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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1969
Page
2
Astronauts Conrad and Bean report lunar surface sights from the Sea of Fertility and plan two moonwalks to collect 100 pounds of samples, study quakes and magnetic forces, and evaluate a nuclear powered station while aiming for a precise touchdown and return trajectory.
Humphrey and Democratic leaders accuse the Nixon administration of stifling dissent and polarizing the nation to suppress criticism. He targets Vice President Agnew and the White House, saying the move risks backlash and repression. The Democratic Policy Council passed a resolution vowing to defend debate and consider asking networks for equal time in response to Agnew’s Des Moines speech.
The case shows a $70,000 cheese theft with $22,400 in merchandise stolen in September and earlier smaller losses. Surveillance tracked the plant and drop points in Madera and East Los Angeles. Perkins with $3,000 cash hid in a home freezer. Nash found with 30 to 40 pound cheese cases worth about $4,000. Nash later released on $6,250 bail along with four others.
Interior Secretary Walter Hickel spoke at a California conference in Los Angeles saying it may be possible to keep the Santa Barbara Channel natural while removing its offshore oil, but current tech is lacking. He suggested undersea platforms could help, yet acknowledged the needed technology is unavailable. He cited oil spills fouling channel waters and beaches and noted a presidential panel recommended public hearings on new offshore leases.
In Los Angeles 20 of 21 defendants were convicted on felony charges including kidnapping false imprisonment and conspiracy for the takeover of buildings at San Fernando Valley State College during the incident. Judge Mark Brandler, who conducted the trial without a jury, warned that campuses are not sanctuaries for violence. One defendant La Frida Jamison, 22, was acquitted. Sentencing set for January 2.
Seven people were killed and 16 wounded in a nighttime raid by armed men in cars on Porae town, central Luzon. The attack wounded the town police chief and four officers. most casualties were civilians. The motive for the raid was not known.
Joseph Kennedy Sr., father of President John F. Kennedy and Senator Robert F. Kennedy, dies at 81 after a long life marked by vast wealth and personal tragedy. He built fortune from liquor interests, brokered post prohibition profits, and endured the loss of four of his nine children, including three sons, to violence or war. His life intertwined with politics, business, and a media-drenched era of American public life.
Convicted slayer Terry, once on death row for the killing of Officer Vernon J. Owings, is sent back to San Quentin after a judge stripped him of special defense privileges. He awaits a State Supreme Court review of his 1960 conviction as Los Angeles proceedings were postponed.
Hearings describe a vast currency manipulation network led by a criminal syndicate of Asian Indian Muslims from Madras. The scheme funnels dollars through banks, with a 1968 traffic in the activist account exceeding 1.5 million monthly. Investigators cite U S military and civilian participation and the stark rate gap between official 118 piasters per dollar and black market rates near 170 to 200. Mt Taal erupts in Manila with lava flow increasing today.
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