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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1969
Page
1
SAIGON The U S toll in Vietnam fell to 157 killed and 1 449 wounded in the week ending Saturday, the lowest in four weeks, while South Vietnamese losses rose with 402 killed and 1 210 wounded. Heavy fighting occurred around Saigon as allies pressed the offensive.
Egyptian claims report six Israeli planes shot down with two lost, while Israel says eleven attackers were downed and one of its planes lost. Fighting raged from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea as Nasser ordered new sorties in retaliation for recent clashes. Egyptian strikes hit a radar station rocket sites the southern command post of the Israeli army artillery positions and a Gulf of Suez naval installation. The clash marks the largest air battle since July 8.
President Nixon announced he will fly to New York to address the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 18, with private talks planned with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko as part of a broader effort to pursue arms talks and Vietnam peace initiatives. A Cabinet review of the Vietnamese situation was convened with advisers from Washington, Vietnam, and Paris.
Ford makes abrupt personnel move firing former GM VP Semon Knudsen from the Ford presidency. Knudsen said he had no idea the move was coming until Henry Ford walked into his office on September 2. The action follows reports of a top management struggle involving Lee Iacocca and others. Henry Ford II praised Knudsen while acknowledging expectations did not work out.
Fragmented OCR text shows an independent phone line and a daily publication note with partial street names and garbled details. It mentions a carrier delivery and a price of 150 and 947 dollars, with Sunday copy and maintenance notes. Strong entities include Mass Fridhy and Gatarert street fragments.
Robert Williams, a Black militant, wins a high profile flights back to the United States after eight years abroad. He and his lawyer will fly solo on a Boeing 797 charter, with tickets at 202 dollars each, as TWA reverses its prior refusal amid hijacking concerns. The journey aims to reclaim Williams in a case that drew international attention.
Dorothy Shinder, leader of War Singles (Not War Widows), told the Senate Finance Committee that many older women remain unmarried due to war deaths. She urged special tax benefits and a $35,000 payment to each, citing 20,000-plus members from her San Francisco group representing unmarried women affected by wartime losses.
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