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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1969
Page
2
An 18 year old Marine recruit Pvt Stephen Melson of Millsboro Delaware died in a Charleston hospital after treatment for acute kidney ailment. Officers suspend two drill instructors pending investigation into alleged beating at Parris Island.
Communist troops launched a heavy mortar attack near Duc Pho, killing 11 Americans and wounding 10 as helicopters and Air Force planes responded. In the DMZ the USS Boston silenced a mortar position while 30 Communist soldiers were killed attempting to cross the Saigon River.
Report details police using tear gas and arrests after a festival riot with youths clashing with officers. Separate Black Monday demonstrations urged by Rev. C. T. Vivian target construction jobs for 10,000 blacks across Chicago and other cities.
A folk music festival in a city park drew several hundred youths and erupted into a major disturbance Sunday. More than 100 police responded as tear gas was deployed to quell the melee.
Jerusalem shuts roads into the city and between Israel and occupied territories for Yom Kippur observance. Arabs face identity checks and weapon searches as security tightens across the West Bank. Brezhnev sent a Russian specialist to Cairo per Al Ahram amid Arab Soviet tensions.
Pope Paul VI said the world is afflicted by a lust for violence and power as he spoke to pilgrims at Castle Gandolfo. He urged moves toward peace, noting the need to curb aggressive impulses that threaten global stability.
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