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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1969
Page
1
President Nixon opens his administration with a pledge that times are on the side of peace and calls for a world open to ideas and exchange. He outlines a spirit driven program to rebuild cities, improve housing, education and the environment while urging national unity and candor about weaknesses.
Two Portland men identified as Edward Austin and Joseph Podziak were captured in Goodwins Mills after a long pursuit across southern Maine. They held up a Portland service station, kidnapped a attendant and Patrolman Harold McCulloch, and fled in a stolen taxi before abandoning the car and hostages on Maple Street in Saco at about 5 am. The pair reportedly hijacked a taxi in Biddeford after a chase aided by a Fish and Game plane.
President Lyndon B Johnson bids farewell after directing final duties from the White House He and Lady Bird Johnson plan a quiet lunch with Clark Clifford then depart for Ranch Road 1 in Texas The day includes church service a balcony serenade and Johnson's written prayer asking guidance to ease the nation's burdens.
President Nguyen Van Thieu announced that some American combat troops will be withdrawn from South Vietnam this year and ordered his chief of staff to draft a timetable with the U S Command. Details depend on joint staff work. Sources cited a possible initial withdrawal of 20,000 troops and a phased 100,000 by year end.
Rev James Bevel director of SCLC nonviolent education says James Earl Ray is not guilty of murdering Dr Martin Luther King Jr Bevel declined to discuss evidence saying it would not be beneficial to Ray He was present at the Lorraine Motel on April 4 and offered to represent Ray without fee Ray remains jailed in Memphis awaiting trial setup and legal delays continue involving Ray and his counsel Percy Foreman and Hugh Stanton
Army Pfc. Robert K. Demers 24 son of Mr and Mrs Philippe A Demers 50 St Marys St Biddeford Maine marched in the Inaugural Parade for President Nixon in Washington D C as a member of the 3rd Infantry Old Guard from Ft Myer VA leading the parade The Old Guard formed in 1784 is the nation first ceremonial unit and guards the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington Demers earned a BA in 1967 from St Francis College Biddeford Maine.
Moscow says it is willing to begin serious talks with the United States on mutual restriction and reduction of strategic nuclear missiles and defensive systems. A Foreign Ministry statement urges early entry into force and faithful implementation of the treaty, a move timed with President Nixon's inauguration amid past U S ratification concerns after the Czechoslovakia invasion.
The Senate Interior Committee approved Gov. Walter J. Hickel of Alaska as secretary of the interior by a 14 3 vote. The endorsement came after five days of committee scrutiny, just before Richard Nixon’s inauguration.
An in depth look at James Earl Ray the manhunt and key players from Jefferson City to Memphis and beyond. Bernard Gavzer traces Ray’s escape, the pursuit by FBI Mounties and Scotland Yard, and the looming March 1969 trial in Memphis. The piece notes family views and the role of writer William Bradford Huie in shaping the narrative.
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