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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1969
Page
6
A personal nostalgia piece on waking rituals contrasts a gentler clock radio with harsh alarms. The writer details mornings through college and beyond, noting the struggle to wake, the allure of soft music, and a wish for an automated device that handles coffee, clothes, and breakfast while waking them gently. Local radio lullabies at 6:30 a.m. are requested.
Space agency officials foresee a busy 1969 with lunar missions and congressional funding battles. The year aims for two or three manned lunar landings but funds may limit hardware and a permanent moon base. Apollo 9 10 tests precede a mid-year lunar landing with Apollo 11 planned for July.
In Paris a France-Soir poll by the French Institute of Public Opinion found Indira Gandhi as the most admired woman, with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in second place after her marriage to Aristotle Onassis. Charles de Gaulle remained the most admired man.
A federal judge ruled Chattanooga has no legal claim to the Civil War locomotive The General, disputed with Georgia. The injunction tying The General to Chattanooga is dissolved and the case dismissed, ending a long battle linked to the Great Locomotive Chase and the city seal.
Washington AP reports National Guard Association president ridicules Wayne State University study calling guard racist and a haven for draft dodgers. Maj. Gen. James Cantwell defends record, cites 7000 Guardsmen overseas and 5000 in Vietnam, notes Detroit riot unit progress against racial inequality.
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