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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1969
Page
2
President Johnson acts to avert a major rail strike by creating two presidential emergency boards. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers plans to strike 60 railroads nationwide, with about 35,000 workers seeking a new contract on workloads expenses home terminal time and vacations.
Gen Creighton Abrams, U S commander in Vietnam, opposes reducing American forces now, saying sacrifice has been heavy and a cut could jeopardize the war. He cautions an eventual reduction is likely but insists patience is needed. Sweden's recognition of North Vietnam is viewed at the U N as a timed move complicating Paris peace talks.
Commonwealth talks on race migration and citizenship collapse when Kenya Uganda and Tanzania refuse to attend until Britain pledges to admit thousands of Asians facing displacement in East Africa. King Gustav Adolf VI opens Parliament amid protests in Stockholm with anti monarchy placards. Vatican paper denounces birth control as a paradox to Catholic conscience and criticizes church leaders for defying papal ban.
Beirut report cites Arab intelligence warning of a significant Israeli assault. It references comments from Al Ahram and notes regional unease amid tensions between Israel and its neighbors.
President elect Nixon designated Frank Shakespeare to head the U S Information Agency. Shakespeare, 44, will leave CBS Television Services to oversee overseas news and broadcasting and aims to present the American story truthfully to counter stereotypes. He helped shape Nixon’s campaign TV format and had suggested an early cabinet announcement on TV.
A hijacker with a sawed off shotgun attempted to divert a Delta airliner to Cuba but Captain Harold Rowley kept the plane on its Miami landing and landed safely with 69 passengers. FBI charged Kenneth McPeek of Michigan with aircraft piracy after the incident.
The Supreme Court moved Adam Clayton Powell's ouster appeal from the summary calendar to the general calendar, extending possible hearing time and signaling a clash with Congress. The justices acted without comment in a simple order as the case proceeds.
In Detroit, Patrolman Dennis Clark coaxed his boyhood friend Dennis Heard to surrender for the murder of a patrolman. Heard and Paul Kincannon were hunted after the holdup slaying. Kincannon died in a police standoff. Clark and Heard knew each other from a neighborhood club.
A fragment from a 1960s Independent newspaper page shows classified contact numbers HE 5 1149 and WE 2 5999 with date Tuesday January 14 and volume 32 number unspecified. The snippet lacks full stories or notices.
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