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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1970
Page
2
Wives anxiously monitor Apollo 13 course correction as NASA reports the ship near course again. Mary Hatse and Marilyn Lovell stay quiet during the 15 second burn while families share hopeful, cautious confidence about the crew’s safe return.
NASA officials reported the Apollo 13 crew maintaining control after a fuel cell issue and a battery warning. Haise and Swigert described cold conditions aboard Aquarius while preparing for a critical course correction to ensure a safe reentry into the South Pacific near Pago Pago.
About 500 protested AT&T aiding the war effort, clashing with police as buses were surrounded and five demonstrators arrested including a 16 year old girl for desecration of the flag. Boston Tea Parties occurred on the East River and a Des Moines bridge as students and groups like Women’s Liberation Movement protested the Vietnam War. John H. Glenn expressed confidence Apollo 13 would return home safely.
About 1,000 peace demonstrators marched from the Downtown LA Induction Center to City Hall for an evening rally headlined by Yippie leader Jerry Rubin. They denounced the Vietnam War and chanted Peace Now while confronting a small pro war group. Rubin urged revolution and said authorities would try to silence dissent as he spoke to USC and the broader crowd.
Reported clash began at a noon Vietnam Moratorium rally with about 2,000 attendees. A 50 to 60 person group hurled rocks and bottles at Navy ROTC guards as tear gas dispersed demonstrators, injuring a TV photographer and prompting campus and city police to shell, with fires reported in Wheeler Hall and false alarms set off across the area.
President Nixon postponed his nationwide speech on Viet Nam to next week to allow uninterrupted TV coverage of Apollo 13 return. He thanked allied offers for recovery assistance while NASA said no help was required if the crew returns safely. Defense Secretary Laird confirmed a troop withdrawal plan remained.
Tropical Storm Helen moves closer to the Apollo 13 splashdown area but forecasters say it will not affect the Friday landing. Weather ships report possible hurricane formation but expect the storm to remain about 200 miles west northwest of the recovery point with winds up to 75 mph.
A Beverly Hills police unit sought to stop Police Chief Joseph F Kimble from drawing his pay. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Richard Schauer refused to issue a court order, saying the court should not intervene in the internal affair.
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