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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1969
Page
1
President Nixon reluctantly signed the tax cut and reform bill amid inflation concerns and warned of possible future tax increases. He noted the measure’s reforms are substantial but warned Congress about long term revenue losses before heading to San Clemente for a two week holiday.
Communist forces shot down two American helicopters northeast of Saigon injuring one crew member and two others as clashes in Phuoc Long province disrupted a Viet Cong cease fire. American forces then struck back, killing 53 enemy troops. In Paris, the U.S. handed a list of 1,406 missing in Southeast Asia to Communist negotiators, prompting a clash with Hanoi. In Jerusalem, Denis Michael Rohan was ordered into psychiatric care after being found mentally ill for attempting to destroy the Al Aqsa Mosque. In Bern, Czechoslovakia’s envoy sought political asylum amid reports of a leadership purge in the foreign service.
The United States and major trading partners reached a 35 dollar per ounce floor on newly mined South African gold through the IMF. The move likely supports the free market by anchoring prices and may influence other supplies in the market.
Torrential rains in Virginia Kentucky West Virginia and Tennessee roar from rivers forcing evacuations. At least three dead all in Tennessee as six inch totals peak. Rescue workers and National Guardsmen evacuate small mountain hamlets and isolate Lee County Virginia amid road washouts.
Vice President Spiro Agnew presented Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos with four black lunar rock slivers and a Philippine flag from Apollo 11. Marcos praised the souvenirs as a sign of a fantastic feat and discussed U.S.-Philippines ties with Agnew. Cmdr Eugene Cernan joined the ceremony as Marcos spoke of his son wanting to be an astronaut.
Mrs. Glenard Lipscomb wife of Representative Glen Lipscomb Republican California will participate in the keel laying ceremony for a new nuclear powered guided missile frigate at Newport News Virginia on January 23. She will authenticate a plate to be affixed to the keel bearing the name USS California.
Robert Boone Minton, an eight year old from Lancaster, disappeared Sunday night and was found alone in Amarillo Greyhound Terminal with no tickets or money. He admitted riding from Los Angeles by bus but his later stories were uncertain. Los Angeles police filed a missing person report Tuesday. He roamed the Amarillo police station and slept in the jail’s juvenile section.
Jack Dreyfus Jr., 96, founder of Dreyfus & Co., will retire to devote full time to developing diphenylhydantoin also known as Dilantin. The drug treats epileptic seizures and other convulsions and may be habit forming. Dreyfus studies the drug up to 18 hours daily, stating his motive is humanitarian, not financial.
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