21 Oct 1969
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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1969
Page
1
Storm Laurie churns in the Gulf with 400 mile per hour winds threatening Louisiana offshore waters. The center, 230 miles south of New Orleans at 7 a.m., moved east at 5 mph with a Northeast drift indicated later.
Brig. Gen. Earl F. Cole is reassigned indefinitely to Washington in connection with Senate hearings on alleged irregularities in noncommissioned officers operations. The move comes as the Army probes the draft saga and related concerns.
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania Dist Atty Edmund Dinis testified to contradict an associate medical examiner who said Dinis told him an autopsy on Mary Jo Kopechne was unnecessary Dinis said he sought an autopsy July 20 after her body was recovered and flown to Larksville for burial He seeks exhumation for an autopsy for an inquest in the case before Judge Bernard Brominski.
In Chicago the federal narcotics official cites cases where youths inject peanut butter and mayonnaise as substitutes for narcotics with deaths reported in some instances. He notes underground cookbooks selling for about $1 that outline such alternatives. A Los Angeles judge rules Angela Davis may teach in a state university despite Communist party membership.
Washington officials warn that since World War II the U S merchant fleet has deteriorated with 96 percent of imported raw materials arriving on foreign ships. Helen Bentley urges action while Nixon era goals push for more American bottoms. The AFL-CIO seeks 50 percent of foreign trade on U S ships by mid 1970s.
Pekin Illinois chorus champions of three International crowns will headline the Freeport show A Salute to Broadway on Saturday November 15 at 8 p.m. in the Freeport Consistory Auditorium. Also appearing are the Niteliters A-La-Modes Arista-Chords and the Freeport Sweet Adeline Chorus.
Seven agencies in the San Francisco Bay area approve a general strategy to identify and capture the Zodiac killer. They rely on handwriting, ballistics and fingerprint comparisons tying the same man to five slayings since December. Experts call the 9mm pistol a key clue, with 143 sold locally, while a knife killed one victim.
Sen Gaylord Nelson says a thorough Senate investigation is being considered into health hazards of the birth control pill. He notes nine million healthy users and possible side effects including blood clotting and cancer-like growths and calls for careful re evaluation. He adds women are not being told of possible side effects.
The IRS weighs selling aggregate tax return data to private businesses inviting privacy concerns. Rep. James O Hara argues small area data could enable targeted junk mail. IRS says data would be anonymized. proposed tables could fetch 2000 dollars.
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