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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1970
Page
2
Guerrilla rockets struck Saigon in the early hours targeting Independence Palace and a nearby house about a mile from the center. Westmoreland warned Cambodia can defend its neutrality without foreign troops as other conflicts erupt across the region and beyond.
Washington and Oregon state area reports describe more than 5 000 firefighters and heavy equipment battling thousands of acres of grass and timber fires. A Forest Service crew faced 400 acre blaze near Omak and was rescued by helicopters. In Illinois and other states, tornadoes hail and storms disrupted towns while federal agencies face record demands for time and access.
Apollo 11 astronauts Armstrong Aldrin and Collins reunite in Jefferson City Missouri at an Apollo exhibit aboard the Columbia command module. The display tours state capitals before a New York stop to present moon rock and UN flag.
Whitney Young Jr. says the Nixon Administration is not anti black and has aided minorities. He urges a summit of black leaders to craft a new negotiation strategy with white society. Nearby, Marty Kuiper, a 23 year old divorcee from Valparaiso Indiana, wins Miss Nude America at Naked City Nudist resort in Roseland. She and a friend visited as spectators, paying $10.40 per person or $10 for contest entrants.
Gov. Lester Maddox confirmed leading a group of candidates in a walkout from a Waynesboro, Georgia forum during a speech by J.B. Stoner, a white nationalist candidate. He called Stoner a White Panther and said he would not appear on a platform with extremists again, naming Stoner and Socialist candidate Linda Jenness as examples.
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