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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1969
Page
3
A Chinook helicopter carrying South Vietnamese infantry crashed north of Saigon, killing 34 aboard and injuring 35 others. Two American crew members died, one injured. The crash is being investigated as mechanical trouble, the worst helicopter loss of the war amid heavy U.S. helicopter activity in Vietnam.
Nearly 200 riot police from Vermont and New Hampshire smashed the Parkhurst Hall door at Dartmouth College and ousted 56 students who had seized the administration building. Troopers dragged students including six girls and ferried them to buses, an armory, and finally the county jail after contempt of court charges.
Iowa City report shows classes near normal as pickets stand outside university buildings and streets. A student coalition aimed to protest higher tuition by extending a three day boycott into Thursday with mass meetings and a noon Pentacrest gathering culminating in an 8 pm referendum result.
Prague AP reports Czechoslovakia's communist bosses push for a fundamental change to bring more of the party line into news reports across press radio and television signaling ongoing dissatisfaction with media coverage and a tightened information line from the regime.
Washington UPI reports former Maine Governor John Reed has been appointed to lead the National Transportation Safety Board succeeding Joseph O'Connell. He will oversee air, rail, maritime and highway safety investigations and policy.
Satirical joke notes a supposed perfect computer that supposedly takes in problems and never returns them. Copyright humor hints at a tech utopia where issues vanish. The quip relies on wordplay and modern tech anxiety.
The weather bureau reported cloudy skies and light rain moving into eastern Iowa from Kansas. Rain totals over the past day included 1.23 inches at Clarence and near an inch at Williamsburg Walford and Traer with smaller amounts elsewhere. The Iowa River is forecast to crest at about 11 feet in Marshalltown Thursday, two feet below flood stage, with a Wednesday level near 9.7 feet. Tonight may bring more rain to the south, with lows 45 to 50, and Thursday should be partly cloudy and cooler with highs in the 60s.
18 year old Michael Benet McCarthy asks Washington draft board for a conscientious objector deferment while stating his father Senator Eugene McCarthy does not approve fully. He plans to Harvard for student deferment if rejected and would resist induction, aiming for Peace Corps instead. Soviet President Podgorny to visit North Korea this month per UPI.
In Miami AP update officials say sky piracy to Cuba has dwindled sharply since a string of hijackings in early 1969. The latest National Airlines plane hijacking on Monday marked the first since April 14 and the first over the United States since March 25, prompting officials to suggest the phenomenon may have died out.
The Miami area office stated a drop in hijackings but could not explain why. On April 1 they issued posters to airlines and tourist counters warning hijacking is a federal crime punishable by death. Posters also warn of concealed weapons penalties and searches of passengers and baggage.
Cmdr Lloyd Bucher skipper of the Pueblo is assigned to the Navy Postgraduate School in Monterey California. The one year Management course will lead to a master's degree and is described as a highly sought after billet for officers at his career stage. The move follows the dismissal of charges in the Pueblo incident and leaves Bucher with a promising path ahead in naval operations.
Paul Everett Williams 31 of 1314 Nineteenth Avenue SW died at Mercy Hospital after a car-station wagon crash in southwest Cedar Rapids Tuesday night. Williams was a passenger in a car driven by John Powers 22. the other vehicle was driven by Edward Castelein 5025 First Avenue SW. The collision occurred near Eighteenth Avenue and Twelfth Street SW around 11 p.m. Tuesday. Powers was thrown from the car after it struck a telephone pole. Police reported no further details at press time.
Reports describe a metal-detecting device being tested at select U S airports. Officials say enhanced screening and airline vigilance may deter hijackers while Cuba reports indicate some hijackers are repatriated or detained. an FBI agent halted a Delta attempt on March 19 in New Orleans.
A federal grand jury in Cleveland probes documents found at Arnold & Porter tied to a jewelry theft. The case touches Fortas through his former firm, though he left the firm in 1965. No direct link to Justice Fortas, amid broader political scrutiny and past bribery questions.
A ammunition laden truck crashed into another and burst into flames near Macon injuring four people. The blast spread hundreds of 20mm rounds over a three quarter mile area along I 475 prompting demolition teams to clear unexploded shells. Victims include Edward Stapp and Clyde Evans hospitalized with head injuries and leg wound respectively. Authorities rerouted traffic while fire and police personnel sought cover from exploding shells.
President Nixon refused requests from several congress members to intercede for Louis Wolfson. Florida lawmakers Senator Spessard Holland Representatives Claude Pepper and Charles Bennett said they would have joined a White House talk, but Nixon declined to arrange any meeting. Wolfson had sought presidential intervention before his stock manipulation case and jail term.
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