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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1969
Page
4
The leader reflects on a troop ceiling cut and calls the move a step right, though he wishes for larger cuts. He notes no progress in peace talks since November 3 and affirms continued diplomatic efforts. Reports of increased enemy activity hint at Hanoi’s buildup, shaping U S policy with South Vietnam to share war burden.
UPI reports networks faced criticism for their rapid analysis of President Nixon's November 3 Vietnam speech. They offered brief summaries rather than in depth interpretation, with NBC's Elie Abel noting the seasonable tone and a single worrying point about Communist infiltration.
Former Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas criticized the Nixon administration’s war on crime as a threat to constitutional rights. He urged caution on executive powers, warned against warrantless searches and expanded wiretaps, and noted FBI taps on Martin Luther King Jr.’s phone while commending press critics of Agnew.
A witness describes finding three sets of clothes linked to the Tate murders after a day, noting the discovery was a one-in-a-million shot. Rosemary Tate confirms her husband and others wore black clothing before the Tate and LaBianca killings. Suspect Miss Atkins remains in custody in Mobile.
The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 3 that housing community recreational associations may not bar Negro applicants. The decision, by Justice Douglas, held Little Hunting Park Inc. in Virginia not a private club since it offers public-style facilities and membership to nearby residents. The ruling cites 1866 civil rights law granting same property rights to newly freed slaves, while justices Burger Harlan White dissented.
Supreme Court Justice Hugo L Black ordered student desegregation by February 1 in seven more Deep South school systems. The ruling followed patterns of prior orders issued by Black and the court as Friday’s actions. The 5th U S Circuit Court of Appeals would have allowed a September 1970 delay, while the lower court demanded all moves toward unitary systems by February 1. Los Angeles County asked the State Supreme Court to rule on a two thirds vote requirement in local bond elections.
UPI reports S H Hayakawa faced near 1,200 Columbia University students who heckled him as he delivered a long remarks session. He vowed to continue until four in the morning, insisting his talk would address semantics despite the disruption. He remarked on the student body and TV image while amid memories of 1967 campus protests.
Dr Milton S Eisenhower speaking in Baltimore as head of a violence commission urges a system of restrictive handgun licensing and removal of guns from all except those who truly need them. He notes 25 million guns in U S and says most murders happen in moments of anger often within families.
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