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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1969
Page
2
South Vietnam regional forces claim to have killed 45 enemy soldiers in the Mekong Delta after an ambush that left 36 government troops dead. About 300 soldiers fought Friday 50 miles southwest of Saigon amid intensified Delta fighting as U.S. forces pull out.
Secretary General Thant reported to the General Assembly that the United Nations should expand its headquarters to accommodate 126 members, up from 70, with plans including a larger conference room and more office, dining, and lounge space. The project faces Assembly approval amid a tight 131 million dollar working budget.
Australian Prime Minister John Gorton reportedly reveals in an upcoming biography that he is illegitimate. The book claims his father, John Rose Gorton, and Kathleen Gorton separated after arriving in Australia, and describes complex paternity events, custody, and education details.
President Nixon named Michael Collins assistant secretary of state for public affairs at a $38 000 annual salary. Collins said he will counter antiwar arguments and push for a more unified foreign policy approach while resigning his Air Force commission to take the job. He noted his spaceflight experience and aims to bring clear communication to policy discussions.
Actress Terry Moore, 40, was sued for divorce by her third husband Stuart Warren Cramer, 41, alleging extreme cruelty. They wed on June 28, 1959, and separated July 1. They share two children, Stuart, age 9, and Grant, age 7. Cramer is a former husband of Jean Peters, now married to Howard Hughes. A coroner’s inquest ruled King Freddie of Buganda died of acute alcohol poisoning in a London flop house where he lived in exile. Uganda now part of an African nation.
Former Arkansas governor Orval E Faubus said friends urged him to seek the 1970 Democratic nomination for governor. Faubus led the state from 1954 to 1966. In New York Steven Rockefeller and his wife Anne Marie Rasmussen announced their separation. The couple married in Logne Norway on August 22 1959 and have three children.
American industrialist Cyrus Eaton said in Paris he would travel to Hanoi to meet with Vietnamese leaders to learn their views and report back to U.S. industrialists on steps to end the war. He planned to depart for Hanoi that day and return with a plan.
Former Hollywood actress Dorothy Helen Kelly who ran a society newsletter the La Jolla Snooper died Friday in a house fire caused by smoking in bed. Discovered by a talent scout in 1940 she appeared in small roles for 20th Century Fox Warner Brothers and RKO.
Attorneys for Frank Sinatra filed suit in federal court to stop the New Jersey State Investigation Commission from forcing him to testify in an organized crime probe. Sinatra, subpoenaed in June while aboard a yacht at Atlantic Highlands, refused to appear and called the action a three ring circus. The suit seeks a temporary restraining order and a permanent injunction against future appearances.
Bishop Fulton J. Sheen steps down after a three year tenure as bishop of Rochester New York at age 72 He hands the crozier to Msgr Joseph Lloyd Hogan and will retire and become titular archbishop of Newport Rhode Island confirming the October 15 retirement announcement.
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