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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1969
Page
2
Viet Cong rockets hit Tan Son Nhut Saigon airport for the first time in four months as ground fighting rages across the battlefield. Official US sources say Hanoi rethinks strategy amid heavy casualties and ongoing troop withdrawals.
Four passengers urged calm aboard the Chilean jet claiming bomb carrying hijackers. The LAN flight from Santiago refueled in Lima Guayaquil and Panama City with two youths later placed in juvenile custody after a prior hijacking. A US aid pact grants Liberia money to upgrade Monrovia's international airport.
A labor dispute on West Coast shipping ties up Matson vessels and affects five PMA members. Some cargo moves by barge while alternative lines and foreign tonnage handle nonunion work. Island buyers hoard rice and staples as prices rise and air freight replaces some shipments. Governor Burns says supplies remain adequate if hoarding does not worsen.
Mitchell said a special federal inquiry by lawyers and a grand jury will seek to establish the true facts of the Chicago slayings and quell rumor and speculation. He noted serious criticisms of police tactics and possible denial of federally protected rights, with Black Panthers and police declining to talk.
Barbara Ann Dobranic of Columbus pleaded guilty to possession of marijuana for sale and keeping instruments for narcotics after campaigning for legalized marijuana while on the staff of the Ohio State University student newspaper. She was sentenced Thursday to 10 to 20 years in prison.
Nixon urged Congress to delay the bill until January as conferees prepared to reconcile a 21.3 billion Senate and 17.5 billion House appropriation. Senate approved funding for agencies to continue into the new year, while a desegregation amendment sparked a battle over using MEW funds for busing and school assignments.
Washington reports Senate House tax reform conferees reached a tentative relief package. It raises personal income tax exemption to 750 with various changes in low income allowances and standard deductions. The plan includes a 15 percent Social Security boost but delays some dates to 1972.
Hackensack judge orders Tony Bennett to file a personal earnings statement as part of discovery in his divorce from Patricia Bennett after 17 years of marriage. Patricia Bennett accuses him of desertion and adultery with Sandra Grant who is reportedly expecting Bennett's baby. She seeks custody of their two sons and unspecified support.
The British Ministry of Defense said on Thursday that Queen Elizabeth's horses will be retired under a pension plan after protests over plans to slaughter ceremonial horses.
Maj. Gen. De Wan Prem Chand, 53, assumed command of the 3,600 member U.N. peace force in Cyprus after arriving in Nicosia on Thursday night to lead the mission.
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