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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1969
Page
1
Americans honored war dead on Veterans Day while demonstrations split over Nixon’s Vietnam policy. Supporters claimed a silent majority echoing Nixon’s Nov. 3 message as antiwar protests loom in Washington. The holiday marks the WWI armistice and has been observed since 1954 as Veterans Day.
Ardent Nixon supporters planned today’s events as a counterdemon stration to war protests. Civic, fraternal and veterans groups announced backing for groups opposing moratoriums. Nixon headed to a veterans hospital as his daughter Mrs David Eisenhower participated.
President Nixon urges peace with honor and honors veterans in a Sept. 24 proclamation. Deputy Defense Secretary David Packard handles the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier wreath. Veterans Affairs chief Donald E. Johnson backs ending the Vietnam War and distributes materials to schools and communities.
An explosion and fire tore through a section of a sprawling munitions plant in Hanover Massachusetts today. The blast released an undetermined number of workers and caused extensive damage. Firefighters battled the blaze as authorities investigated the cause.
Ohio Highway Patrol marks its 36th anniversary with history from 1933 when 60 officers trained at Camp Perry dispersed to posts statewide. The article notes six superintendents from Col. Black to Col. Chiaramonte and references an explosion at Atlantic Research Corp. site south of Boston with 1,400 employees, dating back to a prior incident.
Private Jeffery Russell of Raleigh North Carolina was sentenced to three years at hard labor for arson and riot linked to a June 5 stockade uprising. He is the first among the Ft. Dix 38 to be tried and punished for inciting the disturbance.
Apollo 12 crewmates train in helicopters and a T38 jet as they rehearse lunar landing procedures. Commander Charles Conrad plans a precise lunar touchdown in the Ocean of Storms aboard Intrepid, aiming to retrieve Surveyor samples and study micrometeorite effects.
U S District Court Judge Gerhard A Gessell ruled the 1901 District of Columbia abortion ban is vague and unconstitutional and urged a quick appeal to the Supreme Court. He noted evolving U S Supreme Court privacy rulings may protect a woman's right to terminate early pregnancy. The decision could affect laws in about 40 states and prompts discussion of a rewritten federal statute.
A gag about a trendy Los Angeles suburb notes so many foreign sport cars that pedestrians have not been struck above the knees in three years. The remark highlights local car culture and oddity rather than a real incident.
Reports of political killings rise during Philippines election as President Ferdinand E Marcos and Senator Sergio Osmena Jr face off. Police tally clashes and deaths surge, with U S troops limited to bases to avoid election interference.
The Senate rejected a proposed $100 million cut in NASA funding by a 46 to 22 vote. Senator Pastore warned the move could strand astronauts on the moon, while Senator Proxmire urged trimming the $3.7 billion NASA appropriation, noting Americans have spent $24 billion on the moon landing effort.
The Middletown forecast calls for partly cloudy skies tonight and Wednesday with a chance of showers tonight. Lows remain in the mid to lower 40s and Wednesday will be cooler with highs in the lower 50s. Yesterday’s high reached 49 and this morning’s low was 42.
Three Manhattan office towers the RCA Building at Rockefeller Center the General Motors Building on 9th Street and Fifth Avenue and the Chase Manhattan Building downtown sustained blasts around 1 05 a m. A Brooklyn man, Joseph Brando 26, was injured when a freight elevator carriage fell six floors at the GM Building but he escaped serious harm. No fires were reported as searches began in all buildings and warnings preceded the explosions.
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