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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1969
Page
2
South Vietnamese Army Ranger Corps first line units reported heavy losses after an ambush northeast of Saigon by North Vietnamese troops. The action, part of a broader Communist push, left over half of a 200man Ranger force casualties and near the Cambodian border as reinforcements arrived.
About 200 riot police with night sticks and rifles charged a crowd of 300 antiwar demonstrators near an MIT war research lab in Cambridge Massachusetts. At least 12 people were injured as officers dispersed the picket line.
Demonstrators organized by the November Action Coalition picketed a MIT instrumentation lab to halt guidance system development for MIRV and Poseidon missiles. Police formed lines on a side street to break up taunting crowds amid protests near campus.
President Nixon gave a royal welcome to Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong Michael Collins and Edwin Aldrin Jr on the White House south lawn after their 38 day world tour through 29 cities in 22 countries. The mission was praised as a landmark for American diplomacy and public goodwill.
Brazilian police arrest a Portuguese man Jose Dias Resende and his son Jose Daniel Dias Resende over the kidnapping and rifle slaying of 18 year old Patrick Egan Dolan, son of American Swift & Co. executive Richard Dolan. Dolan was abducted on Oct 30 and killed before ransom payment of 12000 dollars. The parents feared threats and did not report the crime.
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