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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1969
Page
3
The Coast Guard suspended its five day search for the Liberian tanker Keo believed sunk off Nantucket with 36 men aboard. Eight bodies were recovered, none identified, as crews covered 27,100 square miles of the North Atlantic near the break in two.
Three U.S. soldiers Tinsley Strickland and Watkins recount a rough captivity near Da Nang after eight months to nearly two years in jungle prison camps. They describe Viet Cong propaganda, medical care and periodic contact with families by phone, while noting questions about the reasons for their release and the antiwar demonstrations in the United States.
A bipartisan Joint Commission on Correctional Manpower and Training urges Congress to fund a Correctional Manpower Development Act with at least 25 million annually. The plan seeks nationwide education, scholarships, legal and bonding reforms, and centers to standardize training and advance correctional careers, backed by 95 organizations.
Former California leaders debate state finances, higher education cuts and Vietnam policy. Salinger criticizes Reagan and Democratic missteps, contrasts Rome’s end with California’s challenges. A Latino black caucus demands budget shares and policy roles in party structures amid ongoing war impact debates.
A 56 year old Los Angeles man was arrested after allegedly shooting and killing 8 year old Jerry Robinson with a .38 revolver. The incident occurred as the boy ran through a yard with other children and Heard reportedly fired to frighten them with firecrackers. He was booked on suspicion of murder following police questioning.
An early morning fire damaged Whig Hall at Princeton University with no injuries and the cause undetermined. The blaze was discovered at 6:45 a.m. in the vacant building housing the American Whig Cliosophic Society offices and student spaces, with flames rising up to 20 feet as university and town firefighters fought the smoke.
The Ministry of Defense announced that senior sailors will lose the daily free rum ration but may buy a double of duty free whiskey daily at about six cents. Lower ranking sailors may receive compensation. all sailors may buy beer and some still drink rum alternatives as storage concerns end the rum allotment.
Ronald Reagan, visiting Europe, told BBC in London that the Kennedy and Johnson administrations failed to equip South Vietnam’s army adequately. He argued the pullout plan ignored South Vietnam’s ability to survive, likening current policy to Eisenhower's approach of providing technology and support while Vietnam’s own forces use manpower.
President Nixon held two hour talks aboard Air Force One with Rogers Laird Mitchell and Kissinger to map Vietnam strategy and nuclear arms talks. The White House NSC meeting will set instructions for long bargaining with the Soviet Union and outline the shift of war responsibilities to South Vietnam.
Wallace, former Alabama governor, toured a field evacuation hospital in Vietnam and spoke with wounded American soldiers. He met Gen. Abrams staff, flew to a remote outpost, and visited the 24th evacuation hospital at Long Binh, 18 miles northeast of Saigon.
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