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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1969
Page
1
Biafra defies odds as famine, isolation and bombardment persist. Gen Ojukwu pushes for peace talks while insisting on defense, amid humanitarian crises and an international relief airlift delivering protein-rich food nightly.
Protesters from Texas to Virginia converge on Washington for a mass march and rally tied to a broader three day protest against Vietnam policy. Organizers expect hundreds of thousands with 40,000 from New York and up to 100,000 overall. The event includes counterdemonstrations and a 40 hour mourning march for 39 000 U S service members killed.
John Wogan Denver County Republican chairman leads a campaign for President Nixon using a plus symbol on bumper stickers. A telegram with twenty thousand sixty six signatures backed Nixon's Vietnam policies and he expects the symbol to spread nationwide.
About 20 mothers who lost sons in Vietnam gathered outside the New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam asking that their sons not be named or listed on placards during next week's demonstrations. The committee said it would comply. Mrs. Charles Secrest spoke of her son Army Sgt Edward W Secrest, killed while aiding wounded comrades, saying their sons died with honor for a belief in their country.
An Arkansas poultry firm said heptachlor traces were found in about 9,000 turkeys. Arkansas Valley Industries halted marketing contaminated birds and resumed supplying only those cleared. Company seeks a 10 day SEC trading halt while assessing financial impact from roughly 150000 live birds and 4 million pounds slaughtered.
Cape Kennedy AP. After Apollo 11 success the mission faced earlier risks and near abort. Apollo 12 aims for pinpoint landing with minimal orbit perturbations and a soft undocking to reduce path changes. Pilot Conrad and Bean will separate perpendicularly to the surface and latch gently.
Martinez California AP a man calling himself Zodiac may have poisoned teacher Daniel Williams using arsenic after a series of threats and letters from the killer who claimed Bay Area killings from 1968 to 1970. Police say the arsenic bottle tested positive but the suspect may differ from the Zodiac.
Sen. Howard W. Brook of Massachusetts and Sen. John G. Tower of Texas offered divergent views on Nixon's Vietnam report. Brook warned a step up in combat could backfire and urged negotiations for a political settlement with possible internationally supervised elections in South Vietnam. Tower suggested less urgency for military pressure, emphasizing a path toward peace.
A discouraged father jokes that teaching his son the value of a dollar backfires as the boy requests more money. The lighthearted exchange highlights generational attitudes toward finances and frugality.
Three Americans prepare to blast off for the moon this week fueling questions about necessity. The feature appears on page 44 with reader reflections on space travel and progress.
The forecast calls for cloudy conditions today with highs in the 50s. Tonight’s low is expected to be 40 to 45, and Monday will be partly cloudy with seasonable temperatures.
Cincinnati AP. The American Women's Medical Association resolved to repeal all abortion laws. Dr. Josephine Renshaw, new president, said a pregnant woman should not be forced to have a baby. The group will work state by state to make abortion a medical issue, not a legal one, and seeks better birth control. The AWMA also favors tax breaks for female doctors hiring household help.
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