07 May 1970
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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1970
Page
1
In Hue, a 122mm rocket struck a military hospital killing 22 people and wounding seven, as four others were hurt in the city. The attack marked the first barrage on the imperial capital in months amid ongoing fighting.
Czechoslovakia and the Kremlin sign a 20 year treaty to pursue joint foreign policy and offer military aid if the Soviet Union is attacked. The pact broadens the 1943 aid agreement and raises fears of troops being sent overseas if the USSR faces a strike from China. Communist leaders and premiers of both nations endorse the agreement in Prague.
The Senate approved a plan to create a national railroad corporation to take over and run money losing intercity lines with $175 million in federal funds. A 16 member board would lead the entity as part of a push blamed on congestion and airline delays. House approval anticipated.
The FBI expanded its Most Wanted list for a third time in a decade, adding H. Rap Brown a 26 year old SNCC leader. Brown failed to appear for his trial in Bel Air Maryland facing riot charges related to Cambridge Massachusetts events in 1967. He is deemed armed and dangerous and his bond was revoked.
Buffato New York judge Michael Zimmer, son of Polish immigrants, cried in court while reading charges against 21 year old Charles Loytg amid a disturbance at the State University of Buffalo. The moment followed Loytg's arraignment for desecrating the American flag.
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