Nixon arrives for first complete physical
President Richard Nixon steps from a limousine at Bethesda Naval Hospital for his first full physical since taking office. He flew from the White House by helicopter for an eight minute, sober trip to the hospital in Bethesda Maryland, greeted by Capt. William C. Turville. Nixon is reported in good spirits and health and was to finish exams to meet New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller.
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Richard Nixon
Bethesda Naval Hospital
White House
Bethesda
William C. Turville
Nixon
Washington
Florida
New York
Nelson Reckefsiler
Bede makes safe landing after power failure over Ohio
Jim Bede, Cleveland businessman and aviator, made a safe emergency landing in Toledo after an electrical failure cut short a world record attempt. A chase plane guided him toward Cleveland before he landed at Toledo Express. He had aimed to end a nine lap circuit of Columbus and Kansas City with a 3 1/2 day non stop flight, having already set distance records for light aircraft and B 29.
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Toledo
UPS
Jim Bede
Cleveland
Paul Griffin
Bede
Columbus
Dayton
Griffin
Delta
Jim
FAA
Toledo Expressway
Port Columbus
Jerri Mack
Kansas City
Outfit gifted for child in Asia travels overseas
Lisa Edwards models a two piece outfit made for a child in Asia by a Church Women United member. The ensemble travels overseas and more pictures appear on page 12 of the Women’s Pages. photo credit Janice Artrell.
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Lisa Edwards
Asia
Church Women United
Janice Artrell
Invention gifted to Smithsonian by Roosevelt Professor
Benjamin Burack of Roosevelt University donated his logic machine to the Smithsonian Institution. Burack said the device, dreamed up at IIT as an undergrad, tests conclusions from fed premises and flashes a light for a wrong answer. He notes it cost 40 dollars to make and has limited practical use.
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Benjamin Burack
Roosevelt University
Illinois Institute of Technology
Burack
14 year old hijacker foiled on Cincinnati Delta jet
A 14 year old boy hijacked a Delta DC-9 at Greater Cincinnati airport using a knife to threaten 18 year old Gloria House and forced her onto flight 670 bound for Chicago. AirportPolice and Delta officials removed passengers, persuaded the boy to drop the knife, and the aircraft departed with 93 passengers aboard. The youth, David L. Boothe of Norwood, was taken by FBI for questioning.
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Cincinnati
UPI
Delta
Greater Cincinnati
Wouldbe
David L. Boothe
Norwood
Gloria Jean
Boothe
Lexington
Chicago
George East
Ohio River
Cincinnat
Florence
U S Troop Withdrawal Reduces Strength in Vietnam
The U S plans a troop reduction to 484000 in Vietnam by December 15 with a target of lowering authorized strength from current levels. The move affects about 35000 dress Sers0 and trims overall forces as part of announced withdrawals.
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S.vietnam
U.S
Vietnam
Saigon
Nixon
Lorain city income tax carryover fuels 1969 budget gap
Lorain auditors report income tax receipts exceeding 3.1 million since October 1968 with about 2.7 million in 1969. Large carryover from 1968 creates a 706000 capital improvements fund and pressures council to adjust the 1969 budget and potential repeal of the capital improvement ordinance.
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Lorain
Antone Ushelyi
Patrick McNulty
Ujhelyi
Ujhelyt
Ushelyi
Ughelyi
Ayheli
Viet Cong raid Ban Me Thuot airfield amid border offensive
Viet Cong commandos attacked Ban Me Thuot airfield 157 miles northeast of Saigon, destroying three trucks and hitting six huts and a bunker. Eight Americans were wounded and one attacker killed as South Vietnamese forces move to operate without U.S ground troops along the Cambodian border.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Ban Me Thuot
South Vietnam
Duc Lap
Weather Summary With Cloudy Skies and Cooler Outlook
Cloudy conditions with variable cloudiness continuing. Lows tonight in the 40s and highs tomorrow mid to upper 50s. A 16 percent chance of measurable precipitation tonight and tomorrow. Winds light tonight then 8 to 15 mph tomorrow. Sunset 5 13 p.m. Sunrise 7 10 a.m. High 52 at yesterday afternoon. Low 48 earlier today.
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Morrow
Somorrow
Fog and pollution blanket U S midsection with lingering haze
A stagnant air mass covers much of the midsection from the Ohio Valley to the Great Lakes and Midwest trapping pollutants in the lower atmosphere. Rain and showers occur in the Northeast and Northern Rockies with milder, sunny conditions elsewhere as the fog lifts after dawn.
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Midlands
Ohio Valley
Great Lakes
Midwest
Volpe’s tale about a presidential helicopter moment
Transportation Secretary John A Volpe recalled a morning helicopter ride near Washington to share a joke with a women’s highway safety group. He described guiding Nixon toward the Volpe home, suggesting a wave to his wife, Mrs Volpe, and claimed the president’s pilot joked about the curtain hanging from their apartment windows.
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Washington
John A Volpe
Nixon
Apollo 12 crew drills for moon mission and launch
Astronauts Charles Conrad Alan Bean and Richard Gordon rehearse emergency lunar landing procedures in a trainer as Houston monitors the exercise. They undergo final health checks while technicians prepare oxygen and fuel for the countdown ahead of Apollo 12's moon mission.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
Moon
Charles
Pete Conrad
Alan L. Bean
Houston
Richard F Gordon
Charles A Berry
Conrad
Bean
Ocean of Storrs
Gordon
Lunar
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Kinman
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S. Vietnam
Canberra
Australia
Woomera
Walter Rice
Gordon Freet
Council
Joseph Rully
D-1
U.S. Airfield
United States
Ban ME Truot
Cagtu
Mockine
la Landin
Transearth
U.S. Midsection
United Press International
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Rocky Mountains
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AL Rossiter JR
Moonport
Patrick Air Force Base
Air Force Precision Flight
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