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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1969
Page
1
In Center City 1100 Philadelphians observed a gait study led by F Ray Finley of Moss Rehabilitation Hospital. Women averaged 116 steps per minute about 2.7 mph with longer strides, while men averaged 110 steps per minute about 3 mph, aiding development of better artificial limbs and braces.
A 650 member Arab force entered Lebanon from Syria at three points kidnapping 20 Lebanese soldiers before retreating with tanks and rockets. Protests erupted in Da Mascus and Amman with a Lebanese flag burned. Across the region, clashes, bombings, and Israeli air activity linked to the Lebanon crisis continued as Egypt and Jordan faced renewed artillery exchanges and civil defense measures were planned in Haifa.
Stockhölm Sweden Samuel Beckett the fish-born playwright of the absurd was named the 1969 Nobel Prize in literature laureate. The Swedish Academy praised his work in new forms for the novel and drama conveying modern man’s destiny. His plays Waiting for Godot and Endgame are among his most popular in the United States. Good luck and praise surround Beckett’s win as a dark horse.
Defense Secretary Melvin Laird rebuffed Senate leaders' push for a unilateral cease-fire in South Vietnam. He said any halt must be part of an agreed framework with North Vietnam and backed political as well as military steps to end the war. The White House and Pentagon sided against expanding unilateral cease-fire proposals amid Nixon’s troop-withdrawal plans.
UCLA Chancellor Charles B. Young restored credit Tuesday to Philosophy 99 Recurring Philosophical Themes in Black Literature taught by Angela Davis after a court ruling. Regents questioned the action but most agreed it followed the court decision.
A moderate 5.9 earthquake struck near Vandenberg Air Force Base and the Lompoc region at 3:52 p.m. Wednesday. Buildings swayed and items toppled but no major damage reported as tremors were felt up to 60 miles away in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties. Authorities received resident reports from several communities.
The first of 74 men trapped after the Consol No 4 coal mine explosion and fire is recovered. Gov Arch Moore said the unidentified body was found in passages of the mine site, where 11 months of rescue work followed the November 20 1968 disaster. The Bureau of Mines noted the victim likely worked with a machine near the blast zone.
Riverhead New York A 16 year old boy Bas Mark Cardogan and three juvenile companions were accused of breaking into a car dealer lot and staging a dodge em carnival style game with real cars. Police said 14 cars were damaged to the extent of 8000 dollars as the youths drove them into one another. The lot was fenced with barbed wire. Cardogan was held on 500 dollar bond charged with criminal mischief. The younger juveniles were released to parents for Family Court appearance.
A tropical storm Laurie battered toward Mexico as the crippled tanker Alission Santa Ome, carrying Navy jet fuel to Newport News, rode out 70 mph winds with 42 crew aboard. The ship towed after boiler explosions, its skipper trying to outpace the storm about 250 miles west southwest of Tampa. Meanwhile in Vietnam the battlefield death toll last week stood at 76 Americans KIA, with South Vietnamese losses at 30. allied casualties and enemy kills were reported in moderate activity with a predicted winter spring campaign looming.
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