28 Jul 1969
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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1969
Page
1
A labor protest gathered at Harold G. Butzer Inc on 730 Wicker Lane with a Picket for Plumbers Local 35 and a second demonstration by sheet metal workers aimed at the mechanical contracting firm to explain the metal workers role and concerns.
Lunar samples from Apollo crews are tested for biological content and contamination risk. Scientists expose bits of soil to germ free mice and to vacuum chamber analysis while rocks are cataloged and prepared for detailed analysis. The process aims to determine if lunar material may carry Earthlike organisms and when the rest of the specimens will be released for study.
Scientists expect to receive Mariner 6 and 7 transmissions from 771 500 miles to study Mars. Images aim to show features, canals, or patterns while measurements of temperatures, pressures, and atmospheric densities are collected. Researchers note low chance of Earth-like life but search for primitive forms and surface activity.
An Associated Press report says Swedish Maj. Bo Plane, 47, a U.N. observer on the Egyptian side, was killed in a heavy artillery duel near Port Suez. Israel was blamed for the death as U Thant weighs possible withdrawal of the remaining 91 observers deployed at eight posts along the canal.
Cpl. Edward Bankston 20 died from a skull fracture after a racial violence outbreak at Camp Lejeune North Carolina. His death follows days of clashes among Marines with reports of multiple beatings and a growing security concern at the base.
An Arab guerrilla group claimed responsibility for the death of Napoleon Wilson, 28, following an argument over results in Amman. Israeli forces reportedly mortared Beit Yus, while police detained Virgil Jones, 18, near the Sea of Galilee in connection with the incident at St. Marys Hospital where a fatal stabbing occurred.
In a 135 page Health Service supplement to Congress the government reaffirmed links between cigarette smoking and coronary disorders chronic bronchitis emphysema throat cancer and noncancer mouth diseases. Secretary Finch praised industry efforts to end broadcast advertising by next year as a proper response to the health risk. Multiple area crashes left six injured and one killed including Eddie Gunn and others in Missouri and nearby states.
A protest petition handed to State Secretary James C. Kirkpatrick protested plans to change the state Blue Book from blue to green. Led by Jerry Bryan with 16 signers including Rep. E. J. Cantrell and Delton L. Houtchens, the group warned of harm to professional reputations and economic loss if out of state visitors see a green edition.
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