08 Dec 1969
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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1969
Page
1
In Washington the AP reports the president faces questions on troop withdrawals at the first news conference in 2 1/2 months. Nixon hinted on June 19 about possible reductions, a topic routinely raised during Vietnam war coverage and press sessions.
AP reports on growing global shock over alleged My Lai civilian killings and the Vietnam War’s broader debates. Analysts cite leadership failures, the search and destroy tactic, and public pressure as Nixon reduces troop numbers while weighing possible new withdrawals and a potential Tet offensive risk.
Joseph P. Lyford, president of the Fund for Peace, urged a full-scale investigation into an alleged March 2 1967 air attack by American pilots on Lang Vei village in Vietnam. He claims 105 civilians died and 250 were wounded and asks for probe, accusing official statements of lacking candor.
A Los Angeles grand jury nears a ruling on indicting Charles Manson and clan members for murder related to the Sharon Tate killings. Indictments may cover murder and conspiracy, with trial timing uncertain and extradition issues potentially splitting cases.
Minnesota 20 Los Angeles 13. Cleveland 20 Green Bay 7. Dallas 10 Pittsburgh 7. New York 49 St. Louis 6. Detroit 17 Baltimore 17 tie. Atlanta 45 New Orleans 17. Washington 34 Philadelphia 29. AFL Kansas City 22 Buffalo 19. Oakland 37 Cincinnati 17. San Diego 28 Boston 18. Miami 27 Denver 24.
Two Senate Republicans on Sunday warned that Democrats may load the tax reform bill with costly amendments to force President Nixon to veto in an election year. They suggested some lawmakers want vetoes for political or pecuniary motives.
Washington AP report outlines OEO Director Rumsfeld insisting Nixon supports his bid to extend federal antipoverty act, while conceding a major legislative setback may loom. House substitutes anger Rumsfeld, with Senate leaders forecasting a conference committee path amid tax cut debates and social security boosts.
Assistant Attorney General Will Wilson said federal prosecutions for draft evasion surged in 1969 as part of broad war resistance. About 3 455 youths faced charges in the 1969 fiscal year, with 1 839 charged in the first half of 1969 and 915 convictions. many chose enlistment, leaving fewer than 480,000 in Vietnam.
Wolf Point marks the dedication of a $1.5 million high school as Gary Wicks warns Montana loses residents to other states. He cites 4.3 percent migration from 1960 to 1966, with educated youth leaving for better employment. The old building burned two years earlier.
Silver Bow County Deputy Sheriff Rudy Fortune reported a dog struck by a car at 2100 George Street around 12:45 p.m. He asked City-County Humane Officer Jerry McCarthy to remove the body, but McCarthy refused saying it was Metro Sewer’s duty. Metro Sewer and McCarthy each then deferred, leaving Fortune to dispose of the animal himself.
Rebecca the jaguar leaves New York’s Central Park Zoo after 14 years in a concrete cage. Julia Allen Field of Miami buys the animal, moves her to Coconut Grove, and plans a secret relocation by air and river to a new home.
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