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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1969
Page
1
Allied forces faced a second day of heavy attacks across South Vietnam as Viet Cong troops engaged allied units in jungle regions northwest of Saigon and along coastal lowlands. The fighting intensified with clashes reported near multiple fronts.
Kathy Lynn Baumann from Ohio wins the talent division with a Martian dance and moon landing monologue as preliminaries near the Miss America finale in Atlantic City. Miss Michigan Pamela Eldred shines in swimsuit 36 23 36, while Armstrong receives a welcome in nearby Wapakoneta.
Neil A. Armstrong returned to his hometown for the first time since the moon mission. A 400-strong crowd greeted him at Lima airport before a 2 1/2 mile parade and reception at Auglaize County Fairgrounds. He and his wife Janet, with sons Eric and Mark, stayed overnight with his parents. Comedian Bob Hope and Gov. James A. Rhodes attended the welcome.
The Miami Valley will see more wet and warm weather with a low near 70 tonight and a Sunday high around 90. Scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms are likely after noon.
Josh White, renowned folk blues singer, died in New York on Friday during heart surgery at age 61. He helped popularize rural blues in urban cabarets with a smooth baritone and performed seated on a stool. His best known songs include One Meatball and The Ballad of John Henry.
Unfavorable weather forced another postponement of Project Rulison, a 40 kiloton nuclear explosion planned to extract natural gas from Battlement Mesa in western Colorado. Managers said a weather briefing Sunday would push detonation to Monday at the earliest, with the blast scheduled 8,442 feet underground about 40 miles northeast of Grand Junction.
Nine party guests who were at the Chappaquiddick Island gathering with Mary Jo Kopechne and Sen. Edward Kennedy joined Kennedy in asking the Massachusetts Supreme Court to overturn inquest rules. Their petitions allege privacy rights would be violated by an open inquest and will be bundled with Kennedy’s for a full bench ruling.
Foreign dignitaries and North Vietnamese officials paid last respects to Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi. The Viet Cong called on South Vietnamese people to hold memorial services in government offices temples and pagodas. Ho Chi Minh’s body remained in state until Tuesday ahead of Wednesday funeral.
A light hearted maxim jokes that an optimist views a housefly as actively searching for a way out of confinement. It presents a playful bite sized quip about perspective and positivity.
British infantry moved inside barricades in the Falls Road Catholic stronghold as Protestant and Catholic crowds faced police and vigilante groups. Protests continued in East Belfast with 1,000 Protestants blocking a Catholic area and 1,500 troops nearby. No injuries reported. gasoline bombs damaged three shops.
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