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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1969
Page
1
Militant Zenga kuren students used bricks and stones to smash police lines in Ito Japan on Sunday as they pressed to cancel the fourth Asian and Pacific ministerial council. Police fought back amid intense fighting and efforts to stop the protest.
After three days of heavy fighting across South Vietnam, enemy attacks dropped off Sunday night. U.S. sources report about 2,500 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed since the upsurge began last Thursday. More than 150 Americans may have been killed. total U.S. casualties not released. Analysts view the attacks as pressure for the Nixon Thieu Midway meeting, not a full summer offensive. Headquarters cited light overall casualties and damage Sunday night. Some expect most of the 25,000 U.S. troops to withdraw from rear echelon units.
Spain sealed the road to the Rock of Gibraltar at midnight Sunday locking 4600 Spanish workers out. The move targets Gibraltar's economy to pressure Britain over the 250 year dispute, with many border workers, barbers, cobblers, bakers, dockyard and hotel staff affected. Tears and crowds marked the La Linea gate as officials promised care for workers.
At Midway Island Nixon and Thieu pledged unity as Pentagon sources indicate the 25,000-strong drawdown may keep troops on Okinawa or Hawaii before rapid redeployment to Vietnam. Thieu called the move good news and said Saigon will bear less burden while plans for further withdrawals follow. Nixon said the replacement will begin within 30 days and complete by August with Vietnamese forces taking over combat roles.
AP dispatch from Saigon reports mixed reactions as President Nixon announces 25 000 U S troops will be pulled out of South Vietnam by August Servicemen express relief but worry about the war's outcome Many call the pullout too small or merely a gesture while some hope to leave soon Local ARVN gains and doubts about success of the South Vietnamese force are noted The list of quotes includes soldiers from Indiana California New York Idaho Kentucky and New Jersey and Navy personnel in the Mekong Delta
Bankers Trust Co. of New York raised its prime rate to 8 percent from 7 percent, effective immediately, affecting its best customers for loans.
The federal truth in lending law becomes effective July 1. It requires lenders to provide detailed cost figures and clear advertising. Exemptions include business and agricultural credit and loans over 25 000 except real estate. Regulation Z explains finance charges open end credit and required disclosures.
In Parkersburg a fire tore through an eight room frame house killing 12 members of a family. Teenagers Roger Bailey 13 and Susan 15 watched as their parents grandma and 10 siblings died. Grandfather Obie Bailey 63 escaped through a bathroom window. The blaze lasted about 45 minutes and started around 1 30 am Sunday. Roger and Susan had been staying in a nearby structure. Firemen did not determine the cause. The deceased ranged from 6 months to 17 years old.
Nixon administration launches push in Congress for 2.6 billion in new foreign aid to sustain U.S. influence in developing lands. Acting Secretary of State Elliot Richardson leads a closed hearing as the House Foreign Affairs Committee begins a month of review. The president seeks 900 million more than last year to avert a slump in economic aid to Latin America, Asia and Africa.
The Middletown area forecasts cloudiness with clearing later and a chance of light showers, cooler highs in the upper 60s to lower 70s, and overnight lows around 40s. Richardson warns that abandoning self assistance could derail progress, while Nixon's fiscal plan proposes 2.2 billion dollars for economic aid, 375 million for military aid, and 75 million to back a private investment public corporation, pending review later this year.
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