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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1969
Page
1
The speaker criticizes a communist influenced movement and urges awareness of who supports it. He denounces government foreign aid involvement, pollution, and space policy while proposing stricter campaign finance rules and engaging a questioning younger generation to rearticulate beliefs.
President Nixon faces a major setback as the Senate, 55 to 45, rejects Clement F. Haynsworth Jr. for the Supreme Court, signaling a bitter ethics and philosophy clash. Nixon will await January session to submit another nominee while opponents flag concerns over potential conflicts of interest and court balance.
The region's high school basketball teams take center stage as football winds down. A special basketball coverage section examines teams, conferences, and prospects with team-by-team look-ins and outlooks across pages 13 to 16.
Arab guerrillas from Jordan claimed responsibility for a night raid near Haifa that set two large petroleum storage tanks ablaze. Israeli warplanes retaliated with raids into Jordan for the eleventh time this month as Jordanian officials described rocket and machine gun attacks near Waggas, south of the Sea of Galilee.
The gunner faces choice of Pennsylvania or Ohio woodlands as deer season approaches. Opening date is identical in both states. For deer bear wild turkey and other outdoor reports see the outdoor page in the Sunday Chronicle.
The Army says 24 soldiers and former servicemen, plus an officer and staff sergeant already charged, are under investigation for the alleged murder of about 100 Vietnamese civilians during the March 1968 My Lai raid in Quang Ngai province. Lt William Calley faces possible court martial. others named include Sgt David Mitchell. The South Vietnamese Defense Ministry denies a massacre, stating about 20 civilians killed in a battle with 125 Viet Cong.
Thomas B. McKinley, 24, a former private first class with C Company, 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry, says he was not at My Lai’s operation in March 1968 and heard nothing unusual afterward. He recalls Pinkville as a dangerous area and notes soldiers fear prosecution for unnecessary killings, though he never witnessed civilian shootings.
U S Army photographer's Viet Nam mission pictures circulated amid negotiations with reports peaking at 125000 dollars. The images depict victims of an alleged mass slaying by U S troops in March 1968 and were first published by the Cleveland Plain Dealer with copyright by Ronald Haeberle.
Apollo 12 astronauts Conrad Gordon and Bean sleep through the draught of reentry as Yankee Clipper accelerates toward Earth. After a behind the moon engine firing the ship speeds past 2 000 miles an hour, set for a 36 000 mph entry and Pacific Ocean splashdown near American Samoa.
Two Huron teens Peggy A. Mesenburg 18 and Peggy M. Kromer 19 died in a one car crash just east of Huron on Route 6 2. The driver Mesenburg was traveling about 70 mph when she lost control in Beachwood Cove hit a pole and rolled before settling upright. Deputies noted 268 feet of travel with no skid marks as cause.
Forecast shows sunny spells and warmer today with highs in the upper 30s to mid 40s. Tonight is mostly cloudy and windy with a chance of showers then warmer briefly before a colder tomorrow. Tonight's low in the mid 30s and tomorrow's high in the upper 30s to mid 40s. Sunset is 5:63 p.m. and sunrise tomorrow 7:25 a.m.
U S Rep Robert Taft declares candidacy for the U S Senate challenging Gov James Rhodes in the May Republican primary to succeed retiring Sen Stephen Young The move upsets party hopes for a gubernatorial bid and promises a rugged pre election fight with Lukens signaling support and an open party approach
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