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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1969
Page
2
Washington AP reports Senator Richard B. Russell a Nixon missile defense ally calls critics’ stance on deploying the Safeguard system fantastic and urges support for the program amid cold war era debate.
A section of the cigarette labeling law expires at midnight paving the way for hearings on stronger health warnings and a potential ban on cigarette ads. The FCC may consider prohibiting smoking advertising on radio and TV, while the House seeks a six year extension with a tougher pack warning. The Senate outlook is uncertain as Deb Moss works to stall the measure.
Police say two Seattle bombings may be connected after two explosive devices and two firebombs struck separate areas. One blast damaged the University of Washington administration building, buckling walls and flooding a basement computer room. No injuries were reported.
Dr. Roger Egeberg, dean of the University of Southern California medical school, was named to the post as health deputy. Nixon rejected Dr. John H. Knowles despite Knowles’s advocacy of federally funded medical programs. Secretary Finch defended the choice, saying Egeberg can do more and lacks Knowles’s symbolic burden.
Four injured after carload of military bombs detonates on a Western Pacific freight train passing Tobar Nevada. Conductor Taylor Johnson suffers a skull fracture. Morris Tipton and other crew treated for burns. Army experts assess ordnance type as conventional. area evacuated and airspace restricted.
Passengers cheer as a chartered Canadian DC8 with two engine-cover holes and a blown No 3 engine lands at Shannon after a loss of pressurization mid Atlantic. The 260 aboard, Canadians and Britons, are escorted by RAF planes and land safely with three engines.
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