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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1969
Page
2
American forces of the 9th Infantry Division ambushed about 18 miles southwest of Saigon, killing 47 enemy soldiers in two hours of close combat with no U S casualties. Earlier, South Vietnamese paratroopers killed 30 enemies northwest of Saigon in Tay Minh Province amid the ongoing offensive.
Hanoi reported a Marine private John F Lowney defecting to the Viet Cong and condemning obedience to Nazi orders while Washington said no such Marine exists though a missing Marine with the same serial number and birth date is being sought. The report sits beside Middle East tensions as Big Four talks unfold and violence erupts around the Suez and Aqaba fronts.
President Nixon ordered immediate $9 million in federal relief to repair riot damage in 20 cities and urged HUD to speed $200 million more in urban renewal and related programs. He cited his January Washington visit as the motivation for tackling the scars of violence.
President Nixon's brother Edward C. Nixon rejected a $30 000 a year post as chairman of the Federal Field Committee for Development Planning in Alaska for personal reasons. He said the family matter prevented acceptance and clarified it had nothing to do with the position, land, or people.
A candid open letter from Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gilbert of Washington D C recalls Claudia, a former stage-door and studio regular on Soupy Sales show, who died at 15 from a lung illness after finding kindness and confidence in him. The note links her Florida years as a journalism student to happiness before her death.
A liberal Democrat running as an independent disrupted Daley machine once more. Singer, 28, with a largely youthful campaign team, backed by precinct workers, narrowly defeated James P. Gaughan in the 44th Ward alderman runoff, 11,983 to 11,786.
Vice President Agnew argued that simply giving money to the poor would not end poverty. He stressed that dignity cannot be purchased and must be earned, in remarks on welfare policy.
Police arrested Bernard Vercellone, 25, Tuesday on a charge of grand theft. The hydrant, stolen from an intersection early Sunday, was displayed in the living room of Vercellone's home.
Baroness Spencer-Churchill, aged 84, remained unchanged but slightly stronger after a hospital statement. The Churchill widow fractured her thigh last week and is being treated in London. President Nixon named former Pennsylvania governor William Scranton to lead the U.S. delegation to November talks in Washington on satellite communications. Health, Education and USC will be honored at the 1969 alumni awards luncheon on April 20 on campus.
The will of former President Eisenhower prepared Tuesday in Adams County Pennsylvania leaves most personal property to his widow after specific gifts to associates and employees. Official declarations flags memorabilia and papers go to the Eisenhower Center in Abilene Kansas.
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