03 Jan 1969
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1969
Page
1
Weather notes highlight Dalhart 68 degrees on New Year’s Day 1969, Amarillo 64, Dallas 43, and New Orleans 47. The writer contrasts Texas warmth with downstate headlines and recalls a brief, bright Panhandle snowfall.
The piece notes that Congress and the Legislature will reopen with vows and renewed taxes, while college fees climb, making education nearly as costly as ignorance. It cites vintage quips and local color from Olsen Park Pete and others as context.
Apollo 8 crew Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders will be honored in a New York ticker tape parade January 10 starting at Battery Park ending at City Hall. They will receive presidential medals in a White House ceremony and meet the press in Washington before Houston plans a January 13 local parade.
Washington AP report says John W McCormack won the House speakership 178 to 58 over Morris Udall while Edward Kennedy’s Senate whip bid remains unresolved. Democrats hold 243 192 in the House and 57 43 in the Senate as the 91st Congress opens ahead of Nixon’s inauguration. A GOP bid to seat Adam Clayton Powell includes a $40000 fine loss of seniority and censure.
Ten USS Pueblo crewmen wounded during the North Korean seizure will receive Purple Heart medals in ceremonies planned for Saturday on the hospital parade grounds. Fireman Duane Hodges will be honored posthumously. no other awards are announced at this ceremony, though further honors may come after the court of inquiry.
Snow squalls and record lows cripple eastern Great Lakes roads with up to 14 inches in northern New York and a western New York thruway shutdown. Pacific Northwest storm eases after causing dozens of deaths while cold snaps grip multiple states from Montana to New York.
In a secret caucus vote, Sen. Ralph Yarborough remains neutral between Sen. Edward Kennedy and Sen. Russell Long as the battle for the No. 2 leadership hinges on personal ties and liberal or Southern conservative support. Yarborough is favored to chair Labor and Public Welfare, could forgo Post Office and Civil Service, and weighs regional loyalties against policy alignment.
Israelis hit Arab positions in Lebanon and Jordan and fought Egyptian gunners near the Suez Canal. Israeli jets struck across Jordan while diplomacy shifted as the Big Four met to cool the conflict. Israel denounced a UN resolution on Beirut airport raid and warned of wider consequences.
President elect Nixon plans to announce Alexis Johnson as under secretary for political affairs with Elliott Richardson named to undersecretary, William Macomber remaining in his post, and Richard Pederson as counselor. Other East Asia post contenders include Graham Martin Scalapino Greene and Young.
President elect Richard M. Nixon, health described as excellent after a 96 minute physical at Long Beach. Doctor John Lundgren, Nixon’s longtime physician, reported no special diet or exercise, advising weight control and some exercise, with swimming at the White House pool to be used.
U S and South Vietnamese forces report capturing 131 cases of East German machine gun ammunition 170 cases of hand grenades 75 rocket grenades and 375 rocket and mortar shells total seizures climb as caches along the Vam Co Don River and in the VU Minh Forest are unearthed The finds hinder Viet Cong offensives and underline ongoing cleansing operations named Giant Sling shot and proceed along the Cambodian border.
An Eastern Air Lines jet with 148 aboard was hijacked over the Atlantic and forced to Havana. Flight 401 radioed the FAA near 60 miles east of Jacksonville at 11 27 pm EST, stating I am going to Havana. Arrival in Havana was due around 12 30 am EST. It references the year’s first Cuba hijacking and notes its scale.
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