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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1969
Page
2
U S President Nixon outlines delegation positions for the nuclear arms talks. He pushes a seabed treaty to ban emplacement of nuclear and mass destruction weapons on the ocean floor, urges a comprehensive test ban with verification, limits on fissile material, chemical and biological weapon controls, and broader armament reductions.
Senate Republicans push six bills to curb campus disruption by enabling emergency declarations, expulsion and nonre admission for students, and bans on faculty rehire. Penalties include up to five years' prison and fines for disruptors. Debate cites militant students and references to Spock generation.
More than 10 000 American troops launched a counter offensive northwest of Saigon to forestall a Viet Cong and North Vietnamese drive on the capital. The operation, tied to the Vietcong spring offensive, centers 40 miles northwest of the city with 7 500 North Vietnamese 7th Division troops believed in the area along the Saigon River. U S forces include the 1st and 25th Infantry Divisions the 1st Air Cavalry and the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in a compression tactic to pin down enemy forces. At least 28 enemy soldiers were reported killed by air and artillery in the preliminary Maziday phase. Helicopter gunships faced heavy ground fire with pilots estimating about 30 enemy troops nearby.
A reader asks about safe products for plastic drain systems. Kip Wixson says Drano is safe when used as directed, and plumbers should be informed of plastic pipes for proper tool use. Long Beach has no plastic dwellings yet. approval from the building department is required, limited to single family homes.
An ILWU official says longshoremen will handle containers loaded with military cargo only, refusing other containers unless loaded by longshoremen. Unions dispute who packs large container ships, risking West Coast disruption. five longshoremen were fired for refusing to handle containers in Oakland and Portland.
Dr Schorr described Sirhan being injured by his father with branding irons in multiple passages from the book. Sirhan sat at the counsel table and flinched, showing disbelief as Schorr testified Sirhan threatened him during the interview because he did not want him to continue.
Ui-Minoru Genda, architect of Japan's Pearl Harbor attack, resigns as chief of the Defense Policy Board after a meeting with Prime Minister Sato citing personal reasons. Observers view recent U.S. remarks as a liability to the Liberal-Democratic Party government.
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