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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1969
Page
1
Lebanese troops replied with artillery and tanks to guerrilla fire on the Masnaa post along the Beirut-Damascus highway. Guerrillas massed in surrounding hills and later claimed to have thrown everything at the post except planes.
Mrs. Ernest Baines frets for foster daughter Tracy Coleman 21 after a Trans World Airlines jet was hijacked over California. Coleman volunteered to stay with the plane and was released safely when the aircraft landed in Rome after 18 hours in flight.
President Nixon abandons the ambitious Alliance for Progress targets, shifting U.S. policy away from the bold partnership plan and signaling a moderated approach to Latin American development amid strategic concerns.
Seven people from Elkhart Indiana were killed in a two car head on collision on rain slick U S 35 at New Lebanon near Dayton. Victims in the Hunter car were Jerry M. Hunter 22 his wife Pauline 18 their daughter Lisa 2 and son Chad 9 months. Also William H Jeffrey 21 his wife Deborah 18 and daughter Patricia 1 month in the other car. Pugh 27 and Richard Arden 28 were injured.
Cloudy cool and showery weather is in prospect for the Miami Valley this weekend. A low in the 40s is forecast for tonight with a chance of showers. Partial clearing is expected Sunday with a high near 55. More cloudy weather and little temperature change are forecast for Monday.
Italian born U S Marine Rafael Minichiello, AWOL from Camp Pendleton, hijacked Trans World Airlines Flight 85 and flew across the United States Atlantic and Western Europe. He was captured near the Appian Way as Rome police closed in with 500 officers. He faces federal air piracy and kidnapping charges in New York.
CBS plans to cancel the Leslie Uggams variety show due to low ratings. The Glen Campbell show will move into the Uggams Sunday slot on Dec 21, while Hee Haw fills Campbell's Wednesday night period. The Uggams program struggled against Bonanza and ABC Sunday movies.
A U S Army Command helicopter crashed 65 miles northwest of Saigon killing all 10 Americans aboard including a lieutenant colonel. The craft went down after noon Friday from a Tay Ninh firebase with no sign of enemy fire. Another UH1 was shot down 50 miles west of Da Nang with no casualties. The incidents push helicopter losses to 3,131. fighting also reported 173 enemy deaths across South Vietnam.
The Senate Finance Committee voted to report a broad tax code revision that promises several hundred dollars in relief for many taxpayers. If reconciled with the House and Nixon, key cuts begin in 1970 with staged reductions through 1972, including a larger standard deduction and new low income allowances.
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