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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1969
Page
2
American infantry backed by tanks and helicopters struck the Citadel near Saigon in a day-long battle in which 53 Viet Cong were slain and U.S. losses were three dead and 14 wounded. More than 1,000 troops cordoned three square miles to trap Viet Cong stragglers.
The Nixon administration faces repeated Senate floor fights over the Safeguard antiballistic missile plan. Senator George Aiken predicts opponents will demand compromise through conference reports and through funding battles, delaying deployment.
Thousands of letters poured into Hyannis Port as Ed Kennedy faced renewed political support. Sender and donor messages, plus officials including Humphrey and Daley urged him to remain in the Senate.
Renowned composer Frank Loesser died leaving a legacy of hits and a note on his artistry. He wrote over 1500 songs and created music for stage and film including Baby It’s Cold Outside and Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition.
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis celebrated her 40th birthday amid red roses and gifts, with a spokesman noting Aristotle Onassis preferred bay orchids but could not find them in Athens. Blood tests ordered in James Brown paternity suit. Mary Florence Brown seeks paternity ruling for Mia Michael Dean Brown. A warrant issued for civil rights leader James Meredith after he did not appear for sentencing over a housing code violation in his New York apartment building.
Police investigate the petunia plucking case on North Sydenham Street in Philadelphia’s prettiest block. Naomi Lewis says judges favored petunia window boxes across 60 homes, but this year several displays were vandalized with missing roots.
Nora Ruffcorn 15 of La Jolla survived a near fatal nitrous oxide incident seven weeks ago after a double date ended with two friends Clare Herrick 18 and Peter Strada 17 dying in a car. Nora endured coma and rehab and now warns others not to try it.
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