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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1969
Page
5
Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad Richard Gordon and Alan Bean slept for about 12 hours after firing a rocket to depart lunar orbit delaying splashdown by a minute. Ground control woke them with music and a brief wake up, then resumed approach for Pacific Ocean landing near American Samoa.
A condemned killer and two alleged slayers who escaped jail murdered a fellow escapee and wounded a deputy before being captured without a fight in muddy flats near Flatonia Texas. Police surrounded them at a construction site three miles west of Flatonia after a hostage rescue and a helicopter overhead. The fugitives, who held two women and a boy, surrendered with hands up as officers closed in.
Governor Robert Ray announced on Friday that he will seek a review of the federal Office of Economic Opportunity decision to eliminate funding for Cedar Rapids Youth Employment Service Y E S. The program, formed three years ago, aimed to give poor youth summer work and relied on mixed funding including local and in kind support.
Center, AP reports tentative verdict that lightning struck the Apollo launch. NASA officials described a bolt discharge from cloud to ground along the rocket plume, disrupting sensors and guidance briefly. Astronauts were unharmed and repairs fixed the fuel and guidance issues after the strike.
New York AP reports seven paintings valued at more than 100000 each were stolen from a Madison Avenue gallery while owner Stephen Hahn was at a board meeting. He noted a Monet worth over 100000 among the works and suggested the thieves targeted recognizable items, possibly aiming for ransom.
U S Rep William Green resigned Friday night as chairman of the Democratic city committee after ward leaders rejected his reform program.
State police report hostage incident began at a farmhouse southeast of La Grange where Jacqueline Alexander and her son Thomas were held with Mrs. Robert Nichols. The fugitives looted weapons and food, cut telephones, and drove off in multiple vehicles during an eight hostage and fight sequence before dawn Friday. Williamson, injured, claimed to have provoked the fugitives' clash while Sheriff Kline noted the escapees debated killing the boy before Williamson intervened.
In Saigon a three story orphanage collapsed on Saturday killing at least 41 children and two teachers. Rescue teams including a U S Army signal battalion worked through rubble seeking missing children as officials reported no explosion. Major Douglas Vardas said locals had adopted the orphanage and held holiday parties for the kids.
LAS CRUCES N M AP students won a quiet victory persuading officials to make ROTC voluntary rather than mandatory. Regents ruled the ROTC program would be voluntary, citing improved quality and officer output. Tom McMahon led a campus campaign, polling 2140 students with 1655 favoring voluntariness and 294 preferring mandatory status, while 432 wanted abolition. Goldwater praised the shift, noting personal change of mind. The move follows a year of campus debate and a near demonstration.
South Vietnam denounces reports of a massacre as completely inaccurate and says air strikes and artillery killed about 20 civilians in a battle that left 125 Viet Cong dead. The U.S. Army discloses new investigations involving 24 more soldiers while court-martial actions loom for several accused.
A humorous note mocks Cape Kennedy scientists as they lose temper and count to one, with a playful copyright line and cryptic initials SRASLN RS TM.
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