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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1969
Page
3
Washington AP reports President Nixon faces Democratic resistance as his 1969 program stalls in a Congress with slow initial action. Key items under fire include a 7% Social Security increase, a postal corporation, a penny stamp rise, a draft lottery, tax credits for ghetto hiring, and broad airways mass transit plans.
In the central highlands near Pleime Mrong the most intense clash of the day ended with 54 North Vietnamese soldiers dead on the battlefield. American losses numbered 10 killed and 21 wounded, amid broader fighting across the country and multiple enemy rocket and mortar attacks.
Rioting by 5000 oil refinery workers in Willemstad left two or four dead and many wounded as looting damaged downtown stores. Dutch marines arrived as curfew 7 PM to 7 AM was imposed. 800 US tourists confined to hotels amid tense aftermath.
Traffic fatalities across the United States rose to 354 by Saturday, with the Memorial Day weekend still underway. Officials warned the three day holiday could push the total past last year’s record 629 deaths as the period extends and the rate holds.
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy told about 2100 University of Massachusetts graduates that South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu must concede for peace or face a future alone. Kennedy criticized Thieu for lobbying in Korea and Taiwan against Nixon’s peace plan. Thieu, in Seoul and Taipei, rejected a coalition with the Viet Cong and warned against concessions leading to a Communist takeover in China.
Janet Roggemann of Hackensack New Jersey became the first female to march in The Citadel dress review. An instructor spotted a cadet officer in a non regulation outfit with a red sash and sword. Two senior cadets who arranged the outfit were barred from graduation and will receive diplomas later.
The Telegraph notes no deaths yet over Memorial Day weekend but lists multiple traffic accidents for the three day period in the area. De lores Slater’s back page piece details area crashes while Caroline Lawrence describes difficult attempts to board a N and W train from Bluefield.
The Czecho slovak Communist party dismissed noted liberal economist Ota Sik and five others from its 190 member central committee amid a drive to suppress opposition to pro Soviet policies. Husak described the actions in a communique and on television as upholding discipline after taking over from Dubcek.
West Virginia economy, excluding coal, shows strong gains in early year metrics. In four months, 17 of 22 indicators rose over previous year with building permits up 40 percent and auto sales up 29.3 percent, per State Chamber official John Hurd.
About 28 million French citizens vote as seven candidates vie for the presidency with a runoff possible on June 15 between the top two finishers. Polls show Georges Pompidou leading at 41 percent while interim President Alain Poher trails at 25 percent amid a bomb scare affecting the campaign.
Thousands protested as National Guardsmen surrounded People’s Park. fate hinges on UC regents. Gov Reagan keeps troops pending local police request after May fence incident. City council narrowly supports leasing land to reopen park as experimental space. Hicass weighing call for special regents meeting.
An AP dispatch from Bo Kinh shows how pacification and poor intelligence collide as 200 North Vietnamese troops infiltrate Be Kinh and two nearby hamlets. Despite local self defense efforts, no alarms were raised until a machine gun barrage at the village outpost.
South Vietnam president Nguyen Van Thieu warned against coalitions with the Communists and against U S concessions at the Paris talks. He cited China as an example of how undue concessions can lead to a Communist takeover while speaking at a banquet in Formosa before meeting President Nixon at Midway Island.
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