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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1971
Page
1
Gene Autry, the former cowboy movie star, underwent surgery on his right retina at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. Dr. Charles Schepens led the operation and Autry is reported recovering well with a favorable prognosis. No cause for the ailment was disclosed.
Stella, McCartney and Linda Eastman’s baby daughter, born three weeks early at King's College Hospital London by Caesarean section, weighs 5 pounds 9 ounces. Paul notes Stella resembles her mother, Linda, who is 30 and an American photographer. Stella joins Mary, 2, as the McCartneys’ children.
London columnist William Hickey reports that the U.S. Embassy in London has lost its No 2 official Walter Annenberg aide, described as a hurried and unexpected departure. He cites Greene and predecessor Hughes as unhappy in the role, marking a second such exit in two years.
South Vietnamese and North Vietnamese forces traded dawn to dusk attacks in the U Minh forest area in the Mekong Delta. Allied spokesmen report 47 South Vietnamese killed and 97 wounded with at least 34 enemy killed as U.S. helicopters ferried reinforcements and air power blasted positions.
Lawyers from the ACLU Legal Aid Society and other groups were permitted to meet with clients inside Attica State Prison as investigations into the four day riot continued. Gov Rockefeller cited crossfire as the cause of hostages’ deaths and a blue ribbon panel was set to probe riot origins and response.
Informed sources report President Nixon plans a faster pullout of combat troops from Vietnam. Army maneuver battalions will fall below 20 percent of peak strength by November, with 27 battalions currently deployed and seven more cut in the next 20 months, mainly in Da Nang region. South Vietnam starts forming a new infantry division to fill the gap.
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