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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1969
Page
2
Dean Petersen, 35, abducted by two men in Nevada, escaped after breaking handcuffs and fleeing from a trailer to a supermarket. Police arrested one suspect. a second man and a third person are sought. Petersen, shaken, described a planned $800000 ransom and warned details remain under investigation.
A chaotic police operation in Chicago and Las Vegas ends with a youth killed by police fire and eleven others injured. The incident includes a ransom kidnapping tied to a Las Vegas business family, with arrests of two suspects and extensive gunfire in a Union project.
Saigon reports four U.S. helicopters shot down in a one hour clash near the Cambodian border, killing five Americans. Eleven aboard the downed airframes escaped injury. Ground fighting was limited with 15 enemy soldiers killed, while another helicopter gunship was hit south of the DMZ leaving two crewmen dead. Overnight attacks included 16 rockets and mortars with no American casualties. Total U.S. aircraft losses near 5,972.
Reics Tierina, a Mexican American militant, was sentenced Friday to three years in prison for his role in a sign burning protest at a national forest. The act occurred during a celebration marking the second anniversary of a raid on the Tierra Amarilla courthouse in New Mexico.
Washington AP Lt Gen Lewis Hershey will retire as director of the selective service system on February 16 after 28 years in the post. President Nixon announces a civilian successor and Hershey will serve as special adviser on manpower mobilization and may be promoted to full general. Ziegler says Hershey is pleased with new duties and in good health.
Pope Paul VI opened the World Synod of Bishops with a warning that the Roman Catholic Church cannot be governed by democracy. He stressed he is the sole head and would judge how much authority to share, while urging collegiality without undermining central authority. Bishops must avoid excessive autonomy and safeguard unity and the Church’s universal good.
Orioles pitcher Mike Cuellar held the Mets to six hits as Don Buford delivered a second pitch homer and Baltimore defeated New York in Game One. Mets offense produced no runs after a pair of outs and a single, while Baltimore tallied one run on Buford’s homer and added support from the fielding plays.
Moscow reports the Soyuz 6 mission sent Lt. Col. Georgy Shanty and Valery Kubasov into Earth orbit. The objective includes welding metals in weightless conditions to test space platform assembly. Western analysts note no docking occurs, but the flight advances the idea of an orbital outpost.
Fragmented baseball recap shows Mets and Orioles scoreless stanzas with scattered hits. Notable actions include doubles by Glendanza and Clendenon, two runs from Belanger and Cuellar, and multiple fanned batters. Mixing names UKE and OCR errors. no final result stated.
A reader quips that owing the government money leaves them b caught between jail and recognition as a foreign power, highlighting public humor on taxation and state authority.
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