gas at Rocky Mountain Arsenal in Denver following a National Academy of Sciences recommendation to disassemble and detoxify surplus nerve gas bombs. The move comes after a Okinawa mishap prompted medical checks for 24 people, though officials would not confirm chemical involvement.

Washington Rocky Mountain Arsenal Denver Colo National Academy of Science Defense Department Okinawa ARMY Science Academy United States

Off Duty Officer Shot While Intervening in Assault

An off duty San Francisco policeman Arthur Orrante rushed into a Fillmore District vacant lot to stop a rapist attacking a 2 year old girl. The attacker fired, wounding Orrante in the hand and arm and the woman in the arm and thigh, then escaped as dogs and searches failed to find him.

San Francisco UPI Arthur Orrante Fillmore District Orrante

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