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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1969
Page
1
UPI reports 14,521 U S service members died in 1968 with 92,564 wounded, as heavy fighting surged in Saigon and major cities. Since 1961, 30,543 Americans have died and 192,372 wounded. 1,243 missing or captured. Negotiations and releases marked ongoing efforts.
Smith Howard reported in Albuquerque that thieves stole his watchdog along with a telephone and outdoor Christmas decoration parts. The incident highlights a burglary that targeted home security and seasonal fittings.
Marina Elizabeth Habe 17 daughter of actress Eloise Hardt and writer Hans Habe was found slain at the bottom of a wooded ravine after a date. Sheriff Lt Norman Hamilton stated she was definitely murdered and autopsy results would follow.
Police report an anti royalist attempted to pelt Emperor Hirohito with steel balls during a New Year public appearance at the Imperial Palace. One assailant, Kenzo Okazaki of Kobe, fired four shots and was later released after an assault charge. A separate incident saw a man lighting a smoke candle in the crowd as police intervened. About 5,000 spectators watched, with no injuries reported amid palace reconstruction delaying the traditional welcome.
Prague AP reports Czechoslovakia forms a new federal government after the invasion with familiar leaders intact. Oldrich Cernik keeps progressives in check as Jan Marko and Jan Tabacek join as foreign minister and foreign trade minister respectively amid no major shift in the reform balance.
Winds reaching hurricane force and sub zero cold hindered two separate winter climbs of Grand Teton Peak. Paul Petzoldt, 60, of Lander, and George Lowe, 24, of Salt Lake City led failed efforts to the 13,766 foot summit, both parties radioing they began to descend.
U S Ambassador Cyrus Vance met in Paris with a North Vietnamese envoy in a renewed effort to restart stalled peace talks. It marked the first direct U S North Vietnamese encounter in two weeks.
Federal investigators found hundreds of graduates and some students used Detroit anti poverty programs for jobs and training. The GAO flagged lax screening, poor progress follow up, underused local funds, and little monitoring by officials in 1966 and 1967 programs run by city agencies and a Catholic archdiocese.
The Democratic caucus renominated John McCormack for speaker by 178 to 58, with backers claiming 180 pledged votes. Udall and supporters sought a stronger liberal-moderate voice, while Ford was slated as GOP nominee for speaker as the 91st Congress approached.
Ralph MacLachlan, 37, killed his estranged wife and three others in Westernville New York then shot himself as police closed in. The victims included Mrs. MacLachlan 33 and her sister Jane Ringrose 35 plus her daughter Barbara 13. Five were wounded. MacLachlan stole a Jeep and fled toward the Adirondacks before exchanging fire with state troopers in Remsen and fatally shooting himself. The incident followed reports of separation from his wife.
Lt Governor Robert Fulton was sworn in as Iowa’s 37th governor to serve the remainder of Gov. Harold Hughes’s term. Chief Justice Theodore Garfield administered the oath. Hughes will become a U.S. senator and Robert Ray will be inaugurated in January.
Roman Catholic student marchers from Queen's University Belfast appeal to Prime Minister Wilson for troop protection on a protest from Belfast to Londonderry. They bypass Randallstown after an explosion at a memorial, amid clashes with Protestant loyalists led by Major Ronald Bunting. a driver struck demonstrators, injuring several.
Comic line jokes about luck and afterlife with a quip that if the speaker died and returned as a dog his wife would return as a flea. Copyright credit noted.
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