11 Dec 1969
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1969
Page
1
Tricia Nixon, daughter of the President, pauses at the bed of David Sharp of Bowie Maryland during a Christmas party for injured servicemen at Walter Reed Army Hospital. Identification of others in the photo is unavailable. Sharp is in a body cast with unknown injury details.
AP reports a weekly toll of 100 American military deaths in Vietnam, well below the previous week’s 187 average. The Saigon government cites enemy activity as a factor, with allied commands listing 2,254 combat deaths this week and 580,001 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed since 1961. Ohioan Sgt. Michael I Peterson and Veron C Shepard of Akron were among six Americans shot down. two crewmen remain missing after a helicopter incident near the Cambodian border on November 2.
Secret testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee indicates the United States may keep 20,000 to 40,000 troops in South Vietnam after major withdrawals. Defense Secretary Melvin L. Lottch said trainers would serve in a different role than combat forces, with numbers uncertain and continuing evaluation.
The Nixon administration's law and order team warns of a near breakthrough in a campaign against organized racketeers with indictments expected next week in four Northeastern cities. Officials call anticrime efforts the most successful yet, while Congress stalls funding and new sessions loom.
Democratic opponent calls Nixon plan a sham and a subterfuge as Emanuel Celler decries the administration proposal to replace the Voting Rights Act with a nationwide bill. Ford labels it wrong and shameful to extend the current law, while Republicans split on whether to broaden federal power beyond the South. Celler portrays the move as appeasing Southern supporters, contrasting with the 1965 act expiring next August. The debate exposes deep GOP divides over civil rights and federal authority.
The Elvedera Hotel, already a flashpoint in disputes between striking hotel workers and nonunion staff, was struck by a one alarm fire around midnight Thursday. Police say arson is suspected, with investigators noting an odor of kerosene at the entrance. No arrests or injuries were reported as dawn patrols continued and police reinforced the scene.
New York stock market rose in early trading led by gains in Standard Oil of New Jersey Continental Oil and American Telephone. The Dow Jones Industrials gained 12 to 78.11 at 10:20 a.m. with advancing issues outpacing declines two to one.
A reflective note invites readers to draw near to God with sincerity. It cites James 4 8 and urges that even the alienated are welcomed and lifted up when they approach sincerely.
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