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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1969
Page
1
Peter Howard known as Peter the Hermit died at 91 after collapsing Friday while patrolling Kollywood Boulevard. He became a Hollywood figure during decades of public strolls and lived on Lookout Mountain in his youth.
President Nixon trims the Sentinel antiballistic missile plan drawing mixed reaction from editors lawmakers and residents. Critics call it a Maginot Line while supporters note relief for urban areas amid derailed or tense political debate. A Peru Township trustee race and a rail derangement near Vermilion also appear in the report.
Astronauts James McDivitt David Scott and Russell Schweickart arrived at Ellington Air Force Base near Houston after a 10 day mission. They were greeted by cheers hugs and tears from wives children friends and spacemen as a brass band played. Schweickart thanked everyone saying there is no place as beautiful and welcome as home.
Five inmates escaped from the Cuyahoga County Jail by removing a fifth floor steel door and breaking through a tile wall. They were in a dayroom watching a late movie when the bold breakout occurred. They lowered themselves via sheets to another part of the criminal Courts building housing the jail.
Communist forces mark the end of their third week of winter spring offensive with 65 shellings of towns and allied camps the heaviest one night bombardment since the drive began. Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops press ground attacks into U S Marines south of the DMZ and on approaches to Saigon.
The Sirhan B. Sirhan trial for the Kennedy assassination marked 10 weeks with no end in sight. It was in recess as two of three attorneys attended a Houston bar meeting. proceedings set to resume Monday.
A powerful explosion at a school in Israeli-occupied Gaza injures 15 children, two seriously with eye loss and severe chest wounds. Thirteen others suffer minor injuries and are hospitalized for observation as the event unfolds amid regional tensions. In Cairo Egypt vows to recapture territory lost in 1967.
Partly cloudy and cool today with a mid 30s high and light winds. Increasing cloudiness tonight with a few snow flurries and lows in the lower 20s. Sunday will see a return to the 30s with mostly sunny skies and cool conditions. Also notes trace precipitation and Wednesday dawn readings. Death notices for Mrs. Ida Mae Fugate and Mrs. Nellie K. Sargeant are listed.
Paris dispatch reports China blocks land routes for Soviet arms to North Vietnam since March border clash. Allies say Moscow could press Hanoi toward secret talks with the Allies, while Nixon hints such talks could emerge outside formal negotiations. Hanoi seeks Viet Cong parity.
The Pentagon outlines three objectives for Nixon’s revised ABM proposal including defense of land forces, protection of major populations, and guarding against accidental attacks. It explains why cities would not be fully defended and why deterrence rests on assured retaliation. Deputy Defense Secretary Packard cites 12 bases planned after 1975 with Spartan and Sprint missiles and MSR radar, near Great Falls Montana and Grand Forks North Dakota, excluding most cities. The fiscal 1969 and 1970 budgets are cut by about 1 billion dollars.
In 1970 Nixon proposes two Safeguard antiballistic missile sites near Great Falls Montana and Grand Forks North Dakota. The Grand Forks site may be in Nekoma or Concrete. North Dakotans favor ABM deployment for economic reasons despite local concerns.
In a Senate internal security subcommittee hearing, Senator Strom Thurmond confronted Karl Dietrich Wolff, a West German student radical from Frankfurt. The exchange turned volatile as Wolff walked out with about 30 supporters while Thurmond shouted that the witness was not excused.
Negotiations move ahead to bring a full time psychiatrist to the Huron County Guidance Center after a lapse since Dr. Duffes was fired last March. A Vermilion consultant has been available, and interviews are finished with a decision pending a formal offer and announcement in coming weeks.
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