20 Jan 1969
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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1969
Page
1
The Washington discourse on inauguration eve focused on personality rather than party with particular attention to Nixon’s remarkable return after his 1960 loss to Kennedy and his 1962 California gubernatorial bid, after which he relocated to New York.
President Johnson and family attend services as Richard Nixon prepares to take office. Chief Justice Warren administers the oath while Mrs Nixon holds the historic Bibles. The Johnson prayer and Isaiah prophecy frame hopes for a peaceful, warless era as preinaugural events unfold in Washington and New York.
London AP dispatch notes foreign press largely expects Nixon to preserve Great Society laws while reshuffling global commitments. commentary from The Times The Sun Daily Mirror Warsaw Life and Die Zeit highlights mixed views on civil rights disarmament and a reduced U S role in European defense.
The Nixon timetable details events from a 9:30 prayer breakfast at the State Department to 4:15 pm parade review at the White House. The president elect and Mrs Nixon visit multiple hotels for inaugural balls and a White House reception occurs at 10:30.
In Paris four parties to the broadened Vietnam talks plan to set a date for the first substantive plenary, with representatives privately signaling talks on the substance may begin Wednesday. U.S. Ambassador Lodge arrives tonight to join the expanded talks led by Harriman, who notes de-escalation and withdrawal of foreign troops. Mutually agreed troop withdrawals from South Vietnam are expected to be a major agenda item amid Hanoi’s stance on North Vietnamese forces.
Thousands of antiwar demonstrators clashed with police during a Capitol march to protest the incoming administration. Rocks were hurled at guests arriving for an inaugural reception, with mounted officers guiding the crowd away from a Smithsonian building. Ten arrests cited, one officer injured.
The unidentified flying object reported over Butte was found in the yard at 1530 Warren. Sheriff Ken Cunningham said the incident may explain weekend reports of objects in the sky and deputies suspected a hoax by several youths using a plastic garment bag, straws, and birthday candies to create a fiery ball.
Periods of heavy snow and cold air move through Butte Anaconda with high 22 today and low minus 10 tonight. Snow chances near 80 percent as conditions persist into Tuesday. One year ago highs reached 43 and 16.
AP reports Jan Palach, 21, died Sunday after setting himself on fire Thursday in protest of Soviet control in Czechoslovakia. His death intensifies student protests and prompts calls for reforms and government funeral plans as crowds gather in Wenceslas Square and officials urge calm.
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