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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1969
Page
2
Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, 38, says he is retiring from spaceflight and may take a nonflying role in the space program. Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong discuss future plans, with Armstrong aiming for Mars and ongoing space work.
Karla Johnson of Cedar Rapids Iowa a State Historian earned third place in the National Junior Classical League scrapbook contest at the convention held last week in New Orleans Her scrapbook compiled news clippings from JCL chapters across Iowa including Cedar Rapids and other chapters through the state.
The terms of Richard Berger and Robert Becker on the Norway Community School Board expire this year. The annual election will be Sept. 8.
Nairobi Kenya AP Nahashon Isaac Njenga Njoroge 32 Kikuyu was ordered to trial Monday in the Kenya high court for the murder of Economics Minister Tom Mboya after 65 witnesses. A ballistics expert linked bullets to a revolver found at Njoroge home and fingerprint evidence supported charges. Njoroge claimed the gun was planted by revolutionaries of the Kenya People’s Union.
The air force suspended Major Donald Tidwell after he allowed three men with psychiatric problems to guard the nuclear weapons stockpile at Hamilton air base near San Francisco. Sgt. Robert Ballou faced a berserk carbine incident during a preliminary hearing, while witnesses questioned the guard unit's reliability and the possibility of accidental detonation. Master Sgt. William Leopold testified that accidental explosion is impossible and Tidwell defended the base security procedures.
A psychiatrist testified Ballou has passive aggressive personality disorder diagnosed May 20 and noted not to guard nuclear weapons. Tidwell saw Ballou as a goldbricker. One other guard is in a psychiatric ward, the second discharged. Ballou allegedly held a loaded carbine to a sergeant’s head on Aug. 2 and was disarmed. Carrow seeks hospital treatment. air force hearing officer may recommend court martial this week.
A tank car containing acrylonitrile leaked about 5000 gallons after a train derailment in Cambridge Springs Pennsylvania. The chemical, toxic and highly flammable, risks the town of 2500 as the creek nearby serves as its water supply. Civil defense workers aided by volunteers dug a pit and lowered the derailed car.
Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield met President Suharto in Jakarta for nearly two hours and predicted improved U S Indonesia relations in the months ahead.
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