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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1969
Page
2
In Saigon area two US Army helicopters collided in flight Sunday killing eight Americans aboard. It follows a Friday collision that killed 12 Marines near the DMZ, bringing helicopter losses to nine in three days. American B 52 raids and ground fighting with 55 Red soldiers reported.
Brazilian police found seven torture marked bodies in Sao Paulo on a Sunday linking to a death squad that has operated six months and claimed at least 46 victims. Similar squads are reported in Santos Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte.
Civil rights leaders in Londonderry announce a campaign of non violent civil disobedience. They will run one man one vote elections and urge candidates from all parties to participate in civil rights polls rather than government elections. The aim is to pressure Premier James Chichester Clark to implement reforms amid months of clashes between Protestant militants and Catholic demonstrators.
Bonn reports of a Communist spy ring with agents in the United States. Hamburg's West Am Sonntag names Soviet officer Rupert Sigl who defected last month and allegedly exposed 250 KFB officers and many contacts. Authorities confirm part of the story and say arrests have been made.
Nearly 2,000 marchers supported hospital workers as Rev. Ralph Abernathy vowed a national reinforcements call if South Carolina refuses union recognition. He warned of a boycott and urged students to resist schooling as leverage, while a meeting with Gov. McNair remained possible.
A 150 bowler hatted Englishmen team beat Stirling Moss in a cross Atlantic race from London's Post Office Tower to New York's Empire State Building. With 390 contestants, the event clinics transport modes for a $144000 prize in 21 categories.
Astronaut Walter Cunningham said in Canberra that the United States will launch an orbiting space workshop in 1971 for a solar observatory. Three-man crews will spend up to 56 days in the craft while Cunningham visits tracking stations near Canberra built to support US space probes.
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