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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1969
Page
5
Washington AP reports a congressional clash over extending withholding rates and the 10 percent surtax. House action blocked by a parliamentary move. a vote planned for Tuesday or Wednesday. Futures hinge on Senate debate and a broader tax reform bill.
A Boston Globe telephone poll of 517 Massachusetts residents finds 78 percent favor Edward Kennedy remaining in the Senate after the fatal auto crash involving a Washington secretary. Support varies by region, with Boston higher, and officials note mixed opinions on Kennedy's future.
Apollo 11 rocks and lunar dust show overwhelming evidence that the mare were formed by lava flows. Glassy iron nickel spheres frequent the Moon dust, likely from vapor condensing after an impact, while a pearl-like rock and hardened lava findings prompt reevaluation of long held moon theories.
New York AP report shows N C broadcasts Apollo 11 moon pictures at 10 30 p m Tuesday. Mars photos from Mariner 6 will air on NBC CBS and ABC with multiple times on Tuesday.
Coralville voters authorized the city to acquire a transit system by purchase or other means. The measure passed 222 to 88 with 310 votes cast, enabling steps to obtain the Community Transit Inc. system amid prior financial troubles threatening the operator's viability.
Tropical storm Anna moved west across the Atlantic with 60 mph winds and forecasters expect it to become the season's first hurricane. At 5 a.m. CDT it was about 1,500 miles east-southeast of Puerto Rico and about 2,500 miles from Miami.
Pasadena AP report on Mariner 6 taking its first photos of Mars from distances up to 771 500 miles. Cameras transmit starting Tuesday afternoon with 33 initial pictures and later sharper frames as Mariner 6 nears within 2 000 miles. Mariner 7 to follow with 117 more photos aimed at solving Mars mysteries including vegetation canals and polar caps.
NASA announced receipt of what may be the longest telegram in history from 20000 people in Kansas City Missouri addressed to Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins. John McLeaish said the message was not a singing telegram and commented on the unusual tribute.
U S commanders in Vietnam move from maximum pressure to protective reaction to limit casualties. The change, focused in the Third Corps area around Saigon, relies on improved intelligence and dispatches large forces only when a solid chance of success exists. In the Citadel sector northwest of Saigon, 53 enemy soldiers were killed as U S troops swept the area. three Americans died and four were wounded in the day-long battle.
A Colorado penitentiary escapee, David O Niel, 28, from Denver, kidnapped Ludwig Ferrancek's wife Huth and forced her into the family car with a .22 rifle. Police, sheriff and Canon City officers scoured roads as guards linked the escape to the cannery break at Canon City. O Niel, sentenced 10 to 12 years for robbery, disappeared during Monday night’s escape.
ANN ARBOR Mich AP an effort to trap Karen Sue Beinerun s killer by placing a department store mannequin where her body was found failed it was revealed Monday night Prosecutor William Delhey said police did not immediately announce the finding of the body Saturday night and replaced the dummy in hope the killer would return A man was seen walking along the road after midnight and was ordered to halt by patrols who had the site staked out He said the man likely did not see the dummy and may have been a stroller not realizing the pursuers were in plain clothes in unmarked cars
Bonn AP says Yugoslavia extended an invitation for President Nixon to visit, announced by Foreign Minister Mirko Tepavac. The invitation follows diplomatic outreach as tensions and Cold War politics shape Western relations.
Manila AP reports violence between rival gangs in a national prison left nine inmates dead and 24 wounded. Prison officials and a spokesperson described the clash as a deadly riot within the facility.
President Nixon plans a brief trip to South Vietnam to meet President Thieu as officials in Saigon and Bangkok coordinate on Southeast Asia policy. Abrams and Bunker will review war progress while Thai leaders push for U S equipment to counter aggression and support Thai independence.
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