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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1969
Page
1
A private WAGA staged seminar for 220 PTA members showcased nude photos from magazines and films, stressing how easily adult material is available downtown. Officials debated obscenity, social value, and law, while a psychologist warned the sex drive is rising in society.
Fighting flared across South Vietnam as U S planners considered deeper troop cuts. North Vietnamese raided a coastal village near Da Nang, killing 24 and destroying 170 homes while allied forces reported 212 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese killed in multiple clashes. Nixon announced plans to withdraw 35 000 more troops by December 15, with further reductions hoped to reach 467 500 personnel. One village Mai Linh near Quang Ngai suffered a nighttime rocket and mortar attack.
Pentagon sources say the West Coast based 5th Marine Division, including the 26th Regiment around Da Nang, could be disbanded as part of a $9 billion defense cut ordered by Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird. If the 5th is dissolved, major Marine reductions in Vietnam are likely, given its role as rotation base for the Pacific. The move follows recent Army and Nixon administration pullout actions and a White House plan announced today.
An Arab threw a hand grenade into a Gaza City market killing a 1-year-old Israeli woman and wounding 17. Israeli troops surrounded the market and questioned Arabs as casualties were reported serious in the wounded. Other fighting occurred on the Israeli side with border patrols and snipers. Prime Minister Meir eyed U.S. aid ahead of a Washington meeting with President Nixon.
A hydrogen device with about 0.8 million tons TNT was detonated under a desert mesa near Las Vegas. Newsmen viewed the test on TV from 15 miles away as the ground rippled and a nearby power building was hurled 30 feet. No atmospheric radiation was detected per an Atomic Energy Commission spokesman.
Scientists planned to seed Holly with chemicals to weaken the hurricane by disrupting inflow at its eye. Project Stormitory planes would release seeding substances if conditions allow, as Holly maintained winds up to 75 mph moving northwest near Puerto Rico.
In Cairo Illinois gunfire erupted near Pyramia Courts hours after city officials resigned amid racial tensions. No injuries were reported and state police stayed out of the housing area as a new mayor and police chief took over.
A joint session honors Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins while the Nixon administration advances proposals to land a man on Mars by the 1980s. The White House backs a task force urging a Mars mission era with a possible 1980s date.
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