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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Nov 01, 1969

Page

2

U S Air Power Hits Reds in Saigon Area Fight

US fighter bombers and helicopter gunships killed 41 enemy soldiers northeast of Saigon in a Friday attack aided by artillery and Phantom jets. Across South Vietnam 24 enemy dead and 4 American deaths were reported, with Thieu pledging more sacrifices and troop withdrawals next year. Arab guerrillas in Lebanon seized three villages as Arafat planned Cairo talks amid broader regional clashes. Egyptian jets bombed Israeli positions along the Suez Canal as Israel retaliated.

Saigon 1St Air Cavalry Division Phouc Binh South Vietnam Nguyen van Thieu Thieu Cairo Lebanon Palestine Arab Yassir Arafat Voice of Palestine Radio al Fatah Mashta Hassan Mashta Hammoud Sidra Middle East Arafat Salah Mehdi Ammash Charles Helou East Bank Suez Canal

Five Seattle unions charged with racial bias in recruitment

U S District Attorney Stan Pitkin sought to bar the Ironworkers Electrical Workers Plumbers and Pipefitters Sheet Metal Workers and Operating Engineers locals from blocking Negroes from membership or employment. The move follows black demonstrations over minority hiring and white union walkouts at the state capital.

Seattle U.S. Dist. Atty Stan Pitkin U.S. Atty John Mitchell Pitkin U.S. District Court U.S. Labor Department State Capitol

Lord Harlech to wed Pamela Colin in London announcement

Lord Harlech also known as William David Ormsby Gore a former British ambassador to Washington plans marriage to Pamela Colin fashion editor and American described as ultra fashionable London friends say. Colin announced the engagement in London Friday.

Lord Harlech Jacqueline Onassis Pamela Colin London Miss Colin William David Ormsby Gore Washington Kennedy

Lindbergh Laughs Off Narrow Escape During Philippines Tour

Charles Lindbergh 67 laughed off reports of a near disaster during an emergency landing in the northern Philippines. He said a precautionary landing in a rice field was due to bad weather while resuming his flying tour in a small light plane. Dr. Robert Fox accompanied him as the two avoided a supposed crash scare. Ralph Nader attacked Nixon’s consumer proposals, calling them scandalous at a press event with Rep. Benjamin Rosenthal. Nader urged a strong consumer protection bill and criticized the White House plan for a consumer office and rights to sue.

Charles Lindbergh Philippines Atlantic Lone Eagle Lindbergh Robert Fox Ralph Nader Nixon Nader Benjamin Rosenthal Dn.y Rosenthal

Eerie Fog Delays Nixon Flight to Camp David

President Nixon could not land at Camp David due to a thick mountaintop fog near Thurmont Maryland. The helicopter circled the retreat before landing on school grounds and the president proceeded to the camp for a weekend focused on his Vietnam address.

Nixon Camp David Thurmont Catoctin Mountains Maryland Henry Kissinger John Ehrlichman Bryce Harlow White House

U S and Russia Clash Over Mideast Talks

Washington and Moscow traded sharp questions about good faith during stalled negotiations on the Israeli Arab conflict. State Department and Soviet officials accused each other of seeking a peaceful settlement while Dobrynin and Rogers pressed rival lines in brief talks. In Venezuela, soldiers seized the Central University campus at night and rounded up snipers, wounding five police officers.

Washington Mideast Russia State Department Moscow William Rogers Anatoly Dobrynin Dobrynin U.S Nixon Caracas Venezuela Central University of Venezuela

Sheppard and Strickland wed in Mexico amid family ties

Dr. Sam Sheppard 45, newly married to Colleen Strickland 20 in Mexico on October 21, with Strickland’s father George Strickland a wrestling partner. Sheppard’s history includes a 1954 Bay Village murder case and a 1964 Chicago divorce amid a later life shift to osteopathy in Columbus.

Sam Sheppard Ohio Penitentiary Colleen Strickland Columbus Ohio Mexico Sheppard Arianne Tebbenjohanns Chicago Cleveland Chihuahua George Strickland Marilyn Bay Village

McIntire Breaks With ACCC Forms New Christian Action Council

Dr. Carl McIntire a noted New Jersey radio evangelist splits from the American Council of Christian Churches which he founded 28 years ago. He announces a new militant group the American Christian Action Council citing a shift toward liberal stances on global and domestic issues.

Carl McIntire New Jersey American Council of Christian Churches McIntire American Christian Action Council ACCC

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