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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

May 05, 1970

Page

3

Tax Bill Debate Highlights Party Split In California

The California Assembly split along party lines over a governor sponsored tax package. Republicans abstained on six votes and Democrats switched several positions, opposing the reopening of the depletion loophole and a sales tax increase, while calling for school funding to be considered separately. Reagan condemned Democratic obstruction as partisan.

Monagan United Reagan Assembly California

FROZE IN LINE OF FIRE Thought Guard Firing Blanks

Eyewitness account from Kent State University describes a tense campus confrontation on Monday. A student reporter recalls standing 10 feet from guardsmen as tear gas and gunfire erupted, with casualties and players fleeing toward Taylor Hall amid chaos and debris.

John P. Filo Natrona Kent State University Tarentna Valley Daily News Campus Taylor Hall Taylor Journalism and Architecture National Guard

Kent State Shootings Spark Nationwide Protests and Curfews

Kent State University faced a campus shutdown as four students were killed and several wounded during clashes with Ohio National Guard troops. Authorities imposed a statewide curfew in Maryland and Ohio braced for further unrest as troops arrived at Case Western Reserve. National leaders urged an end to U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia while colleges across the Northeast and Midwest held walkouts and boycotts.

Ohio National Guard Case Western Reserve University Cleveland White House Justice Department Kent State Kent Jeffrey Miller Plainview Allison Krause Pittsburgh Sandy Lee Schenes Oungstown Ohin WilSam Schneider Nixon Southeast Asia

Navy cutbacks reshuffle admirals and loom over Long Beach

Sharp cited Pentagon distractions over Cambodia as cause for not raising counts. Long Beach defense hub faces immediate civilian job losses at Long Beach Naval Shipyard and possible doubling of drydock capacity at $40 million. No confirmed overall cuts. 99 ships based here now, five new ships expected by year end. Naval air station at Los Alamitos remains in doubt.

Sharp Pentagon Cambodia Long Feach Washington Chaffee Arydeck Conds William Graves Lang Reael-San Migeles Graves Long Beach Navy Adm James

American Forces Press Ahead Along Fish Hook Front

U S troops across the Fish Hook region enter the base camps as reinforcements push from the south. Reports say light enemy contact in the area north of Tay Ninh with about 8 000 U S and 2 000 South Vietnamese reinforced by additional Americans. In Cambodia’s Parrot’s Beak west of Saigon about 6 000 South Vietnamese saw little enemy activity. Allied forces continued extensive searches for weapons and supplies while blasting with artillery and air strikes. Mimot’s rubber plantation town was damaged by jet bombers and helicopter gunships after enemy fire halted American helicoper movement. Official tallies Monday list 64 enemy dead and 118 detained in the Fish Hook area. U S casualties: 10 killed, 38 wounded. South Vietnamese casualties total 95 killed and 400 wounded. By late Monday, U S troops had cut Route 7 in four places and moved forward.

Fish Hook Tay Ninh U.S Par- Tot Cambodia Saigon Mimot Houte 11Th Armored Cavalry Regiment Snoul Route 7 1St Air Cavalry

Might Resume Warning as Bombing Halted in Vietnam

Washington reported a temporary halt to heavy air attacks on North Vietnam with a warning of possible resumption. Pentagon officials said reconnaissance missions were essential for security of forces in South Vietnam.

N. Viet Washington Defense ‘Department Pentagon United States North Vietnam Kosygin Red China U.S Paris Senate Foreign Relations Committee House Foreign Affairs Committee White House Nixon Senate House Indochina Gulf of Tonkin Vietnam South Vietnam Daniel Z. Henkin Barthelemy Pass Lyndon Johnson Southerl’ Panhandle Bankarai Pass Demilitarized Zone Henkin Irom

Rogers Opposed Cambodia Move Says He For Consult With Congress

Secretary of State William E. Rogers told House members on April 23 the administration would not escalate by deploying ground troops to Cambodia. He indicated any sizable deployment would involve full congressional consultation and stressed the need for public and congressional support for a Vietnam war strategy.

Washington UPI William EB Rogers House Vietnam Cambodia Clarence Long D Mi Senate Congress

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