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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1969
Page
2
President Nixon outlines reform to repeal investment tax credit, extend the surcharge to 1970 with a 5 percent rate, and remove over 2 million low income families from federal taxes. He cites examples of students and families paying no tax under the plan and calls for stricter rules on tax exemptions and charitable deductions.
The Supreme Court faced multiple welfare and First Amendment cases as Justices Warren Black and Harlan dissented in separate opinions. The era’s residency restrictions faced challenge by OEO backed lawyers, with rulings pending in New York, San Francisco, and other locales. The agency warned about costs of overturning residency laws, while other cases addressed free speech, tax deductions, and antiwar objector rights. The decisions highlighted the balance between welfare benefits, speech protections, and military policy.
Police quelled a beach outbreak involving about 2000 youths led by Larry D. Sackett who ran into the ocean and resisted arrest. Officer Henry Hitchcock grappled Sackett as a crowd hurled bottles and bricks, prompting a wagon dispatch and a patrol substation pursuit. Sixteen arrests noted in Pacoima follow similar weekend disruptions across the Southland.
Israeli warplanes bombed Jordanian positions along a 20 mile front in a clash that Jordan said downed two aircraft. A Jordanian spokesman reported 40 Israeli casualties, with Arab losses at one dead and 10 wounded, while Israel did not confirm the figures. King Hussein asserted Arabs seek recovery of land lost in 1967 and rejected any territorial concession.
Secretary Hickel reappoints George B. Hartzog Jr. director of the National Park Service. Hartzog, a 16 year veteran, has led the agency since 1963 after joining in Chicago in 1946 following work with the Bureau of Land Management. Also, Joseph P. Kennedy returns to Hyannis Port Cape Cod after months in Florida in ill health at age 80.
In closing arguments prosecutor Howard urged jurors to impose the death penalty for Sirhan Sirhan, portraying him as theatrical yet lacking honesty, while defense witness Mary Sirhan testified he had no prior legal trouble. The case moves to deliberation on whether Sirhan faces life imprisonment or execution.
Amid campus tensions over a sit in at Cornell Blacks, Muller and Vice Provost Kennedy sought legal aid for black students and vowed amnesty for demonstrators while the administration planned to hold perpetrators accountable for property damage. President Perkins banned firearms on campus and warned of suspensions. classes resumed calmly as negotiations continued. A separate wave of protests spread to Harvard and Atlanta University with a siege at University Hall and student reversals at Morehouse. Northwestern and Chicago campuses reported hunger strikes and expulsions under review, as black students at Lake Forest College gained veto power over black faculty appointments amid ongoing debate on race and administration.
Donald Adams chair of the Illinois Liquor Control Commission, 37, was arrested Saturday night on a drunken driving charge in Quincy. Police report states Adams showed signs of intoxication and failed field sobriety tests before booking.
Anaheim police sergeant fatally shot Juan Marquez after he pointed a toy pistol at officers in the hotel parking area following a hamburger stand robbery. Marquez, 35, died at Orange County Medical Center after six shots were fired. Police recovered $340 from his pockets. next of kin and address were not yet determined.
A private plane and a U S Air Force T 37 trainer nearly collided at 20 500 feet. A three foot section of the jet’s vertical stabilizer was torn away and its canopy damaged. Both aircraft landed safely at El Paso International Airport with no serious injuries. Capt. William Norton and Lt. Gilbert Harder were the jet crew from Webb AFB Texas. The private pilot Gary Garner from Salt Lake City and photographer Peter D Christenson from Alpine Utah were on an aerial mapping mission.
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