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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1969
Page
1
American doctors at Walter Reed report former president Dwight D. Eisenhower remains in critical condition amid ongoing congestive heart failure. They note he slept well, remains lucid, and can converse, while cautions about uncertain recovery timelines and past resilience.
Senate leaders demand a $10 billion reduction in requested appropriations and a $5 billion cut in actual spending as the price for extending the 10 percent income tax surcharge. President Nixon proposes a 12 month extension and significant spending cuts, with Defense and overseas bases among targeted areas. Inflation pressures persist as February prices rise, erasing wage gains.
A flotilla of Russian warships and submarines passed west of the Orkney Islands in the North Sea on Tuesday. A British military source traced a likely route toward Vladivostok on the Soviet Asia coast amid recent Soviet Chinese border clashes.
A Venezuelan hijacker forced a Delta DC8 with 114 aboard to divert from Dallas to Havana early today. The craft returned to Miami 8:16 a.m. EST to refuel, then resumed toward Cuba. Passengers included 26 Marine recruits and other military personnel en route to San Diego.
The International Federation of Airline Pilots Associations may call a 12 or 24 hour world wide strike if hijackings are not punished. The group, representing 70 percent of pilots, could also ban flights into offending nations and restrict aircraft and cargo movements. Cuba was not represented at the conference.
The forecast for Middletown and vicinity calls for mostly cloudy skies and continued cool conditions tonight and Thursday with a few snow flurries this evening. Overnight lows in the middle 20s, Thursday highs in the upper 30s to low 40s. Yesterday reached 38 degrees with a 32 degree morning low and about half an inch of snow fell.
The Pentagon rejects arming security guards on commercial airliners to deter hijackings, citing risks to passengers and crew. Officials warn firearm use could cause fatal or catastrophic damage and that cramped cabins make handling hijackers difficult.
Viet Cong mortars and rockets struck the Dong Tam base of the 9th Infantry Division 40 miles south of Saigon in the 32nd night of spring fighting. The attack killed eight U.S. air cavalrymen and wounded 17. Col. Ira Hunt of McLean, Virginia, estimated up to 500 tons of ammunition exploded, while two enemy bodies were recovered.
On or about May 12 Sharon Sites Adams of Marina del Ray near Los Angeles will begin a voyage from Yokohama in a 31 foot sailboat hoping to end 80 days later in San Diego Her yacht now under construction in Yokosuka Japan is a duplicate of the one she is pictured.
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