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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1970
Page
2
A U S raid near Son Tay aimed at freeing POWs underscored tensions in Vietnam policy. Officials described the mission as a lone, risky operation, not a policy change, while military spokesmen discussed possible future contingency plans and confirmed no prisoners were found.
Inquiries recall California service of the Golden State Limited, Chicago to Los Angeles. Once an all-Pullman, the luxury train featured barbers and maids, embossed stationery, and lounge amenities. William Webb of Lomita Railroad Museum notes its status as a top tier train. museum hours are listed.
RS from Long Beach asks where to find public hunting areas. State Department of Mish and Game and Kenny's Sporting Goods provide free brochures with hunting and fishing regulations, open-area maps, varying seasons and rules for different game.
City officials announced the discovery of a Roman street dating from the first to the third century A.D. beneath an old convent off Via del Tritone. Contractors digging an underground garage exposed houses shops taverns marble columns wall decorations and mosaics.
Los Angeles hospital marks the first anniversary of its inhalation therapy department by giving away balloons filled with a mix of air from mechanical respirators. Officials describe the scent as peculiar and note the gas blend includes nitrogen oxygen and carbon dioxide for those with breathing difficulties.
On Monday night a UC Berkeley student rally degenerated into rock throwing harming several windows. A group of about 40 then burned an effigy near the home of Dr Edward Teller, the 62 year old nuclear physicist and hydrogen bomb developer.
Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky said he would lead Vietnamese volunteers in a future raid to free prisoners of war in North Vietnam after a failed U S raid. He warned negotiations might pause at Paris for a week but would resume, spoke after meeting President Nixon and advisers, and praised American volunteers in the task force. Ky predicted Vietnamization would end U S ground combat by year end 1971 as security kept crowds from protests outside the National Press Club.
Bill Bonelli, a fugitive linked to charges in San Diego and Riverside counties, died at 75 after failed extradition attempts by U.S. officials. He had lived in Mexico on a modest ranch, was known as Big Bin for his small stature, and spent his later years in Sacramento smoking with a Bold cigarette holder. His district once covered Imperial, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura and Santa Barbara counties.
Former helicopter pilot Brian W. Livingston testified at William Calley Jr. court martial that U S gunships attacked villagers along Highway 521 in My Lai. He described bodies, a trench described as a horseshoe shape, and a red squid-like object in the ditch. fellow pilots Hodde and Thompson corroborated sightings of bodies across the village and in ditches with civilians present.
A 11-year-old high school student named Rhineheart was killed at Centennial High School in Compton by a lone gunman who herded him and a girlfriend into a secluded campus area. The girl, unharmed, described the attack near the Industrial Arts building and said the suspect fled. Police issued an APB for a young Negro man in his early 20s, thin build, about 5 9 or 5 11.
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