27 Mar 1969
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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1969
Page
1
Gov Willing reports telegram from Jerry Lewis apologizing for a remark on the Tonight Show. Lewis says he profusely apologizes to the state of Mississippi for the offensive comment and notes he publicly apologized the following night.
Senator Edward M. Kennedy opens two days of hearings to probe the Nixon administration s enforcement of federal anti discrimination rules. Witnesses include Walter Mondale as a party lieutenant. scrutiny targets Defense Department contracts for three South Carolina mills and Volpe Shultz antidiscrimination rules for highway builders.
In Ocala Florida authorities recovered the bodies of divers Frank M. Wilson 20 of Marietta Georgia and Christopher M. Ferrell 20 of Mableton Georgia after an early morning diving incident at the Blue Sink Lime Pit. Teammates Mark A. Good 19 Knoxville and Roderick F. Tedman 18 Panama Canal Zone along with YMCA instructor James H. Crocker 28 Rock Hill assisted in the rescue. Divers from Georgia Tech and YMCA reportedly entered the pit with air tanks around 9:30 PM the prior day while a searchlight aided the recovery.
A Knoxville, Tennessee soldier was sentenced to three years and one month in prison after involvement in a complex case that included rape allegations, a fiancee situation, and a series of violent events with fellow servicemen in Weiden, Germany. The proceedings referenced multiple victims and alleged acts around a spring vacation diving incident in Florida aftermath.
A fast moving snowstorm swept across the United States leaving frost warnings in the South and subfreezing readings in the Midwest and Northeast. Up to 10 inches fell in parts of the Midwest while cities like Detroit Chicago Minneapolis-St Paul and St Louis posted frigid highs and lows. Snow persisted in parts of the East as cold air moved in from the Rockies, with record early season warmth noted on the West Coast before the deep freeze spread inland.
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