Virginia senator calls for repeal of old state song
State Sen Lawrence D Wilder the only Black member of the Virginia Senate urged repeal of Carry Me Back to Old Virginny as the state song. He said the 1875 song recalls Virginia’s shameful history and offended him at recent events. Actress Gina Lollobrigida warned she will sue over letters from her to Dr Christiaan Barnard published without consent amid a romance and divorce. Agnew ridiculed desertion and radical groups at a St Louis dinner, likening them to a zoo and praising Vietnam era troops. Jim Brown leads a Memphis charity mission with Black Economic Union members planning to travel to Holly Springs Mississippi to boost antipoverty efforts.
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Fierce Battle at Base Near Saigon Turns Deadly
North Vietnamese forces breached a U.S. paratrooper base near Saigon, killing eight GIs and wounding 12 in a two hour assault. U.S. 61st Airborne units repelled the attack as 12 enemy bodies were found on the field. South of Danang, Rangers and irregulars claimed multiple North Vietnamese regiments and tens of casualties in the Delta. Allied air strikes dropped 630 tons on targets near Ben Het on the Cambodian border.
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Prince Charles to Speak in Lords Amid Royal Watch
Prince Charles, 21, in scarlet robes, takes his seat in the House of Lords to debate and vote on laws. Queen Elizabeth commands him to defend realm parts as he joins the chamber alongside Princess Anne and Princess Margaret. Buckingham Palace says he plans active participation on youth, welfare, conservation, pollution, and Welsh issues amid potential reform of hereditary titles. In Naples, the Greek freighter tangles with four U.S. ships, damaging the Semmes and others with no injuries.
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Yellowstone
Three Robbery Suspects Seized in Long chase
Anaheim police arrested three robbery suspects after a 1-mile chase that began at Stadium Liquors on Anaheim Boulevard and reached speeds over 100 mph. The pursuit ended at the San Diego Freeway interchange. items stolen from clerk John Taranitza were recovered. Suspects are James Robert Cook, Gary Edward Betancourt, and Keith Lee Owens.
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Michael Winney
Stadium Liquors
S. Anaheim Blvd
Santa Ana
Winney
San Diego
John Taranitza
James Robert Cook
W. Katella
Gary Edward Betancourt
McFadden
Keith Lee Owens
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Fountain Valley
A Carrier to be Named Eisenhower
Washington announces the third nuclear powered attack carrier to be built for 510 million dollars. It will be named Dwight D. Eisenhower in honor of the late president. Keel laying set for spring at Newport News where Newport News Shipbuilding will build the ship. Construction should take five years under the 1970 shipbuilding program to modernize the Navy with fewer, more efficient vessels.
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White House
Newport News
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Gangs Control Airport Threat Ignored by Authorities
U S Attorney General John N Mitchell warned that air freight at a major U S airport is trapped between racketeer dominated unions and associations and faces massive losses. He cited Kennedy Airport thefts running into millions and a recent $200000 jewelry heist as evidence. He noted securities theft totaling 45 million in the first nine months of 1969 and said raids on banks dealing in stolen securities would begin.
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New York Band Club
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CARR LEP DELIVERY SUNDAY ONLY 3 PERCENT
Delivery notice shows a Sunday only rate of 3 percent, with EA 4m figures and a reference to a location coded TT 5.08 in unclear text. The fragment mentions a carrier delivery context and a percentage figure, but lacks full details for clear entities or outcome.
Probers Baffled 11 Show Horses Die Near Oil Refinery
Eleven show horses die near a Benicia refinery from hemolytic anemia. Investigators from state and county agencies and Humble Oil find no definite link to refinery emissions, though high toxin exposure remains a circumstantial possibility. Owners report prior losses and call for further testing.
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George Wesner
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Humble
De Sapio Sentenced to Prison in Bribe Case
New York Carmine De Sapio former Manhattan Democratic leader was sentenced to two years in prison and fined 4500 for bribe conspiracy with Anthony Corallo to bribe James Marcus water commissioner and extort construction contracts from Consolidated Edison Co His lawyer said he would appeal the sentence.
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