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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1969
Page
6
In Mount Holly New Jersey a dozen young married servicemen have been forced onto welfare due to high living costs and insufficient military pay. The item notes the strain on families and the broader impact of wartime wage limits.
A report to the Office of Economic Opportunity finds 16 of 43 youth programs studied last summer rated good with 13 fair and 14 poor. The study covered youth involvement programs in 43 of the nation’s 50 largest cities and will guide next summer’s activities.
In New Orleans Clay Shaw defense counters Warren Commission findings with FBI ballistic testimony. Expert says two bullet fragments from a 6.5 mm rifle fired from the Dallas Book Depository weapon. Oswald named lone assassin per commission. Trial judge bars full Commission testimony and widow Marina Oswald Porter testifies.
United Press International reports New Orleans Miami Hampton Roads and Baltimore dockworkers voted to accept new labor contracts ending the 63 day long strike that cost over 2 billion dollars and tied up 578 freighters at the peak. Negotiations continued in Boston as a New York walkout by pier mechanics sparked wildcat action elsewhere.
In Charleston West Virginia12 000 miners walkout halting southern coal production while legislators delay compensation bills for black lung victims. Democratic leaders urged a return to work and cited potential Vista Volunteers stirring the miners as a protest escalates toward a Capitol march.
A government advisory committee urged hospitals to stop denying admission to alcoholic patients and recommended extending health insurance coverage and antipoverty programs to include alcoholism control. The report to HEW Secretary Finch cites over 5 million alcoholics and up to 20 million affected family members, alongside a SUNY Downstate five year alcoholism research program costing 250 468 dollars in its first year.
In Beaufort and Jasper counties 82 year old Annie Chaplin lives with no running water or toilet and sometimes goes hungry. A federal plan announced by Agriculture Secretary Hardin would provide free food stamps to needy families, addressing hunger highlighted by Sen. Hollings and others. Local officials note rural poverty worsened by outmigration of Black workers and lack of jobs, with about 700 people in Beaufort County receiving stamps.
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