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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1969
Page
3
New York stock market steadied Friday with small gains after a four day decline. Dow rose 2.26 to 184.84 as the 60 stock average gained to 319.6 with about 13.07 million shares traded on the NYSE. Advances led decliners among 1,575 issues.
Two junior lieutenants of the U S destroyer Evans were told they are suspected of negligence after the Melbourne collision that killed 74 sailors. Ramsey and Hopson faced counsel as the joint U S Australian board probed causes and duties aboard.
Two wildfires started by flaming debris from mid air collision of Air Force jets near Elmendorf Alaska spread rapidly as crews fought the blazes. The F-102 Delta Dagger and a B57 Canberra collided. missiles on the bomber remained unexploded. Capt Jack E B Keeter Lt Col Donald Hall Maj Jimmie R Smith were treated for minor injuries.
The will of actor Robert Taylor names Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy as guardians of Taylor's two children if his widow Ursula Theiss dies. Reagan, a close friend, gave the eulogy at memorial services last Wednesday. The 51 year old actor died Sunday of tongue cancer, and the will was filed in Superior Court.
In Tokyo AP reports Beatle John Lennon's estate, valued over $1 billion, will be split between widow Yoko Ono and the couple's son. A trust fund for Lennon's mother and sister is planned as a protest against the US Japanese security treaty. Spokesmen said discussions involve the estate and family plans for fall actions.
A $10.00 judgment was awarded in U S District Court to Gaylord M Huggins a foundry foreman and inmate at Leavenworth Penitentiary following an Army court martial. He claimed negligence after losing parts of three fingers operating an unguarded planet in the prison workshop. Judge Beckers ruled the prisoner did not voluntarily enter the task and stated workers must have a reasonably safe place to work.
Byron Hemple, blind and diabetic, earned a college degree at San Diego State College after 56 years of work and nearly a half century of striving. He completed his studies with a strong B average while supporting an 18 year old son. He plans to seek work and help others facing similar barriers.
Colorado lawmakers prepare to reconvene Tuesday for the final 69 day session of the 47th General Assembly. They aim to sign about 74 bills, including pay raises for the attorney general and lieutenant governor, with Governor supporting final veto decisions. Love will attend but is unlikely to meet lawmakers as they resume work amid last minute legislative maneuvering and possible emergency sessions.
Denver Mayor William McNichols conferred with Governor John Love to press for help collecting Denver's $1 monthly head tax from state employees. The levy is being challenged in district court by the Colorado State Civil Service Employees Association, but Denver argues it applies to all persons working in the city.
AP report states Michael DesJardins a 33 year old Denver mechanic died Saturday from injuries from a crash at Continental Divide Raceway last Sunday. James Muibutt 27 from Littleton drove a car that spun on a wet track hitting the pit area. Mulhall also died in the crash and Jack Barker 36 of Denver remains in serious condition at Swedish Hospital.
Ten major table grape growers offered to negotiate with the AFLCIO union representing vineyard workers, signaling a potential settlement in California's grape strike. Lionel Steinberg, cochairman, said recognition of UFWOC as the bargaining agent could follow conference discussions. Cesar Chavez’s UFWOC led efforts for recognition and has contracts with some wine grape growers. The group claimed readiness to negotiate and indicated a settlement could result within 48 hours if good faith is shown by both sides.
Ralph Myers 62, longtime Rocky Mountain News composing room foreman, died Friday at a Boulder hospital after 32 years with the paper. A former president of the local Typographical Union, Myers had worked in La Junta Sheridan and Wyoming towns. He is survived by his widow, a son, two daughters and several grandchildren. A spokesman said the death may ease tensions and hopes for peace.
A gas armed bandit robbed the Denver Dry Goods Co. in the Cherry Creek Shopping Center, taking rings valued at about $14,000 and $1,000 in other items. Police said a suspect fled in a stolen car after attempting to restrain the robber. The incident occurred Friday night in Denver.
In Smithfield North Carolina a Superior Court judge said he might have erred in 12 year sentences given to five Black defendants who set a fire at the Ku Klux Klan headquarters near Benson on Dr. King’s birthday. He claimed the rulings were aimed at calming racial tensions rather than individual punishment.
Denver AP reports a stickup tale where a gunman forced a grocery clerk to turn over money. Bill Moran said two men demanded beer after Moran refused to sell it legally post the sale. The incident led to state water law changes with seven judges to be named as special water judges.
In Lagos a judge facing a second walkout faces a Friday deadline to testify on disruption claims. The defendant, identified by the report as involved in a beachside incident, reportedly fled a prior court confrontation.(Contact information was not available.)
Lancaster County District Judge Bartell Boyles ruled Friday to dismiss Thomas Alvarez’s postconviction appeal seeking to set aside the death sentence for the 1963 Mary Shae rape strangulation case. Alvarez, a former Denver resident, argued counsel induced a guilty plea to avoid execution. the judge deemed the plea freely and intelligently given and upheld the death penalty as reasonable and not cruel or unusual. His lawyers indicated an appeal to the Nebraska Supreme Court.
Montana Senator Mansfield said the Nixon administration could secure enough Senate votes to approve the Safeguard antiballistic missile system, but the margin would be slim and not a mandate. He opposed the ABM while favoring limited related research and noted Nixon’s overall performance. Mansfield spoke at the Montana Broadcasters Association convention in Glacier National Park.
The defense spending witness A Ernest Fitzgerald will be made available to the House economic subcommittee next Tuesday or another date to speak on contract practices and related information. The developments follow earlier disputes with Senator Proxmire over withheld documents on Mark II electronics and F111 fighter bomber programs.
The Viet Cong provisional government names Mrs Nguyen Thi Binh as foreign minister and top delegate in Paris. A 42 year old mother of two, she is seen as hard-line within the National Liberation Front and has shifted rhetoric toward total victory. Her rise follows Kiem’s reassignment and Binh’s return to Vietnam in April.
New York AP report says ABC CBS and NBC will provide 30 hours of continuous Apollo 11 coverage from July 20 to 21 with a color camera on the command module and a black and white camera on the lunar module. NASA says the eight day voyage remains on schedule with launch set for July 18 and the moon walk expected July 21.
A Denver teenager, 14 year old Preston Dismon, died Friday in an indoor recreation center pool. Police said life guards, a rescue squad, and a doctor tried to save him after he drowned in about 12 feet of water.
A military communique outlined a partial troop pullout in Vietnam led by Gen. Creighton W Abrams. It states the first combat unit to be replaced will be a battalion of the 9th Infantry Division, about 900 men, airlifted before mid July to the continental United States for inactivation.
SBA Director Hillary Sandoval, the youngest Nixon appointee and first Mexican American head, stressed Operation Mainstream to aid minority small businesses. He noted SBA’s New York office added minority staff, and said an investigative team is examining potential Mafia links in current loans. Sandoval spoke at a Denver hotel meeting.
The senator warned the nation’s free open society face jeopardy if secrecy and classification are used improperly to hide inefficiency. Fitzgerald cited a memo from Asst Secretary of the Air Force Nielsen restricting disclosure of programs. Proxmire pressed for documents to back claims that the Pentagon neglects cost control and cushions contracts with padded prices.
Paris reports a one day pause in campaign speeches as French voters prepare for Sunday's runoff between Georges Pompidou and Alain Poher. Pompidou, backed by Gaullists, leads polls with about 55 percent. Poher trails, with votes split along party lines seeking political stability amid calls for change.
At the Tracewell Lait and Lassies June meeting the community pride project was discussed. Members plan a Meal at 9 am on June 21 at the Bracewell store to begin park plans. Randy Muerstien admitted the Fourth of duty parade. refreshments were served by Theresa Perty Randy Millsap and Raymond Millsap.
Denver will host a five day program featuring US astronauts Walter Schirra Frank Borman Walter Cunningham and Don Eisele along with Soviet scientists Vladimir Hodarev and Yuri Ivaney at meetings by the American Astronautical Society and the Operation Research Society of America. Adolf Buseman of the University of Colorado chairs the Space Night event with Air Force Secretary Robert Seamans as chief speaker at the opening Tuesday.
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