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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1969
Page
2
24 hour period ending Wednesday 7 am reports high 101 and low 70 in Arkansas. Forecast calls for hot and cloudy conditions with widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers mainly in the southern half today and Thursday. Highs today projected from 96 to 164 with low values around 70.
The astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin will land on the moon for less than a day, plant an American flag, and leave a plaque promising peaceful exploration. They will collect rocks and deploy instruments to study the moon, Earth, and the solar system, operating in one sixth gravity for about two and a half hours. Spacecraft television will beam the historic scene live worldwide.
A four week lull in fighting continues across South Vietnam as Gen. Earle G. Wheeler arrives to assess the slowdown. U.S. command reports shelling causing casualties, a convoy ambush north of Saigon, and ongoing allied patrols while Washington weighs possible changes in offensive orders. The South Vietnamese government reports 85.6 percent of the population now under its control. Apollo 11 reaches orbital altitude amid a public viewing at Kennedy Space Center.
A nostalgic patchwork recalls a world where Navy tours, traveling salesmen spins yarns, country life, and simple pleasures defined daily life. Mentions professors, pay, and old home comforts while noting vintage scenes from cemeteries to balcony movie seats and tin cups.
El Salvador ignored an OAS ceasefire call and pressed a border invasion into Honduras. Forces reportedly penetrated up to 20 miles with two main columns toward Tegucigalpa while a seven nation peacekeeping committee sought an immediate ceasefire. Both capitals under curfew, air attacks limited by rain. casualties reported on both sides. The OAS council urged hostilities suspend and peace talks begin.
Washington reports indicate informal word from Soviet sources that arms limitation talks could begin in mid August. Officials say a moratorium on further missile deployments may be sought, monitored by intelligence methods, with aims toward a master treaty on strategic weapons and on site inspections. The central question is whether both powers can freeze at present levels to save billions in defense costs or must continue escalation. Mardi Gras always falls on Shrove Tuesday.
President Nixon and astronaut Frank Borman viewed the Apollo 11 launch on TV from a small office beside the Oval, hoping the event would lift American spirits and those worldwide.
Vatican radio defends the gapelle 11 mission costs as justified while urging focus on peace and poverty. The broadcast links human cosmic exploration to expanding knowledge yet warns human effort should address other vital goals.
In SEARCY Arkansas Mrs Catherine Secoy 38 drowned Tuesday after jumping into the Little Red River to rescue her 10 year old son who was washed over a spillway. E A Pop Howell 78 swam to the boy and pulled him to a tree branch before seeing Mrs Secoy go under.
Presidential office notes show the rent on a color TV set brought for the occasion, but Nixon has no TV set in his working quarters.
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