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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1969
Page
1
Morale at Cape Kennedy's spaceport drops due to manpower cuts and post Apollo 11 fatigue. Officials insist Apollo 12's November 14 launch remains on schedule despite a four month flight cadence and job trim. Management warns morale must be boosted as staffing shifts continue.
Washington AP The Department of Health Education and Welfare defends its civil rights activities a day after the Civil Rights Commission accused the administration of retreat on desegregation. The administration cites 106 voluntary desegregation plans since January 20 and momentum continuing despite court delays in Mississippi.
In Washington black leaders pressed Secretary Robert Finch on New Federalism saying it reverses civil rights gains and shifts money and power to states. Finch defended progress on desegregation but admitted reform plans face slim odds under current forms.
Washington reports the government is mounting Operation Intercept a multi agency effort to stop drug smuggling from Mexico. It targets marijuana while also pursuing heroin and cocaine with radar planes coast guard ships and intensified border inspections. Mexico is pressed to boost inspections on routes toward Arizona and California as researchers develop airborne sensors.
The United States urged better treatment of war prisoners as the Vietnam peace talks opened in Paris with no sign of policy change from North Vietnam and the Viet Cong since Ho Chi Minh's death. Ambassador Lodge appealed for regular prisoner mail, humane conditions, and list of detainees, citing limited mail flow among about 400 prisoners.
The Hanoi news agency reports the Red Cross memorandum stating American airmen captured by North Vietnam for crimes against humanity will not receive Geneva Convention protection. It notes North Vietnam asserts jurisdiction over the prisoners while claiming humane treatment and medical care.
A snapshot of Brooklyn Iowa highlighting its enduring stability amid national tensions and a changing world. Mentions of war news and disaster impact on the Mississippi Gulf Coast imply broader events, with page references to military conflict and a major hurricane.
U S Navy personnel in Vietnam to be withdrawn by next June as part of President Nixon’s force reduction. About 30000 officers and men will depart, leaving a 500-ship river craft fleet and a 30000-strong Vietnamese navy with advisory support. The turnover costs $250 million.
White House sources say President Nixon will not push a youngest-first draft system or a lottery. The current Selective Service Act expires June 30, 1971 and bars a lottery, with 90 percent certainty of no major changes. Planned reform would shift to Congress as troop withdrawals from Vietnam continue.
Mostly sunny and warm today with a high between 80 and 86 degrees. Tonight will be fair with a low in the upper 50s. Monday's forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and warm conditions.
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