08 Oct 1969
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1969
Page
1
Reading from The Daily Mail in Hagerstown Maryland a compact item dated October presents a brief local update. It notes community news with unnamed individuals and places, offering a snapshot of everyday matters.
Chicago Police Supt. James Cailisk says former Army Provost Marshal Gen. Carl Turner lied under oath about receiving 997 confiscated guns for personal use. Turner testified the weapons were for Army use and destroyed others, while Cailisk claimed Turner sought the guns for his own collection. The Senate subcommittee probes a graft ring involving Wooldridge and others tied to Army repression clubs, currency manipulation, liquor smuggling, and officer bribery.
The United States announces turnover of 8 river patrol boats to South Vietnam, splitting the ships among four river patrol groups forming new Vietnamese military headquarters. The transfer, part of the Vietnamization program, brings total Navy boats in Vietnam to 229 with ongoing plans to shift 321 more over nine years. President Nixon also trims Navy forces by 5,000 as part of the withdrawal schedule. In Saigon, Khiem predicts no breakthrough until a North Vietnamese leader emerges, citing collective leadership and pending leadership battles after Ho Chi Minh's death.
Maj. Gen. Carl G. Turner told the Senate Investigations Subcommittee in Washington that Chicago and Kansas City police chiefs knew the weapons turned over to him were for his personal use and not for the Army, claiming his gun records were lost.
The stock market moved down in moderate trading as declines outweighed advances on the New York Stock Exchange in the first half hour. Dow Jones fell to around 40, American Telephone listed at 50, Occidental Petroleum unchanged, Honeywell down, Atlantic Richfield up, Ford off, Lockheed up, United Aircraft and Westinghouse Electric limited gains.
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