24 Jun 1969
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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1969
Page
1
Springfield bulletin reports the Illinois Senate refused by three votes to pass a bill that would legalize and regulate bingo conducted by veteran, church, or charitable organizations.
Queen Elizabeth II accepts Sir Humphrey Gibbs resignation, ending Britain’s final ties with Rhodesia. Gibbs, Rhodesia’s governor general and monarch’s personal representative, steps down as independence moves proceed.
The May 11 blaze at a plutonium-handling facility at Rocky Flats, Colorado halted U S nuclear missile production for possibly the rest of the year. Authorities say Safeguard deployment dates won’t shift, but testing of antimissile warheads may be delayed as repairs were sought for 45 million dollars following the fire.
Fighting raged around the Ben Het Special Forces camp 280 miles northeast of Saigon as North Vietnamese artillery pounded the site. A convoy finally penetrated the siege from Dak To bringing critical ammunition and supplies, while South Vietnamese troops backed by U S artillery and air power fought stubbornly. Casualties ran high on both sides with 105 NVA troops reported killed and 5 NV casualties among South Vietnamese. some American advisers and an artillery crew were also wounded. The surrounding North Vietnamese regiment of up to 2,000 men maintains the siege, complicating assessment of control.
President Nixon appears ready to nominate John H. Knowles as assistant secretary for health and scientific affairs in HEW, despite strong AMA and Senator Dirksen opposition. Knowles directs Massachusetts General Hospital and faced criticism for universal health care advocacy. The move signals a possible Senate split between liberal GOP factions and the party leadership.
The Illinois Senate approved bills to speed medical training and tackle the doctor shortage. Chief sponsor Sen. Alan Dixon described the program as solving the shortage, with $3.5 million allocated to the University of Illinois and Southern Illinois University for accelerated training and $600,000 to guarantee loans for medicine study. Earlier, the Senate had approved $6 million to a private program.
The Illinois Senate on a single roll call approved 53 bills sending most to the governor. The measures were largely technical or routine, including a 25000 appropriation to the Illinois School Problems Commission. Lawmakers rejected a bid to revive a bill for taping open meetings of public bodies.
The Illinois Senate and House advance bills on open meetings, tax exemptions, unemployment, and major appropriations. Included are a $1.2 million Kinkaid Lake funds package, a $279.1 million mental health appropriation with a $4 million cut and $18 million pay add, and a golf course alcohol sales bill. The House also moves elections reform to March and reapportionment of township boards, plus strong mayor provisions for downstate cities and other governance changes.
A disabled DC4 crashed into a busy Miami street shortly after takeoff from Miami International, killing ten including four crew and injuring about a dozen on the ground. The plane, en route to Santo Domingo with auto parts, had just undergone repairs and struck buildings, a gas station, and a bakery before burning. Investigators from the NTSB and police searched rubble as rescue workers found more bodies.
In the Middle East clash, Israeli warplanes shot down an Egyptian MiG over the Gulf of Suez, exploded in the air, and crashed in Egyptian territory with no parachute observed. Earlier, Egyptian commandos crossed the Suez Canal for a third straight raid on an Israeli post, one Israeli soldier died, and Cairo claimed they occupied the Israeli position and destroyed two armored cars.
In Charleston area, a man solicits door to door claiming a new beauty salon and offers a sample of his work. If consent is given, he shaves the women bald, with six confirmed cases in four years and likely more. Police say no assault charge unless consent is absent and note victims feel embarrassed.
A humorous line notes that a wife purchasing on credit shows faith in her husband, framing shopping as a display of confidence rather than obligation or independence.
Reverend Richard L. Huggins of Liberty Presbyterian Church delivers a plea to God as the Pennsylvania state Senate opens for another week. He acknowledges frustrations in running the state and asks for help to strengthen minds and abilities for the commonwealth.
Health officials shut off Rhine River supplies in Amsterdam today after a mysterious contamination blamed for millions of fish deaths. Swimming was banned and farmers were warned to keep cattle away from the river as experts tested the water for purification before resuming drinking use for about half of the city’s population.
An official described the contamination as most deadly and it spread to the major rivers of the Rhine Delta after being noticed last Thursday. By Monday night it extended into the Wall of Lower Rhine the Meuse and the Ijsel as authorities race to find the source.
Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie said he will not back down on his 3 percent income tax proposal and hopes the legislature will move it this week. He warned against any lower rate or higher corporate tax and urged bipartisan support to avert cuts in state aid to schools and city programs. Democratic leaders countered that the move is political demagoguery and warned against electoral-driven tax changes.
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