12 Apr 1969
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1969
Page
1
Workmen across Italy staged a three hour slowdown on Friday in protest actions. The stoppage affected various industries and prompted discussions on labor reforms. No injuries were reported.
Pickets on parade debate bail reductions for 14 Panthers suspects accused of plotting to place bombs in department stores and other sites. Court weighs whether the $100,000 bail each should be lowered amid ongoing security concerns and pretrial proceedings.
Viet Cong gunners intensified rocket and mortar attacks shelled Vinh Long City for the second time in 17 hours and hit Tay Ninh City. Casualties and damage were described as light. At Vinh Long 34 shells near the police station killed three civilians and wounded three others. In Tay Ninh a base camp was shelled, one American soldier killed and six wounded. Authorities reported 80 missing and up to 150 unofficially, with 35 bodies recovered. Police said a transformer station bombed in Cholon caused no casualties and led to arrests linked to a death squad network.
Arab and Israeli forces clashed on the Jordanian front as Egypt denied new elements in King Hussein’s peace plan. An Israeli spokesman cited guerrilla fire near the Sea of Galilee, while a Jordanian reported shelling of South Menshiyeh with claimed Israeli casualties. The day followed artillery duels and canal-fire across the region, with Cairo signaling a split over Hussein’s proposals and Syria offering no comment.
NATO officials led by Secretary of State William Rogers pursue peace routes in Europe as allies avoid exposing current conflicts. The bloc touts diplomacy over force while weighing Soviet and Czechoslovak pressures, Moscow warnings, and a tentative path to European settlement.
A group of Jamestown teenagers start a townwide effort to convey a cancer awareness message. The plan unfolds as a Sunday Enterprise feature, with a program to be announced next week.
AP reports mounting flood damage exceeding 3 million in parts of five states as Mississippi River communities brace for larger runoff. USGS notes rivers carry water well above prior records. Minot North Dakota evacuation of 2,000. Enderlin 25 families moved. Wahpeton crest near record. Fargo Red River 11 feet above stage. Jamestown James River raises dike, 75 elderly evacuated. Big Sioux recedes from Sioux Falls and Sioux City. danger to dikes persists. In Los Angeles, Kathy Fullmer, 23, linked to Kennedy slaying, found dead. a poem is scrawled on a motel mirror.
In Los Angeles AP report states Sirhan Bishara Sirhan committed plain cold blooded first degree murder in the RFK assassination. Lynn D Campton argues against defense psychologists who questioned premeditation, as the trial nears a potential jury verdict after weeks of testimony and juror changes.
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