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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1969
Page
1
Seven Green Beret officers led by Col. Robert Rheault boarded a military jet out of Bien Hoa after delays in the case over Thai Khac Chuyen. Rheault said Chuyen may have been a North Vietnamese double agent and declined comment on the investigation.
Lompoc leaders push to upgrade the Route 1 stretch from Lompoc Wye to Burton Mesa Rd to first class two lane standards. The board directed Road Commissioner Leland Steward to draft a resolution of support for state highway officials and to urge including the hill section in the appeal.
The Southern Pacific yard near Laurel Avenue and A Street, operating since 1922 under a 50 year franchise, faces growing hazard amid urban expansion. Critics cite timing of freight car moves and gate failures, while city officials and railroad engineers review proposed changes and safety programs.
Bonn UPI Walter Scheel of the Free Democrats said his party would negotiate to join Willy Brandt's Social Democrats to form a coalition and unseat Kurt Georg Kiesinger. The mark rose as the election left no party with a majority and discuss negotiations continued.
A major earthquake struck coastal South Africa from Cape Town to Durban killing at least 11 people and injuring dozens. In Wolseley and Tulbagh many houses collapsed and fires broke out as residents fled. The tremor lasted about 15 seconds at 10 40 pm, with seismographs disturbed and witnesses reporting a roaring noise.
The White House announced that about 6,000 U S military personnel from the Air Force and Army would be withdrawn from Thailand by July 1 1970 with the mass pullback starting within weeks. Remaining forces will depend on Vietnam War developments and regional defense plans.
The first group of about 1,000 Marines from the 3rd Division began leaving Vietnam for Okinawa, with 4,900 more to depart for the United States by Monday. B52 bombers struck near the DMZ dropping 270 tons as combat reports described light activity elsewhere and a civilian death from a roadside mine. A South Vietnamese Army captain was killed in Saigon by terrorists who wounded his girlfriend in the Cholon district.
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