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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1969
Page
2
U S forces lead a 10 000 man assault into the A Shau Valley near Laos and kill 72 North Vietnamese. The operation gains temporary control of the invasion route as shelling rises in Jerusalem and Kuala Lumpur amid broader regional unrest. Twin Soviet probes head toward Venus with plans for soft landings and data return.
A guard at a Chrysler stamping plant in Twinsburg Ohio shot and killed four co workers and wounded at least two before dying. Names withheld pending next of kin. Police and plant officials continued to investigate the late night incident.
Apollo 10 astronauts Thomas Stafford Donald Slayton John Young and Eugene Cernan performed aerial maneuvers in T38 jets over Florida to simulate weightlessness for the eight day moon mission. The countdown for the Sunday 12 49 p.m. EDT launch proceeded smoothly.
Police clashed with over 1,000 students in Tegucigalpa as they tore down a U.S. flag at the Lincoln Hotel and tried to reach the hotel where Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller stayed. Rocks and debris flew as officers dispersed the crowd after a deadly policeman shooting sparked the protest. A heavy rain ended further demonstrations.
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