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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1969
Page
3
Senate action on Haynsworth moved to the floor after a two hour closed session with a 10 to 6 vote to report the nomination. Judge Haynsworth faced doubts on the record with some leaders predicting a stiff fight. Several senators expressed opposition or uncertainty while others planned to withhold support, and Ernest Hollings voiced surprise at any withdrawal.
Edgartown examiner ruled Kopechne died by drowning and did not perform an autopsy. Kopechne buried in Larksville, Pa., Kennedy received one year probation for leaving the scene. Inquests delayed as Massachusetts court considers cross-examination rules. Hollings and Bayh engage in a televised debate offer amid Haynsworth confirmation fight.
In Los Angeles the County Grand Jury indicted editor Art Kunkin and reporter Jerry Applebaum of the Los Angeles Free Press on charges of receiving stolen property. Jerry M. Remick, a former mail room clerk in the state attorney general’s office, faces theft charges for allegedly stealing state records. The indictment claims the pair bought the records from Remick to fuel two articles, including UCLA campus police misconduct and the publication of narcotics agents’ names and addresses.
About 60 Black students formed a group at a Las Vegas high school and attacked White students in a cafeteria and on the hall. The disruption spread to an empty room before authorities intervened. roughly 20 left students while the rest returned to classes. Four students were suspended.
Two Milwaukee men died while trying to rescue a third man from Lake Michigan as 12 foot waves slammed the pier. Frank Pletcher was swept in while fishing, Wallace Schuist joined Algoma patrolmen Ronald Laist in the attempt, all three were pulled into the water and the other two bodies remained missing as search efforts continued.
Government imposes a state of siege in Valle department to halt a wave of kidnappings. Eight people seized since August and about $600000 paid in ransom. Swiss consul's son among latest victims. two Swiss envoys abducted. Four men arrested with no charges or location for Swiss officials. Warsaw Pact armies join Soviet led maneuvers across Soviet, Polish, East German and Czechoslovak territory.
A former witness describes kickbacks paid by club custodians in Vietnam. She says averages were about 25 dollars nightly for shows, 150 dollar base costs, and a 10 percent premium for pricier acts. Some custodians were aggressive, others gentlemanly, with demands for sexual favors from businesses. she claims Miss Chung promoted girls for custodians, though she denies supplying them herself. She notes kickbacks came from regular Army custodians, not Marines or Green Berets, and says she felt forced to pay to stay in business. Life for custodians was lucrative, with tales of luxury and large stakes in Saigon clubs.
In Hamburg a man claiming to head Egypt's diplomatic mission in Hanoi sought political asylum in West Germany. Zakari Taher arrived via Moscow and East Berlin, according to a spokesman for the Aliens Registration Office in Hamburg.
The Senate Finance Committee rejected a House-passed plan to cut the top income tax rate for high earners from 70 percent to 60 percent. It kept the 70 percent ceiling and kept current capital gains rules limiting timing for stockholders. The move would have added about $150 million annually after 1971 but worried Wall Street that investment would slow.
A municipal court judge withdrew an arrest order against British Consul General John Owen Lloyd after his lawyers argued diplomatic immunity under a 1954 treaty. Lloyd had been ordered detained following his refusal to appear at the trial of three Irish-Americans arrested at the consulate during a demonstration last August.
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