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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1969
Page
1
Veterans Day ceremonies drew thousands of flag-waving citizens across the nation. Police in Washington Boston and Tallahassee reported crowds over 10 000 at several events as veterans urged support for Nixon and the silent majority.
Thousands gather in Boston and Washington for Veterans Day events as organizers report turnout near forecasts. Speakers attack war protests while White House visitors tour a Veterans Administration hospital with Julie Nixon Eisenhower. The day echoes the earlier Moratorium rally with candlelight vigils and civic displays nationwide.
Space hero John H. Glenn Jr. contemplates a second U S Senate bid from Ohio after talks with political advisers in Washington. He moved to Columbus and declined to confirm Royal Crown changes as he weighs an official announcement.
New York police probe possible links among three Manhattan blasts at the RCA Building Chase Manhattan and General Motors Building and earlier attacks. Over 100 bomb threat calls disrupted the city as letters claimed antiwar motives while no injuries were reported.
A 24 story frame house on Cleveland's East Side caught fire early today. Six children aged 3 to 9, the offspring of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Jackson, were found dead, apparently suffocated in their sleep. Firemen reported the victims as six children in a single family.
Shirley Jackson, 28, woke to flames on the first floor and escaped with smoke inhalation and shock after her German shepherd puppy barked. Firemen reported children on the second floor unreachable due to intense fire. Damaged home valued at about 15 thousand dollars.
Washington protesters won the right to march down Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol then toward the Washington Monument but will turn off at 15th Street to avoid the White House. The plan, supported by the New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam, aims for a peaceful showing possibly up to 200000 people. Attorney General Mitchell framed the decision as a balance of rights and orderly conduct.
Apollo 12 crew Charles Conrad Jr Alan Bean and Richard Gordon relax ahead of their moon flight with sunbathing and a beach plan weather permitting. Conrad who will pilot the lunar module rehearses aerobatics and may fly again. The countdown and launch preparations continue at Cape Kennedy with officials and dignitaries attending.
The Middletown forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies and much colder air tonight and Thursday. A chance of snow flurries is possible on Thursday with lows in the 30s and Thursday highs in the 40s.
American owners of the Torrey Canyon paid 7.2 million dollars to Britain and France to settle oil pollution claims after the tanker grounded off southwest England two years earlier. Lloyds brokers call it the largest marine oil settlement on record as about 35 million gallons fouled French and British beaches.
Airlines expect fewer but larger carriers as profits sag and jet costs rise. Northeast Airlines would merge into Northwest under a tentative agreement, with stockholders receiving one Northwest share for five Northeast shares. Regulators await Department of Transportation guidelines before moves proceed.
The Congress Working Committee ousted Prime Minister Indira Gandhi from the party accusing her of spreading indiscipline. Parliament members are to elect a new prime minister, with a meeting of Congress MPs scheduled for Thursday in New Delhi.
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