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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1969
Page
2
Step Up and widespread shellings hit at least 22 bases and towns as the nationwide offensives continue. Casualties for U.S., Communist, and South Vietnamese forces rise with 39 wounded and reports of a marked regional decline in fighting week over week.
President Nixon appoints Rev. Theodore Hesburgh to chair the U.S. Civil Rights Commission and selects Gen. Andrew Goodpaster to replace Lemnitzer as supreme Allied commander Europe. Hesburgh and Goodpaster are longtime Nixon allies. Hesburgh will succeed John Hannah who moves to lead the Agency for International Development.
The White House said a nationally televised news conference Friday will reveal whether to give the 5.5 billion Sentinel anti ballistic missile system the go ahead. Secretary of Defense Laird indicated on Wednesday he expects Nixon to approve changes to the Sentinel program as set by the Johnson administration.
The last Beatle bachelor Paul McCartney wed New York divorcee Linda Eastman in a civil ceremony in London. A crowd of teens surged around their limousine as the couple left Marylebone registry office. Linda Eastman, 27, photographer and Heather six, then moved to England with McCartney after his engagement to Jane Asher ended.
Police arrested George Harrison and Patti Harrison after a raid on their Esher bungalow. Detectives from Scotland Yard seized the couple, who were taken to Esher police station for processing amid a high profile publicized case.
Dr Eugene Carson Blake general secretary of the World Council of Churches arrived in London after a trip to the Middle East. He described his discussions with Arab and Israeli leaders as frank and expressive.
President Nixon adopted the name Roosevelt Room for the former Fish Room across from the Oval Office. Press secretary Ronald L. Ziegler said the room will honor Teddy Roosevelt because he built that wing. The Fish Room had carried the FDR era label for displays of tropical fish and fishing trophies.
A fragment from a 1969 Long Beach daily issue shows classified section details including date March 13 1969 volume 32 number 52. Publication notes list address Sixth Street and Pine Avenue Long Beach California with pricing per month and per year.
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