04 Jun 1969
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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1969
Page
1
President Nixon told graduates of the Air Force Academy that isolationist critics at home offer a dangerous simple formula. He warned such calls to “solve our problems on our own” would leave the world in terror and undermine freedom. Nixon urged a global realism and a resurgence of idealism to counter threats abroad.
In Mexia Texas a farmer reports discovering the body of a teenage girl on a lonely road. Police say she was stabbed multiple times and raped before her death. A suspect has been arrested as the investigation continues, with officers touring the scene and reviewing evidence.
AP reports a second stowaway survived a Havana Madrid flight while a 22 year old companion Armando Socarras Ramirez died after hiding near the left wheel for seven and a half hours at 29000 feet. Pilot Cmdr Valentin Vara del Rey said the right wheel retraction issue preceded the events. A second stowaway reportedly hid near the right wheel. officials withheld his identity. Another earlier stowaway, 17 year old Francisco Cuevas Garcia, rode in from Bogota with pilfered clothing and four hours in the jet wells.
A severe thunderstorm spared little in the Midland Odessa area with 60 mph winds and over two inches of rain. Power outages affected Country Club Estates and East Odessa while northwest Midland reported outages and damage. The Navy later said survivors had been recovered from the destroyer Evans after a collision with an Australian carrier during SEATO maneuvers.
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird ordered a special review of service assignment policies after the destroyer Frank E. Evans sank. He directed the study to report by June 15 and consider preventing members of a single family from being assigned to the same ship or unit. The incident involved three brothers from Niobrara Nebraska missing after the vessel was cut in two by an Australian carrier in the South China Sea.
In New Jersey primaries the leading candidates resemble each other, with several gubernatorial hopefuls emerging as comparable contenders. The piece notes the field's similarities and potential implications for statewide races.
The item states Phin never filed a 1040 form, implying a claim about truthfulness tied to tax filing. No corroborating details or context are provided to verify the statement or identify sources.
The Evans collision off Costa Mesa, California, killed 25 seamen including Gary Sage and his two younger brothers. Relatives mourn in Nebraska and California as Navy officials note requests to serve together are honored when feasible. Survivors include James F. Sage and Leon Deal, with families recalling the brothers’ close ties and a father’s struggle to explain loss to a 7 year old child.
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