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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1969
Page
2
A Press-Telegram reporter recalls serving aboard the destroyer Frank E. Evans in December 1968 during the Vietnam War. Seventy three crewmen are missing or presumed dead after the Evans collision, with one verified death. The writer notes the ship’s crew and the moment of a helicopter pick up.
The USS Evans based in Long Beach and famed as a fighting destroyer survived World War II and later served in Vietnam era duties. It collided with HMAS Melbourne during peace exercises, endured kamikaze and air attacks off Okinawa, and was credited with downing 19 Japanese aircraft.
Defense officials discuss possible purchase of MiG automatic rifles for South Korea. Colt Industries will send reps later this month for further talks as part of a critical war phase. The article also covers the Evans wreck after a collision with the carrier Melbourne, detailing casualties and ship damage.
President Nixon denounces campus groups he calls bullies pressuring college authorities. Speaking at General Beadle State College on the Mundt Library dedication day, he warns coercion undermines democracy and urges defense of civil order amid student unrest.
A 19 year old AWOL Army youth identified as Danny IC Paul of Los Angeles was talked out of jumping from a cable span on the Golden Gate Bridge after a 20 minute conversation with Highway Patrolman Peter Remneff. He climbed down and was turned over to military authorities.
Police say a man identified as Lawrence Smith 3 was found in serious condition at General Hospital after leaping from the third floor with a child in his arms during a deadly blaze at an apartment building owned by Mary Cohen. Neighbors Cornelius and Charles Twenter aided evacuations as 80 to 100 residents were inside. Police tentatively identified six family victims Rex and Tina Johnson and six others including Joyce Frantis Edmund Tee Godden Jr Barbara Smith and an unidentified girl.
A Mexican crew aboard the sunken Goodwill yacht left 12 missing after a late Saturday incident near Ensenada. Among the missing are Ralph Larrabee, 68, part owner of the craft, and John Cole, 31, associate manager at Communications Manufacturing Co. Others include Carrie Graybehl, 9, and aunt Patricia Neinhauser, 42. A Sierra Madre Search and Rescue team is ready to assist on land as conditions are rugged with little water.
Fire on the 34th floor of the Republic National Bank Building in downtown Dallas trapped 35 to 40 people until firefighters guided them to safety. At least four were hospitalized with cuts from breaking windows for air as acrid smoke filled corridors and offices on three floors. The blaze appeared to start in a work area undergoing alterations adjacent to an American Airlines complex, leaving halls charred and a dangerous curtain of smoke near the elevators.
San Diego workers were ordered back to work Monday as three city installations received temporary restraining orders. The County and Municipal Employees Union AFL-CIO had threatened to strike over wages and fringe benefits. A hearing set for Wednesday will determine if the injunction becomes permanent.
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