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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1969
Page
2
SPACE CENTER Houston UPI reports scientists will press ongoing criticism of the lunar exploration program even after a substantial rise in scientific investment and intensified inquiry.
Rep. Adam Clayton Powell, a Harlem Democrat, calls himself a part-time congressman citing deductions for a $25,000 House fine and his low attendance. He has missed all 110 quorum calls since Jan. 3 and voted only nine times in 97 rolls, with no committee sessions since the 91st Congress began. Apollo program officials discuss upgrades to extend lunar missions, including longer surface time and a lunar rover.
At the Vatican a two week synod opens amid clashes over papal power between liberal and conservative factions. Pope Paul VI has urged accountability to God for those challenging his authority as 147 bishops arrive to discuss the issue.
In Saigon the U S commander Gen Creighton Abrams said the Viet Cong grip is being loosened as 80 river patrol boats valued at 7 2 million are turned over to South Vietnam in the war's largest hardware transfer to date The move frees 320 American sailors for other duties while Vietnamization continues and fighting remains comparatively light with multiple skirmishes and casualties reported near Da Nang the DMZ and Saigon, as U S forces withdraw under President Nixon's plan.
Washington sources report Treasury Secretary Kennedy and Council of Economic Advisers member Stein asserting current anti inflation policies will curb inflation without provoking a recession. A New York survey finds public confidence dipping, but many see policy as working despite concerns of a downturn.
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