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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1969
Page
2
A sweeping 1969 recap highlights Sharon Tate’s murder and other Hollywood deaths, soaring divorce rates among celebrities, and high profile marriages. It notes Richard Burton’s diamond purchase, awards like Oliver and Charley, and a year of sensational public lives and rapid separations across the jet set.
Patti Page, famed for Tennessee Waltz, says country and western music isn’t fading but moving into the pop arena as country rock. She notes she still sings true country on stage and declines protest songs for her children’s sake.
Soviet papers publish an interview with 12 year old Vo Thi Lien said to have survived the My Lai killings in Vietnam and later brought to Moscow. Pravda and Komsomolskaya Pravda say she and her grandparents were ordered from a bomb shelter by an American soldier who killed the elders. She recalls gunfire, chaos, and a total of 502 killed across three villages.
London UPI reports one of the Hanson quintuplets, born six weeks early, was brought home for Christmas with her parents. The baby weighed about ld ounces at birth and was released to join the family for the holidays.
Hollywood Florida a rock music festival opening amid cold weather and low attendance drew police scrutiny for drugs Three bands played until about 2 a m before the show ended temprano Evangelist Billy Graham was slated to speak Sunday morning About 2500 youths spent the night at the grounds huddled by fires with winds in the 80s and authorities prohibited camping or cooking while allowing blanket sleeping on the grounds A makeshift wood house dubbed the dog house was built by two youths to sleep in Attendance reached about 4500 far below the 35000 to 50000 expected
Delinquent customers along milkman Rene Hugenty’s route may benefit as Bu géing wins the two million new cruzeiros grand prize. He will use the payout to cancel all debts owed to him by his clients, linking the result to a national Christmas Lottery event.
A December debate hinges on the word genocide as federal and local police and the FBI are scrutinized for actions against the Black Panthers. The Chicago Monroe Street raid left Hampton and Clark dead, with multiple Panthers and officers wounded, prompting investigations and heated national commentary.
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew met for two hours with Adm. John S. McCain in Honolulu to discuss U S military posture in the Pacific and Vietnamization as he prepares a 37 000 mile Far Eastern tour. Security was tight with limited public access as Agnew planned visits to the Philippines Taiwan Thailand Nepal Malaysia Singapore Australia and New Zealand before returning to Honolulu January 16.
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