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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1969
Page
1
New York AP reports President-elect Nixon has asked Ray C. Bliss to remain chairman of the Republican National Committee for a substantial period. Bliss did not specify a time frame, and a key Nixon aide indicated Bliss would stay unless he chooses to depart.
Israeli warplanes crossed the Jordan Valley cease-fire line to strike guerrilla groups after an attack on an Israeli army vehicle. Flames were seen at the Arab village of Ktes near Kibbutz Gesher, six miles south of the Jordan River. The strike marks the first use of planes against cross-border attackers since January 2.
Forecasters warn the Miami Valley will stay frigid with a low around 5 above and daytime highs near the low 20s. West and northwest winds will ease tonight but highs remain cold and icy into Monday.
An American unit with two Tiger Scouts was overrun 30 miles southwest of Saigon. Six Americans and one scout were killed, others wounded. The 3rd Brigade 9th Infantry radioed a distress call but reinforcements arrived too late amid widespread shelling of airfields and camps.
New York crowds mobbed Apollo astronauts Frank Borman Jim Lovell and William Anders at a Waldorf Astoria state dinner. Security failed to curb autograph requests as Gov Rockefeller urged seating amid laughter and questions about moon exploration. Lovell warned he might be slightly incapacitated by the end of the evening.
Willis Jessie an Army deserter and plane hijacker returned to U S soil after five months in Cuba. He carried two year old Patricia Sue as he was arrested by FBI agents at Miami airport. His divorced wife Mary Jane awaited a tearful reunion and Patricia Sue had lived in Havana. Jessie faces air piracy charges from the Naples Florida hijack last August.
New York AP reports WOR relief helicopter pilot Frank McDermott died when his chopper crashed into a Queens apartment during a live rush hour traffic report. The blaze spread to a neighboring building with one minor injury. Police say the 37 year old jumped or fell from the craft after signaling rough weather and ending his briefing.
Washington AP. The Budget Bureau delayed printing President Johnsons final federal budget as he weighs the 10 percent income surtax fate. President-elect Nixon ponders who should seek extension and whether Congress will act. The fiscal 1970 budget submission to Congress is postponed beyond the planned Tuesday date.
Johnson presses to extend the tax for cooling inflation while awaiting Nixon's stance. aides say Nixon undecided and silent, causing White House delay to finalize the budget and the State of the Union plan.
Berkeley police hunted three to four men for the execution style killing of Brink's guard Joseph W. Martin 49 of San Leandro. One suspect, Willie Smith 26, was detained in Berkeley jail after fingerprints on file from prior military service. Robbers fled after two mile chase leaving a 9 mm submachine gun a .45 pistol and $6000 in a crowded UC Berkeley area.
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