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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1972
Page
2
Twelve people died when a tractor-trailer struck the rear of a pickup carrying 14 passengers near Alexandria Louisiana. The truck crushed the vehicle against a tree leaving one survivor in critical condition and another hospital bound. The tractor-trailer driver was not seriously injured.
More than 200 attendees led by Ambassador Ellsworth Gunker and Gen Creighton Abrams paid tribute to Yohn Paul Vann, the highest ranking American civilian killed in Vietnam, at a Saigon memorial service after his helicopter crash. Col William O Connor read the tribute as Westmoreland lauded Vann s courage and commitment. North Vietnamese papers attacked him as an aggressor and colonialist while praising Nixon aides. Valery Panoy, a former Kirov Ballet soloist, was sentenced again for petty hooliganism after seeking emigration to Israel.
In Frankfurt a hospital spokesman announced Quintuplets born to an American engineer with the Armed Forces Network and his German-born wife Mrs Harry C Bean. The 31 year old mother and all five babies six girls and a boy are reported doing well. Bean resides in Eschersheim and works for AFN.
Prime Minister Eisaku Sato hinted he will announce his resignation when the Diet session closes on Friday. The suggestion came in talks with two leading rivals for his job, Foreign Minister Takeo Fukuda and Kakuei Tanaka. Separately, Harold Wilson arrived in Bucharest for a Romania visit per Agerpres.
In Belfast three youths died as Roman Catholic and Protestant gunmen clashed with British troops in daylong fighting. A British soldier was also killed in Londonderry by a sniper, raising Northern Ireland’s death toll amid weeks of violence.
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