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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1970
Page
1
Rich Hill and Joe McClure plan a 12 day teeter-tottering marathon atop a large teeter-totter to raise funds for Kadry Memorial Hospital for Children and the Muscular Dystrophy Associations of America.
A Viet Cong commander of the 5th Division, Gen Muoi Tri, was said killed in an allied bombing raid in eastern Cambodia two days earlier. A captured Viet Cong officer said the body was not recovered, and the report placed the death near Phim Khnar on Highway 7, northeast of Phnom Penh.
U S Air Force rushed C 141 Starlifter planes to Vietnam to bring 376 U S GIs home for Christmas after Saigon blocked Pan Am from landing a 747 at Tan Son Nhut. Officials cited runway and landing rights disputes, with Pan Am in talks to widen facilities and secure permits.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention dates and locations without clear events or names. Reading suggests a Sunday listing or schedule but specifics are uncertain. No distinct persons or organizations are identifiable within the readable text.
Long Beach officers pulled over Joseph Vermetti in a Santa suit on the Reach freeway near Willow Street at 3 am for an unsafe lane change. With no gun license or ID, booking seemed mandatory, but Lt. Fred De Blan intervened and Vermetti was cited for an unsafe lane change after a friend provided his license.
A National Student Association delegation arrived from Hanoi by way of Moscow carrying a "peace treaty" with Vietnamese students. Fifteen members spent two weeks in North Vietnam and one visited South Vietnam. They met North Vietnamese Premier Pham Van Dong and carried messages from American prisoners. The group is led by David Ifshin of Washington, D.C.
Washington leaders pressing for a prisoner of war release are warming to a timetable for U S troop withdrawal in exchange for POWs. Senate support could fuel a new war policy clash as Viet Cong push for a fixed date and coalition government changes in Saigon.
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