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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1969
Page
3
Sirhan admits he killed Robert F Kennedy and five others, but claims initial lack of awareness. He cites sister Ayda's illness and time at Pasadena City College as factors shaping his life before the assassination obsession grew.
Protesters jeered at Allen Hayakawa during a Colorado speech and campus police kept order with no arrests. Hayakawa condemned mindless activism and compared SDS to Nazi storm troopers while other campuses reported black studies demands, strikes, and campus protests across the nation.
Moscow sources say 34 Soviet soldiers were killed and many wounded in a Sunday clash with Chinese forces on the Amur River 400 miles north of Vladivostok. Peking Radio claimed massive anti Russian demonstrations, while Moscow and Beijing accused each other of starting the fight over a disputed island.
Adm. Thomas Moorer testified that the USS Pueblo spying mission was cleared in advance up to the White House. He said sailing orders detailed surveillance against Russian naval operations off the North Korean coast and that contingency plans existed for assistance but no dedicated forces on alert. He noted the ship’s 50 caliber guns and that a pitched battle at sea was not anticipated.
East German authorities halted all traffic on the West Berlin corridor at Drewitz and Marienborn about 4 p.m. as Soviet officers arrived and troops moved to border guardhouses. Western Allied traffic to Munich via another route was also affected. Moscow warned of heightened alert around the isolated city amid West Berlin election tensions.
Apollo 9 conducts two rocket firings boosting the combined spacecraft into an orbit from 215 miles high to 125 miles low. Ground crews note reduced fuel load, aiding future spacewalks and rescue maneuvers as McDivitt Scott and Schweickart log high heart rates and anticipate a challenging days ahead with lunar module testing and orbital rendezvous plans critical to a possible moon landing this summer.
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