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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1970
Page
2
Dozens of fronts flare in Indochina as fighting widens to Cambodia. Allied claims cite 300 plus North Vietnamese and Viet Cong deaths, with Mekong Delta clashes yielding dozens more casualties and key provincial towns changing hands.
The fatal shooting of 12 year old Ernest Caldwell sparked hours of firebombing and brick throwing in Pittsburgh's Manchester district. About 200 locals gathered near the vacant lot. an 82 year old white woman was placed in protective custody as police, firemen, and reporters faced hostility.
Three Iranian students hijacked an Iran National Airlines jet on the Tehran Baghdad Tehran route. The Boeing 727 carried 91 passengers and landed in Baghdad before returning to Tehran. Iraqi authorities were considering asylum requests. An American passenger, J M Critcher of Darlington SC, noted one hijacker appeared about 12 years old.
Pvt. Michael A. Schwarz of Williamstown West Virginia was convicted Sunday by a seven member court martial in Da Nang Vietnam of 12 of 16 counts of premeditated murder for the Hamlet 4 killings of 16 Vietnamese civilians on February 19. He faces life imprisonment but will appeal under military law. The panel ruled not to impose the death sentence. Schwarz claimed he fired at enemy troops and said civilians were in the way. Also noted: four members of the Marine unit charged in the massacre.
A Tallahassee couple traveled 3000 miles to Hayward California so the husband could be in the delivery room for their first child. Doctors at St Rose Hospital in Hayward expect the birth as the couple relax at a Concord home. The Florida court ruling had blocked the husband from being present during birth. King Hussein sent his four children to London amid diplomatic doubt about exile plans as the monarch’s reign faces questions.
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