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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1969
Page
2
Seven B 52 sorties raided infiltration routes along the Cambodian border north of Phnom Penh, dropping about 700 tons of bombs. Allied intelligence says Hanoi troop infiltration into the south has doubled in recent weeks.
A winter storm system swept many regions with snow rain and tornadoes while New York investigators probed Puerto Rican bank and Woolworth bombings in Manhattan. A Senate panel will study film classifications as truck drivers seek higher wages amid nationwide weather chaos.
President Nixon announced that the Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad Richard Gordon and Alan Bean will undertake a goodwill world tour in early February. They will also serve as grand marshals at the Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day.
Mayor John Lindsay of New York, a Republican and third party mayor, urged Gov. Nelson Rockefeller to improve for next year if he seeks Lindsay's backing in 1972. Lindsay said he would decide on Rockefeller's fourth term only during the 1970 political season and that season has not arrived.
Bob Hope landed in South Vietnam for his sixth Christmas tour of the war zone with astronaut Neil Armstrong and a troupe of performers. U S commanders kept movements secret to avoid signaling troop concentrations as Hope began entertaining service members under heavy security.
Julie Nixon Eisenhower and husband David arrive in Brussels from Washington for a quiet Christmas with David's parents. David Eisenhower's father is the U.S. ambassador to Belgium. Nixon says a phone-based Christmas shopper helped with gifts and that an agent monitors items they considered but did not buy. Pope Paul VI blessed a manger in St Peter's Square, the first time he came down to the square to bless a manger, watched by over 30,000 persons.
Foreign Minister Abba Eban arrived from Washington for an emergency cabinet session amid Israeli concern over U S proposals for Mideast peace. Israel fears conditions would require withdrawal from territories seized in the 1967 war, signaling a deteriorating alliance.
Dick Roman age 31 and Honey Merrill age 33 were married Sunday in a stage ceremony at Harolds Club Casino in Reno where Roman is performing. Merrill, a former showgirl and Gleason girlfriend, and Roman exchanged vows on the club stage.
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