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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1969
Page
6
American troop strength in Vietnam has held at about 541000 for three months and is not expected to reach the 549500 ceiling. Officers credit battlefield progress and South Vietnamese training advances for the leveling, with reductions possible if peace talks improve and Vietnam war activity remains stable.
Capt. J Edward Snyder Jr the skipper of the New Jersey faced criticism over seven months off Vietnam He displays a recovered 23 pound Viet Cong shrapnel and touts 16 inch shells capacity The ship fired over 5000 rounds ashore and could return to Vietnam by October or November if hostilities persist
U S lawmakers on the House Armed Services Committee weigh whether the Safeguard antiballistic missile system requires presidential authority to launch. Some argue for pre delegated power to subordinates, while critics warn against changing wartime control. The panel underscored the need for timely decisions and cited varying warning times from offshore and inland missiles.
Senate measures to guarantee clean water and sanitation in 155 Alaska villages within three years. Kennedy and Stevens sponsor interim legislation costing 10 to 12 million dollars, with health education and basic facilities included. The bill faces opposition from some on housing and permanent infrastructure debates.
Mrs Jacqueline Onassis and her son John with five friends visited Palisades Amusement Park in New Jersey. A park spokesman said they bought books of tickets and spent about four hours riding many attractions on Monday.
Army Spec. 4 Sherman Sitrin of Albany New York saw his 30 day pre Vietnam leave end two weeks early and was ordered back to Fort Belvoir Virginia The action followed his planned remarks at Business Executives Move for Vietnam Peace The Pentagon reportedly involved in the decision Open Lights has urged soldiers to exercise constitutional rights to free speech on the war speakers included Senators Yarborough and Fulbright among others The White House and State Department declined to send speakers for the group The event and the leaflets at Ft Dix led to Allen Myers former Army Spec 4 and editor of The Ultimate Weapon being court martialled twice and honorably discharged for disaffection pushback on duty
National Airlines jet carrying 75 passengers was hijacked by two well dressed men to Havana Cuba. The aircraft returned to Miami with pilots and crew uninjured after about four hours on the Cuban side.
In a move to heal rifts, Mao Tse-tung’s People’s Daily says all but the absolutely unreformable will be rehabilitated or educated. It signals a softer line after the ninth party congress, with Liu Shao-chi’s fate left unresolved and the army urged to defer to the working class in the new revolution phase.
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