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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1969
Page
1
Nigeria rejects Biafra cease-fire plan amid war talks
Nigerian External Affairs Commissioner Okoi Arikpo rejected Biafra's cease-fire proposal as conditional and already refused. He said Nigeria's terms remain: Biafra must renounce secession and rejoin federation. The war drags into its 21st month with shifting fronts near Umuahia and Owerri as Biafran air shipments boost defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lagos
Nigeria
Biafra
Okoi Arikpo
Federation
Radio Biafra
Biafran
Odumegu Ojukwu
Ojukwu
Arikpo
Denis Greenhill
Harold Wilson
London
Umuahia
Owerri
Allies Ramp Up Language at Paris Peace Talks
At the eighth weekly session of the expanded talks in Paris, U S and South Vietnamese delegates harshly criticized Communist terror tactics in South Vietnam. U S Ambassador Lodge accused attacks aimed at subduing civilians, while South Vietnamese Ambassador Lam accused the Viet Cong and North Vietnam of plans to widen the war. Viet Cong spokesman Tran Buu Kiem warned against any “appropriate response” to the Viet Cong offensive and Nixon threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
U.S
South Vietnam
Henry Cabot Lodge
Pham Dang Lam
Indochinese
Southeast Asia
Tran Buu Kiem
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Nixon
In Florida Haiti Invasion Plot Derailed by Everglades raid
Twelve heavily armed men including ten Haitians and two Americans were arrested 50 miles into the Everglades and tied to a camp training for an invasion of Haiti. A dead trainee, Gerald Baker, fueled the case as investigators seized rifles pistols walkie talkies and camping gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key West
Fla
Everglades
Haiti
Flage
Green Berets
Monroe County
Robert Brown
Florida Highway Patrol
Gerald D. Baker
Miami
Brown
Eugene L. Maximilian
Baker
Maximilian
Federal Bureau of Investigation
U.S
New York
Bahamas
Poor People’s March Returns With April Campaign
Dr. Ralph David Abernathy says a new Poor People’s March will start in Memphis on April 4, the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination. He plans a nationwide tour as leader of the second chapter of the campaign, including a Black Easter celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Ralph David Abernathy
Washington
Abernathy
Martin Luther King Jr
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Memphis
Tenn
King
Alabama
Washington, D.C
Spring Not Yet Arrived Amid Unchanging Temps
Forecast calls for fair weather with minimal temperature shifts. Highs expected in the lower 40s. No significant change seen for Saturday. Yesterday reached 37 degrees with an overnight low of 18.
Apollo 9 ends 10 day orbit with splashdown in Bahamas
Apollo 9 completed its 10 day flight ending with a splashdown near Grand Turk Island at 12 01 p m EST aboard the aircraft carrier Guadalcanal. Captains McDivitt Scott and Schweickart reported a smooth reentry and looked forward to a Houston celebration after a mission highlighted by testing the lunar module.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guadalcanal
Earth
McDivitt
Scott
Schweickart
Ann
Mission Control Center
Sayonara
Tally Ho
Moon
Mission Control
Viet Cong Offensive Tests U S Casualty Toll Early
Saigon reports 336 Americans killed in action in the week March 28 as the Viet Cong spring offensive enters its second week. Across allied forces, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese dead total 4 063. government troops 521 killed last week. Wounded rise to 1 694 Americans and 1 058 South Vietnamese. 217 South Vietnamese listed missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
U.S
Ship Sinks After Collision Off North Carolina Coast
A Panamanian tanker and a Soviet fishing trawler collided near the North Carolina coast in pre-dawn darkness. The Russian vessel sank with all hands, with fifteen crewmen believed aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
North Carolina
Coast Guard
Apollo 9 Ends Mission With Bonuses For Moon Venture
Apollo 9 wraps a 10 day flight circling Earth as flight director Eugene Kranz says all objectives are met and the mission yields new navigation methods and satellite tracking data. The success completes hardware for a lunar landing and sets up an Apollo 10 flyby mission around the moon for 63 hours starting May 17 with a July landing target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Space Center
Houston
America
Moon
Eugene F. Kranz
Kranz
Space Agency
Defense Chief Silent on Vietnam Troop Withdrawals
Defense Secretary Melvin Laird, returning from a Vietnam tour, refused to forecast troop withdrawals or discuss potential retaliatory actions. He said no conclusions have been reached on reducing U.S. forces and declined to predict timing, while noting the current force stands at about 541,500, near the midyear ceiling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Vietnam
Secretary of Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Gon
Laird
Nixon
United States
Andrews Air Force Base
Southeast Asia
Robert S. McNamara
U.S
Altered anti missile system Sentinel likely
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird says Nixon will press ahead with an altered Sentinel system. Nixon delayed a decision after meeting Laird and will announce moves at a Friday news conference. Laird indicated changes are planned to the $5.5 billion program though specifics were not given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Vietnam
Nixon
Laird
Air Force
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Allies
Rap
Red Terror
Florida
George Knapp
Sheriff’s Office
Apollo 9
Peter
Heloise
Ee Television
Aen
Eeeneeee Valley News
Defense
Johnson
Sentinel
Maryland
Earle Wheeler
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