09 Jun 1969
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Newspaper
Oswego Palladium Times
Location
Oswego, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1969
Page
1
Bethlyn Ferral and Rose Scozzari cap and gown at the 108th annual State University at Oswego commencement. Ferral earned summa cum laude and Scozzari magna cum laude with green and gold tassels signaling honors.
President Nixon and South Vietnam's Thieu announced a plan to replace 25,000 U.S. troops with Vietnamese forces. The redeployment is to begin within 30 days and finish by the end of August, signaling broader steps toward reducing American combat presence in Vietnam.
Hollywood mourns actor Robert Taylor aged 57 after a long cancer battle. The Nebraskan star rose to fame opposite Irene Dunne in Magnificent Obsession and Greta Garbo in Camille, later pairing with legends like Barbara Stanwyck. He quit smoking in October after lung disease emerged and spent his final months at his ranch, awaiting terminal diagnosis.
In Parkersburg a fire destroyed a $48-a-month eight room home killing parents and ten children. Grandfather Obie Bailey escaped via a bathroom window as teen siblings Roger Bailey 13 and Susan 15 survived in a nearby structure and recounted the horror.
After three days of heavy fighting across South Vietnam the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese attacks fell off Sunday night. U.S. officials cited possible enemy losses and noted over 150 American casualties and about 2,500 enemy deaths since the surge began last Thursday night.
Prominent Syracuse attorney William D. Johnson, 64, drowned while fishing in Skaneateles Lake. His son Stephen, 25, found the body floating face down in 44 feet of water about 20 feet from shore at 8:45 p.m. Police say the death appears accidental.
President Nixon confronts strong Republican opposition in Congress on electoral reform voting rights postal reform tax reform and anti poverty measures. He must revise delay or abandon several proposals as GOP critics threaten to block passage and slow the legislative agenda.
The 25,000 U S troops being withdrawn from Vietnam this summer will not return to the United States. They are to be held in reserve in Okinawa or Hawaii, with possible rapid redeployment to Vietnam in emergencies. Initial pullout will begin with several combat battalions or support forces, with unit identification possibly delayed.
The 21st Television Academy Awards honored canceled NBC and other shows including Get Smart The Ghost and Mrs Muir Judd for the Defense and the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour CBS aired the ceremony Barbara Bain won best dramatic actress amid the Mission Impossible split Apollo astronauts and Lord Snowden received awards for space and cultural documentaries Billy Schulman and Geraldine Page won acting honors The event featured notable remarks and a special tribute to the late William R McAndrew
A reader laments Oswego's tax level and poor road maintenance. They cite East First Street from Bridge to Utica as rough and washboarded, asking why streets cannot be built solid enough to keep cars in line.
Bankers Trust Co. of New York boosted its prime rate to 8 1/4 percent from 7 1/4 percent, effective immediately, increasing the cost of loans for top borrowers.
The Labor Department reports the nationwide unemployment rate held at 3.5 percent in May while total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 90,000. The slower employment growth suggests a cooling economy per the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
A Tokyo AP dispatch reports continued opposition to Mao Tse tung within Communist China. Provincial administrative committees are troubled by disunity while Mao's three major publications publish a joint editorial urging the revolutionary committees to unite.
Defense Secretary Melvin Laird stated Nixon’s plan to withdraw 25 000 troops brings the United States closer to peace after a Midway meeting with U S Vietnamese officials He added the move aims to change the role of U S forces in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. Civil service group and university faculty senate in New York form alliance to seek joint bargaining agent status for university professionals statewide.
A majority of first shift hourly workers at the General Electric plant in Auburn New York walked off at 10 am after the maintenance staff failed to report for work The maintenance department all members of Local 967 International Association of Maintenance and Aerospace Workers began a strike Saturday over pay scale for one hourly employee.
The Supreme Court today backed a government rule requiring broadcasters to offer a right of reply to those attacked on air. The rule, tied to the FCC Fairness Doctrine, faced a challenge from broadcasters who argued it infringed free speech.
The Nixon administration opened a drive in Congress for 2.6 billion dollars in new foreign aid funds saying the United States must participate in development to maintain influence in the developing world. Elliott Richardson argued the U S cannot drop out and stay influential.
Senate expected to confirm Warren E. Burger today as chief justice after delays and a technical setback. Leaders pushed for a quick vote with Kennedy signaling no opposition while Burger pledges to decide cases on merits and avoid a fixed ideological stance.
Australian Admiral Crabb disclosed a near collision involving the carrier Melbourne and an unidentified ship, likely the Everett F. Larson, about 50 feet apart on May 31, three days before Melbourne and the U S destroyer Evans collided off South Vietnam during SEATO maneuvers. Evans suffered 74 dead. Melbourne had no casualties.
Former baseball star Jackie Robinson tells the House Appropriations Committee that funds for President Nixon's Safeguard antimissile system should not be allocated. He warns it shifts national priorities, fuels the arms race, and undermines potential arms control agreements.
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