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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1969
Page
1
A Christmas picture from 1969 shows peace signals amid global conflict. Bethlehem under Israeli rule, cease fires in Vietnam, and holiday parties for orphans and hospital patients mark the season as reporters note fragile calm.
U S Command reports 47 enemy incidents during a 24 hour truce period with 24 deemed significant. At least five Americans killed and casualties include two wounded as clashes occur southwest of Da Nang between 6 p.m. Christmas Eve and 6 a.m. Christmas morning local time.
Pope Paul VI told diplomats in the Sistine Chapel that Christian faith frees men from worldly woes and urged unity with temporal authorities for peace. He spoke in French, outlining that the church does not seek secular power and citing an Epiphany hymn about heavenly kingdoms coexisting with earthly ones.
Los Angeles AP Charles M Manson 35 leader of the hippie band asks to act as his own attorney at the upcoming trial for the August killings of actress Sharon Tate and six others. He warns the judge that no one else can defend him.
Attica New York AP reports smiling Willie The Actor Sutton once famed bank robber and escape artist of yesteryear is released from prison ending decades behind bars.
Joseph W Riegert 54 a deputy county clerk in charge of the Rensselaer County Motor Vehicle Bureau for two years died Wednesday at Samaritan Hospital after a yearlong illness. He served as North Greenbush supervisor 1961 65 and worked 27 years for Allegheny Ludlum Steel in Watervliet. He served in World War II with the 27th Division in the Pacific, earned decorations, discharged as lieutenant colonel, taught at La Salle Institute, led Troy Senior Citizens, and was active in local clubs and Scouts. He is survived by five daughters, his parents, a brother, two sisters, and a granddaughter. Funeral arrangements are set. Interment at St Peter's Cemetery.
In San Francisco federal court Judge Stanley A. Weigel ruled that a Roman Catholic man Leslie Bowen of Grand Rapids may claim conscientious objector status based on religion even if his objection targets a single war. Bowen refused induction, and the ruling found current draft policy violates First Amendment neutrality between religions.
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