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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1969
Page
2
A Pentagon review of Poseidon guidance technology sparks debate on improved MIRV flight testing and target accuracy as U S stock market climbs on optimism. The Dow advances while analysts weigh inflation signals and defense spending in a broad market upturn.
Canberra reported the Melbourne’s commander Captain John P. Stevenson will stand trial August 20 in Sydney for failure to transmit a collision course warning and for ordering engines not to reverse. The incident occurred June 3 in the South China Sea during a Southeast Asia Treaty Organization exercise, cutting the USS Frank E. Evans in half and costing 74 U.S. sailors.
The ruling says transportation annexed to municipalities since Feb 6 1957 was discriminatory. It notes thousands of children may lose bus service with school starting soon and officials must assess exact impact and possible alternate plans. Attorneys expect word from the attorney general and public instruction department next week.
In Memphis, Roy Kenneth Dumas and Vernalyn Kelly Dumas were found murdered in their midtown apartment. Police noted the killings resembled the weekend deaths at Sharon Tate's home but gave no connection. The 58 and 46 year old couple appeared to have been killed in separate bedrooms. Mrs Dumas showed signs of being taped.
ROCHESTER Minn AP Chief Justice Warren E Burger was to announce today whether he will resign from his paid Mayo Clinic foundation post. He has been paid $2 000 yearly for four board meetings and will likely end all off court duties, though he may leave the Mayo foundation role unclear. Burger said he may cut non legal activities but press of new duties forced his decision.
The Army charges premiditated murder and conspiracy against seven officers and one sergeant over a killing in Vietnam. Col Robert B. Rheault led the unit. others were Cambodian trail watchers and intelligence specialists. They are held at Long Binh stockade while investigations proceed. Mabry signed the arrest order.
The strike over cockpit crew numbers for Boeing 737 jets continues as Piedmont says it will likely reduce crews to two aboard jets, while pilots demand three. A pretrial hearing on a permanent injunction is set within 60 days, and recall of furloughed workers will begin if the court rules favorably.
Religious violence flared after Catholic attacks on a Protestant parade in Londonderry. Police blamed IRA snipers for the killings. Belfast authorities said 13 people were held on suspicion of IRA membership. Of 192 wounded, 58 were police. Home Secretary Callaghan sent troops to Londonderry to restore order.
John Noragan Collins, 22, was ordered to trial on a first degree murder charge in the strangulation death of 18 year old Karen Sue Beineman, an Eastern Michigan University freshman. The case aligns with a series of sex slayings in the Ann Arbor Ypsilanti area. arraignment set for Sept 4 in Washtenaw County Circuit Court.
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