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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1970
Page
1
Seven women patrolling downtown meters were dismissed after investigators found they issued tickets on their own cars and voided copies to gain free parking. Traffic director Stewart Fischer said the scheme allowed them to avoid action on the tickets.
Reports from Saigon indicate U S and South Vietnamese forces killed roughly 120 Viet Namese and Viet Cong in clashes south of Da Nang while also capturing 30. Allies reported attacks on a Special Forces camp southwest of Da Nang and at Thuong Duc district. Four Americans died and 21 wounded in various clashes and booby traps.
In Saigon the U S Command announced that three more Army units totaling about 480 troops will be deactivated as part of President Nixon’s program to trim U S strength in Vietnam to 444,000 by year end. The units are part of the 4th Infantry Division, including Company G of the 8th Medical Battalion and Company C of the 9th Engineer Battalion, plus the 5th Maintenance Battalion of the 1st Combat Group. Indira Gandhi meets with Premiera in Moscow as she travels to New York for the UN anniversary session.
An African delegation led by Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia plans possible boycott of President Nixon’s U N anniversary dinner at the White House. The group cites a last minute reshuffle delaying Kaunda’s Oct 19 U N speech and accuses Washington of snubbing nonaligned nations.
In New York On Tuesday UPI reports President Nixon will meet Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko in Washington on Thursday to discuss easing the current strain in U.S.-Soviet relations. Secretary Rogers announced the talks after a two hour forty five minute session with Gromyko.
The World Trade Center in lower Manhattan became the world's tallest building on Monday, topping the Empire State Building by four feet at 1,250 feet. The twin towers will reach 1,050 feet when finished, though a 1,450-foot Chicago skyscraper is already in progress.
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