Burlington Hawk-Eye (Newspaper) - November 14, 1969, Burlington, Iowa Hawk j Viet Casualty Rate Catching In County THE BURLINGTON HAWKEYE Fate and percentages in the Vietnam war are catching up with Des Moines Deaths in the combat zone now total between and since In approximate one GI in every Americans has now died in Southeast In this with three Vietnam deaths recorded to the ratio is about one to But not until when somewhere around Ameri can soldiers had already fallen to com munist did Des Moines county lose its first SHEER COINCIDENCE This low casualty a fortunate lo cal effect from an confused has to be sheer Theres no evidence that Des Moines county boys duck bullets more adroitly than GIs nor does the enemy avoid local men in Des Moines county has just been lucky so and while the nations casualty lists are going fate and tages are catching Wintry Scene In Burlington Burlington got its first its first icy streets and its lowest temperature of the year Tonight is ex to be even Low temperature early Friday was 12 The expected to dip to 10 degrees Snowfall left inch of moisture Thursday at recording station and at The City street crews began spreading sand on slippery streets around By midnight four loads of sand had been the first application of the A shutoff of electrical service on North Hill scheduled for today has been poned until next An ISU spokes man said that although the shutoff would have been for less an maxi ISU did not want to deprive resi dents qf electricity that long on such a cold He said a more moderate day would be selected for the shutoff and those affected would be The shutoff will allow ISU workers to install higher voltage transformers to increase capacity on North the spokesman Wounded Son Hears Of Gas Surge Here The Clarence Pyles of 111 Marshall have had their worries over their Navy wounded in Vietnam and now recuperating at The tables were turned when a gas pressure surge caused a number of home fires here 6 and the incident gained the worldwide attention of the news Hearing about the fires here over the Far East Radio network the night it Pyle in Japan fired off a letter worried over how his family had I wrote the day after the fires that we were not among the unfortunate ones whose homes had a his fath er Baptism Was Cold In a collection of memorabilia for the recent centennial celebration of Oak Street Baptist Dorothy Hoelzen came across this account of the churchs first baptismal held during 1870 at Flint near Ernest Tae gers in The quaint chronicle continues Because it was the first baptismal everyone crowded down on the ice near the hole in which Kohrs was and Grandpa the only was afraid the ice would break away and every one would fall and a lot more get baptized than Fred Brenneke lived right on the bank of Flint and Would wrap the can in blankets and they changed clothes in No one caught cold even from the cold Where In The 133RD 109 PHONE 7548461 NOVEMBER 1969 14 SECTION PRICE IOC Apollo On Way CAPE KENNEDY UPI Americas Apollo 12 apparently jolted by a lightning bolt on its takeoff for the hurtled out of earth orbit today toward the nations second lunar The three man crew Cold Wait for Hot Space Shot FACING A 22DEGREE tempera ture Friday morning in these three men may have wished they were with Apollo 12 astro at Cape Kennedy where the ther hovered in the From left are Tom Gary Chesnut and John who paused only briefly for a progress report on the moon flight from the storefront TV set at Appliance 214 Jordan Opposes WASHINGTON UPI Len announced today his opposition to the Supreme Court nomina tion of Clement Haynsworth The Jordan was the first Rockies area Republican so far to come out publicly against the nomination but he had been known to be Two other Republican sena tors conducted a floor exchange over the controversial nomina Jacob said on civil rights were so out oi date and insensitive to the rights of blacks he could not support the Marlow a leading Haynsworth argued that the Senate could not judge a court nominee on his The ideology of the nominee is the responsibility of the Cook The Senates judgment should be solely upon grounds of who know the judge best have testified he is of unquestioned integrity and almost without peer as a legal With formal debate on the controversial nomination under way at Javits said he had reviewed every segregation concurring or wrote since he went on the federal circuit bench in Tiny Tot Going Home 1114 Where is the richest hill in the Answer on Page By JEANETTE QUINN Now a strong 5Vfe Miracle Baby Tawnya Lea 3 m o n t h o 1 d daughter of the Richard 105 West is scheduled to go home from Memorial hospitals Mercy unit this Weighing only 2 10 at her three months last Tawnya is one of the youngest and smallest babies to Waiting at home to greet the baby sister theyve never yet seen are three and Its really exciting to be able to take Tawnya Korschgen We were told not to get our hopes up that this day would In who de livered thought shed live only a few Tawnya was sustained on in feedings for the first hours after nurses she was given glucose water by mouth and was Ounces Lost Ounces were lost for a while after Mercy nurses before weight gains could be noted as a result of high calorie formulas prescribed by local Para gas and Sixto Tawnya was in an iso an incubator for pre mature until according to hos pital are designed to provide controlled humidity and oxygen They permit feeding with a of Korschgen went home from the hospital five days after She first was able to hold Tawnya when the baby was taken from the isolette nine days Everybody Loves Her Everybody heie loves said Marie obstetrical floor Another nurse responsible for the babys good care is Lois in charge of the nursery at Mercy Korschgen said she and her husband realize and theyve been told by the doctors that almost survival can be credited to the care she has nurses and aides in the Indian Name Tawnya was given that Indian name Russian spelling because her mothers grand father is a Cherokee Herbert now of South Chicago Korschgen runs the Richards Upholstery shop in West Caring for Tawnya has pro vided a good learning exper for nursing students of both units of Memorial Schroder Well miss her from the Tawnya measured 18 and a half inches on man planned to reach the moon Tuesday to set up a nu clear powered scientific base and begin mans first true exploration of er After the astronauts circled the earth 1 checking to be sure their spaceship was in working At they fired an engine blast that rocketed them out of the earth orbit and started them toward the The lunar orbit insertion maneuver went Hit By Lightning Following the harrowing lift 39yearold spaceflight com mander Charles Pete Conrad told ground Id almost be positive we got hit by lightning He and his Alan and Richard planned to set up a nuclear powered scientific base on the moon and begin mans first true exploration of another The storm threatened up to the final minutes to delay the But 14 minutes before scheduled launch con trol reported that weather conditions were within accepta ble Right On Time The Saturn 5 rocket cleared the launch tower precisely on time at and it appeared a perfect This baby is really Conrad But then things changed Just lost the guidance I dont know what happened Had everything in the world drop I dont know what Im not sure we werent hit by there was this space to ground exchange Cardiac Arrests We need to do a little more allweather Conrad responded launch Weve had a couple of cardiac arrests down the ground controller We didnt have time for that up Conrad The jolt caused loss of the main electrical distribution system and cut off power to the primary guidance This forced the spacecraft to switch to its backup the first time the Nixon Sees Launch system had been put to a The crisis was the most anxious first few minutes of flight in Americas manned space Laugh Later Conrad and his companions were able to laugh over the harrowing Were all chuckling over the instrument panel warning so many of them we couldnt read he President his their and Vice President and Spiro Agnew were among the estimated half million persons who watched the Nixon de grinning and clapping his First For Nixon The President watched the event from a VIP viewing area about 3V4 miles from the launch Nixon was the first chief executive to witness a manned spacecraft The 363foot rocket rose in a sea of billowing generat ing million pounds of thrust as it set out on its mile journey to the Conrad Finds Viet Protest Objectionable SPACE Houston 12 commander Charles Pete Conrad does not fear a flight to the moon but is frightened by protest methods being used by some young I dont think any of us astronauts object to any of the issues the young people Conrad said in a taped interview with the National Broadcasting The thing I object it makes me the manner of their This is the only country in the world where they could do Fellow astronaut Alan Bean said the questioning of values is a good I dont think it hurts for young people to come up and question the No Replacements Astronaut Richard Gordon said he thought some young people were attempting to tear down established tions without offering replace it appears to me is that some people are trying to in a society without rules and Death March In Single File WASHINGTON UPI Viet nam war protesters filed through the nations toward the Presidents house at an estimated an hour solemn and silent save when they shouted the names of war dead toward the White Under the watchful eyes of their own marshals and city the de were even to obeying walk signs along the route from Arlington National Ceme tery to the foot of Capitol Based on estimates by the sponsoring New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam New some persons had taken part in the procession up to The total was report ed to reach to by Saturday morning when the march against death Promise Good The New Mobe apparently was making every effort to make good on its advance promise of a peaceful But authorities were keeping a watchful eye on the activities of some smaller groups on the sidelines of the The big event of the three days of major phase of nationwide Saturday morning when a march takes place down Pennsylvania Avenue to within a block of the White New Mobe would how many would take part but leaders privately were talking in terms of or Those in the death many carrying were predominantly almost entirely Long hair and beards were much in There was a scatter ing of older some in their But mostly they were even in the lower Not Many Blacks Quite noticeable was the absence of many black despite the fact that Negroes have suffered a disproportion ale number of casualties in Several black leaders told UPI they were not participating because they were not asked by the largely white mobilization We dont necessarily advo cate a demonstration that is run by blacks simply because we surfer the said one Negro We just wanted to be a functional part of Spock Leads Rally In advance of Saturdays mass a group led by Benjamin the conducted an rally this afternoon on the mall between the Capitol and the Washington prior to converging on the Justice Department to protest the In addition about two dozen Marines were on duty at the and the White House announced streets a block or more from the executive mansion will be sealed off throughout Saturdays mass march and a climactic rally at the Washington Widow Wont Take Medal For Herself DES MOINES UPI The widow of a Des Moines soldier killed in Vietnam Thursday re fused to accept the nations sec ond highest award for gallantry awarded to her husband during ceremonies the Sandra did accept the medal on behalf of her 17month old daughter from Iowa Adju tant General Joseph A spokesman for the adjutant generals office said Nutt had requested a general officer to make the presentation of the Distinguished Service Cross awarded to her Walter Lee a The spokesman said that af ter May had presented her with the award she said she could not accept it because her hus band gave her instructions to refuse any medals that might be awarded to Accepted For Daughter she later did accept the medal on behalf of h e r Nutt was killed April 28 while serving with the 9th Infan try In addition to Distinguished Service Nutt received two Bronze Stan and the Purple Heart as as several other awards f o t Agnew Blasts TV The and their daughter CAPE KENNEDY President watching his first manned space shot leaped to his feet and stared in awe today as Apollo 12 roared into space on a 10day moon exploration he cheering and clapping his hands with their daughter and hundreds of others jammed into bleachers at a VIP viewing area about 3 miles away from the launch As dozens of children sur rounding him chanted the last few seconds Of the Nixon was noticeably tense as he gazed at the space ship through a heavy haze and a light But when Apollo 12 lifted off and the thunder rolled across the he broke into a WEATHER FORECAST Partly quite cold Variable not quite so cold with a chance of scattered snow Low tonight high Saturday Sunday outlook Partly cloudy and RIVER STAGES Burlington down Keithsburg down Keokuk up DESMOINES UPI Vice President Spiro Agnew strongly criticized television coverage of President Nixons 3 Vietnam speech Thurs complaining it was subject to instant analysis and lous He said the content of television news shown to 50 million Americans is in the hands of a dozen people and challenged the networks to improve the quality and objectivity of news presenta The presidents of the three major all of which carried Agnews speech to some 400 persons at a Midwest Republican dinner made Julian president of said evidently he would prefer a different kind of television that would be subservient to whatever poli cal group was in CBS President Frank Stanton said Agnews speech was an unprecedented attempt to intimidate a news ABCs Leonard Goldenson said We will continue to report the news accurately and confident in the ultimate judgment of the American Subjected To Instant Analysis Agnew complained that when President Nixon finished his speech his words and policies were subjected to instant analysis and querulous The audience of 70 million to hear A Surprise Vice President Agnews re quest to speak at Des Moines Thursday night caught us by McDill Boyd of a national committeeman and chairman of the Midwest Republican Re gional Republican the conference doesnt open until today in Des Agnews appearance was scheduled as a social Boyd said he received a call Tuesday from Agnews office saying the vice president might be able to come to Des Moines Thursday night and wants to help wherever he I said Boyd related and they see what you can the President of the United inherited by a small band of network com and the majority of whom in one way or their hostility to what he had to It was obvious that their minds were made up in Those who recall the rumbling and groping that followed President Johnsons dramatic disclosure of his intention not to seek reelection have seen these men in a genuine state of This was not In White House Ziegler Uninformed Continued On Page 2 Nixon Lauds Agnew CAPE KENNEDY President Nixon watched Spiro Agnew on television Thurs day night when he lashed out against the networks and said today he has great confidence in the vice the White House While declining to comment specifically on Agnews attack on the television networks for the hostile handling of Nixons Vietnam White House Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler said the vice president is entitled to express his own He said Nixon did not discuss the speech with the vice president but he thought the vice president had expressed himself with great
