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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1969
Page
1
Carl Dean Wilson a Beach Boys member, faces a November 4 Los Angeles trial for failing to report for a civilian work assignment as a conscientious objector after an earlier acquittal on induction charges. The piece notes his reclassification and prior service details amid other national items.
An unidentified man in ragged clothes tossed a gasoline filled bomb at a Canadian Embassy employee in Vienna setting off an explosion and fire that killed two, injured 15, and destroyed embassy offices. The two victims were charred and unidentified. Police questioned if the bomber was among the dead, labeling him an obvious maniac. The blaze also damaged the Swedish Embassy in the same building near the Danube Canal.
Rev Adrian McKenna, 56, a Roman Catholic priest, reports to work today as a public school teacher in Stockton. He married his parish secretary Mary Tonnelli, a widow, last Sunday at Central Methodist Church. McKenna said he and his wife remain devout Catholics and hope for church dispensation. he sought papal permission in April but did not receive a response. The priest cited prayer and reflection in his decision and noted church enforcement of excommunication for undisclosed permission breaches.
U S military reports a Marine F4 Phantom was lost over North Vietnam while escorting an unarmed reconnaissance aircraft near the demilitarized zone. Two crewmen are missing. Search under way with no evidence of enemy action found. Meanwhile heavy fighting southwest of Da Nang left 338 Vietnamese and 12 Americans dead, 7 wounded as Marines and infantry pressed operations.
Washington reports Thieu urged Nixon to postpone any U S troop withdrawal from Vietnam for at least two weeks. Thieu warned an August withdrawal would harm South Vietnamese morale amid cabinet reshuffles and rising enemy activity. Despite his push, officials said the delay reflected Thieu’s representations and the need for further information on activity and offensive potential.
Prominent criminal lawyer Grant B. Cooper faces a September 23 sentence after pleading guilty to two counts of contempt of court in a case tied to obtaining and disclosing a grand jury transcript. He defended Sirhan Sirhan and represented multiple conspirators in the Friars Club transcript matter. Cooper, 66, has held leadership roles in the California State Bar and the American College of Trial Lawyers.
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