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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1969
Page
2
A three judge federal court ruled recipients may not be denied benefits for refusing to admit caseworkers to their homes without warrants. The decision prohibits eliminating Mrs. Barbara James and her son from welfare rolls solely for noncooperation. The court urged welcoming caseworkers, but barred benefit denial when entry is refused.
The article notes Pat Nixon will not golf while President Richard Nixon travels to golf sessions in California. Julie Eisenhower, engaged in golf lessons and cheering her husband, shows potential as a golfer as she joins him on the course.
U S infantrymen clashed with North Vietnamese forces near Tam Ky in a daylong engagement. Reports say at least 13 U S personnel killed and 48 wounded, with hundreds of Communist troops involved near a fire support base called West. A separate RF4C reconnaissance jet crash occurred after takeoff from Tan Son Nhut, injuring civilians and soldiers.
Egyptian and Israeli forces exchanged sporadic artillery and tank fire Monday along the 1967 cease-fire line. An Israeli officer was killed in a Egyptian commando raid and a corporal shot by a sniper. Egypt said anti aircraft gunners downed an Israeli Skyhawk jet south of the Great Bitter Lakes.
An Egyptian airliner hijacked to Saudi Arabia with 30 passengers and two hijackers was returned after Saudi guards detained them. King Faisal ordered the two Egyptian hijackers released to Egypt. Egypt conveyed deep gratitude to Faisal through its ambassador in Jeddah. The hijackers were Soliman Hashem El Moneiry, an Army physician, and his brother Mohamed Hasham El Moneiry.
A squall on Lake Geneva capsized a pleasure steamer near Thonon les Bains France causing eight deaths and 10 missing children amid 50 aboard. A fisherman rescued 12 children, four bodies were recovered, and three adults plus a child died in hospital. Thirty one of the passengers were schoolchildren.
The State Department said there are no grounds for Thailand to demand prior consent before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee reviews a secret U S Thai military agreement. The document says U S troops sent to Thailand to resist Communist aggression would fall under Bangkok's command.
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