Veterans Day 1969 Honors War Dead amid Vietnam Debate
Americans marked Veterans Day with ceremonies honoring service members while amid demonstrations over Nixon’s Vietnam policy. Officials and veterans groups pushed for support of the administration’s war aims as protests planned in Washington were set to escalate.
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Northampton
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Arlington National Cemetery
David Packard
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Administrator of Veterans Affairs
Donald E. Johnson
Johnson
America
Two die in Scott County car grieving combine crash toll rise
Three fatalities in Minnesota Monday raise the 1969 road toll to 844. In Scott County near New Market Kenneth Teca, 19, and passenger Andrew Sirek, 19, died in a headon crash involving a grain combine. Sirek’s brother escaped with minor injuries. The combine operator James Hurrie, 28, escaped injury. Merle Murray, 22, Hugo, died earlier in a separate crash on U S 61 in Washington County. A McGregor resident, Howard Conner, 76, died after his car was rear collided by a semi at a gas station. Milton Ellies, 60, of Winthrop died from injuries in a Brownton area crash Friday on Highway 212.
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Scott County
Combine
James Hurrie
Elko
Minn
Merle Murray
Hugo
Murray
U. S. 61
Washington County
St. Paul
Add
State Highway Patrol
McGregor
Howard Conner
Conner
Robert W. Buckholz
St. Paul Park
Winthrop
Last hearing set on train service
At an Interstate Commerce Commission hearing in La Crosse Wisconsin the last of a series of hearings on the discontinuance of the Milwaukee road Hiawatha afternoon train between Chicago and Minneapolis is scheduled for Wednesday About 25 witnesses testified Monday against scrapping the service with many city officials and students among the objectors
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Three New York Skyscrapers Hit by Coordinated Bombs
Bombs exploded in the RCA Building Rockefeller Center the General Motors Building on 59th Street and Fifth Avenue and the Chase Manhattan Building in lower Manhattan. One man Joseph Brando 26 of Brooklyn injured but not fatally. The attacks occurred around 1 05 a.m. EST with warnings received earlier.
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Auto safety tests show 11 percent failure rate
Washington AP government releases 800 reports covering 1968 69 autos and components in six tests with an 11.5 percent overall failure rate. Defects cited include brakes tires wheel rims and weak belts. Brenner warns early results may not reflect conformity. 80 investigations are active.
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Agencies charge Reserve Mining with permit violation
ST PAUL Two state agencies said Reserve Mining Co of Silver Bay Minnesota violated its permit to discharge taconite tailings into Lake Superior and will be ordered to appear at a hearing to revoke the 1947 permit. The firm denies the charges arguing no permit terms were breached.
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Robert Tuveson
Albert Lea
Minn
Edward Schmidt
Reserve
PCA seeks action against five industries and two towns
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency asked a task force under Atty. Gen. Head to pursue legal action against the cities of Edina in a Minneapolis suburb and Madelia for waste water issues. It also names Johnson Trucking Co. Eden Prairie Tony Downs Co. Sher-Tumio Madelia Vernon Creamery near Oslo and the Dalbo Creamery for failing to meet pollution standards.
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Conventional craft train Apollo crew for space flights
Apollo 12 astronauts train in helicopters and a jet plane to sharpen lunar landing and navigation skills. Charles Conrad Jr will simulate piloting the landing, Richard F Gordon Jr will refine flight in a T38, and Alan L Bean will rehearse emergency checks in the lunar module trainer as Saturn V preparations continue for a Friday 11 22 am EST launch.
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Detailed arena feasibility report approved for Austin project
A committee will decide whether to continue the Vogt Sage and Pflum Consultants study on a multi purpose arena for Austin and Mower County. David Kranz reports the first detailed findings and outlines next steps for the feasibility assessment.
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Cinncinnati
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Mower County
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
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Howell
14 year old hijacker to face juvenile court hearing
A 14 year old Norwood High School freshman in Cincinnati will appear before Hamilton County juvenile authorities Thursday after attempting to hijack a Chicago bound Delta Airlines flight with 72 aboard. FBI handed him to Juvenile Court Judge Benjamin S. Schwartz following deputy actions and a conversation with Airport Police.
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David L. Booth
Norwood High School
Hamilton County
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U.S
George Kline
Lexington
Norris L. Booth
Benjamin S. Schwartz
Young Booth
Delta Airlines
Greater Cincinnati
Minnesota Grown Turkeys Deemed Safe From Pesticide Contamination
Agriculture Commissioner Robert W. Carlson expressed strong confidence that Minnesota grown turkeys are not involved in the pesticide scare after the USDA found traces of heptachlor in turkeys sent to a Minnesota processor from Arkansas. Minnesota is the top turkey producer with about 16.7 million birds and over 300 million pounds of turkey products yearly.
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Gerry Nelson
ST. Paul
Robert W. Carlson
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Minnesota
Arkansas
USDA
Carlson
Explosion at munitions plant rattles Hanover facility
An explosion and fire ripped through Atlantic Research Corp., maker of military munitions, damaging a building said to house tear gas production and an unknown explosive powder. No other details were provided. The incident occurred as other global and domestic news unfolded.
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Hanover
Mess
Atlantic Research Corp
Jostens Merger Talks End Amid Independence Move
In Owatonna Minnesota AP reports Jostens Inc and Bristol-Myers Co halted merger talks after mutually agreeing to stop. Jostens chairman Daniel J Gainey cited an employer indication that the firm should stay independent as a reason for the decision.
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Josten
Iverson denied retrial in Grand Forks murder case
District Court Judge Bakken denied a motion for retrial by James Leroy Iverson who is serving a life sentence for the murder of two Grand Forks women. In a seven page memo he found no Fifth Amendment violation in the investigation and no failure to inform him of rights.
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