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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1969
Page
2
The U S Command reports a mass grave eight miles south of Hue containing 150 Vietnamese civilians believed victims of the 1968 Tet offensive. Earlier graves around Hue have yielded hundreds more bodies many bound or executed.
Moscow denounces China in Za Rub Life Abroad for nationalism seen as harmful to world Communist movement. The critique appears in a buried theoretical piece and uses milder terms than past Soviet attacks after the Peking meeting between Kosygin and Chou En-lai.
Mary Jo Kopechne's parents say they will press their legal fight against an autopsy amid allegations of blood at the scene. Their lawyer Joseph Flanagan cited no proof of foul play and plans to challenge District Attorney Dinis's petition as the inquest looms.
A coroner panel of psychiatrists and a psychologist concluded that more than one person was involved in the Tate family murders in Bel Air on Aug. 9. They indicated narcotics may have played a role, while offering no motive, and did not provide further details on the drugs.
Actor Macdonald Carey and his former Philadelphia socialite wife Elizabeth Heckscher were divorced in Santa Monica Superior Court on cruelty grounds. Carey must pay $2,200 monthly alimony and all children’s expenses for six offspring aged 13 to 22. The couple met in Bryn Mawr after she left social life for drama. they separated January 1, 1968.
Beverly Hills mourns screenwriter Richard Macauley 60 who died Thursday after contributing credits in the 1930s and 40s for films including Brother Rat Naughty But Nice and I'm a Million Dollar Baby A rosary is to be recited on Sunday in his memory.
Singer Jimmie Rodgers collapsed Friday night during a New Mexico State Fair rodeo show in Albuquerque. He was rushed by ambulance to Presbyterian Hospital and his condition was not known. Rodgers had head injuries from a Los Angeles beating two years earlier. An Associated Press reporter saw the darkened stage and heard him call for water before collapsing as the band continued briefly.
Prof Lee Dudbridge, special adviser to President Nixon, inspected work on the Anglo-French Concorde super sonic airliner on Friday. He is slated to tour several French scientific centers during the trip.
John Santen, 23, ordered held for trial Friday on a kidnapping charge involving Alan Ramo, 19, son of aerospace figure Simon Ramo. Ramo was seized from a Beverly Hills home last Sunday and later freed by police. Santen was arrested at the scene. Separately, Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty and astronaut Wally Schirra head a senior citizens conference Sept. 27 at city hall, with invitation to all interested residents.
A misread line notes a carrier delivery issue at the OE on Sunday with a daily mail sale planned. The fragment hints at a mail service event and delivery scheduling details.
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