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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1969
Page
2
U S Navy patrol boats fired on Communist troops trying to cross the Saigon River killing 14 with no American casualties. Near Dau Tieng about 33 miles northwest of Saigon the attacks marked a third straight night of strikes netting 56 enemy dead.
Violence erupted on the University of Washington campus over black hiring. Two trucks and a bulldozer were pushed into a pit, three workers were roughed up, and 12 people were arrested including Tyree Scott of the Central Contractors Association who seeks more black apprentices on publicly funded jobs.
Eight Chicago Eight defendants prepared for a landmark trial under the 1968 Civil Rights Act as protests echo in Lincoln Park and city streets. Betty Furness weighs in on consumer protection amid antiwar and civil rights tensions. Cadet Emmer returns to classes after a near fatal javelin accident. Teresa McGovern’s marijuana possession case is dropped amid illegal search concerns. NASA projects manned Mars missions in the 1980s and actor Richard Boone contemplates Hawaii governorship bids.
Sudanese Prime Minister Sayed Babiker Awadalla led a broad Arab bloc assault in the General Assembly against U S support for Israel. He called Israel a colony nurtured by the United States and questioned whether the world would be better off without the United States.
Gov. Paul Laxalt disclosed he flew to Washington aboard a small jet owned by Howard Hughes. He said he asked the Hughes organization to provide the plane free of charge and met with President Nixon to discuss his political future. He noted the state plane has rarely been used for private business.
F. Lee Bailey agreed to represent one of six U.S. Green Berets charged with murder in the suspected Vietnamese spy case. Bailey told a Saigon contact he would be happy to take the case and spoke with Capt. Thomas Young, the military lawyer for Capt. Robert Marasco, in Boston.
Dr. Thomas Paine, NASA administrator, said on Tuesday that the Apollo series is likely the last water landing design. He noted future craft will return to earth like airplanes, with wheels and reusability for new space missions.
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