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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1969
Page
2
Paratroopers and rangers hit a North Vietnamese company near the South China Sea coast in a four hour battle that left 58 Communist dead and no American casualties. Across Vietnam 145 Communists and five Americans were killed with 47 Americans wounded. European Community summit seen on British entry amid Gaulle’s veto history.
The measure clears the House 322 to 60 to widen the guaranteed student loan program interest ceiling by up to 3 percent to attract bankers. It targets about 200000 financially strapped students amid broader budget and policy debates.
CBS reported President Nixon intends to retire Selective Service head Gen. Lewis Hershey within a month and may suspend the draft for a month while Congress debates reforms including a lottery. Nixon screens four candidates for Hershey’s replacement and could push troop withdrawals to defuse campus opposition.
William Vanden Heuvel dismissed as ridiculous a Washington Post report that he and Ethel Kennedy might marry. The claim appeared in a Sunday column by Maxine Cheshire describing the closeness between the aide and the Kennedy family.
United Nations Secretary General Thant urged for normal relations between China and the Soviet Union and cordial ties between Washington and Peking. He opened the General Assembly’s 24th session calling on all five nuclear powers to pursue disarmament talks for a world free from war.
Consumer crusader Ralph Nader criticized the Justice Department on Monday for not prosecuting the Big Four automakers over antismog device blocking. He argued the evidence of a conspiracy exists in DOJ files and faulted the move to settle the case with a consent decree, avoiding a public trial.
Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina called a Life magazine claim that he received a very high payment for condemned land a liberal smear aimed at undermining his influence in Washington. He spoke Monday denying the allegation and defending his record.
Dr. Christian Barnard in Birmingham argues that early transplant deaths do not mean failure. He notes patient Philip Blaiberg lived 19 months after a January 1968 transplant, emphasizing the extra months of life as the true measure of success.
Fragmentary OCR reveals a legal public notice reference with dates and court mentions. It cites Los Angeles Superior Court and a decree number, with delivery day notes and street references such as Pine Ave and Beach. Details are unreadable and not fully coherent.
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