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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1969
Page
1
A 200 square mile oil slick covers the Pacific off Santa Barbara, Ventura County beaches report dead birds as the spill fed by an underwater well advances at about 21 000 gallons daily. Winds push the film along 14 miles of shoreline near Santa Barbara.
A central slick about a mile wide surrounds the offshore Union Oil well six miles from shore as 21,000 gallons per day leak. birds die and oiled wildlife risks rise while cleanup efforts by California Fish and Game and Coast Guard continue with detergents and possible federal takeover if needed.
President Nixon urges preventive detention for hard core repeat offenders awaiting trial in Washington. He backs a public defender system for the poor while acknowledging constitutional questions and awaiting draft legislation. Civil libertarian support may hinge on limiting how many are jailed.
President Nixon revived formal dress with a champagne welcome for 115 nation diplomats at the White House, reversing Johnson era black tie preferences. He and Mrs. Nixon hosted in the Green Room and Blue Room, with a short speech in the East Room about peaceful settlement of differences.
The Vatican issued a 10000 word decree urging broad experiments to align training of priests nuns and lay brothers with younger generations. It endorses psychology to assess suitability for poverty chastity and obedience and proposes extended worldly exposure before vows. A new measure allows temporary vows to pause seminary life and rejoin later after a trial period.
Morristown New Jersey AP The Mennen Co warned that some Baby Magic Lotion bottles may contain harmful bacteria and should not be used The type of bacteria and potential effects were not disclosed Identifying marks include a letter and number on the bottom and 9 ounce bottles stamped 219 without a letter Customers are asked to return affected bottles for a full refund No injuries have been reported and the product was manufactured before March 1968
Maj. Gen. Nguyen Van Kiem and four bodyguards were wounded in a terrorist attack in Saigon as two attackers on a motorcycle threw a grenade and bombs at his car. Three other terrorist incidents in Saigon raised the death toll and damaged vehicles near the U.S. and South Vietnamese bases.
President Johnson did not include a Defense Department request of 431000 for public access routes to Robert Kennedy’s Arlington grave. Sen Edward Kennedy hopes construction starts this spring with mixed public and private financing, while Nixon faces the need for a supplemental appropriation.
About 150 more citizens were summoned to the Clay Shaw trial to be questioned for fair and impartial juror status. One additional juror and two alternates are needed for the Criminal District Court jury hearing Shaw 55 on conspiring to murder President Kennedy.
Robert Erler, a 24 year old ex policeman, convicted of second degree murder in the slaying of 12 year old Merilyn Clark. He was sentenced to 99 years and six months and faces potential parole after one third served. Prosecutors tied him to the crime by a voice identification from a phone call.
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