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Winona State University OpenRiver Winona Daily News Winona City Newspapers 10-6-1969 Winona Daily News Winona Daily News Follow this and additional works at: https://openriver.winona.edu/winonadailynews Recommended Citation Winona Daily News, "Winona Daily News" (1969). Winona Daily News. 929. https://openriver.winona.edu/winonadailynews/929 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Winona City Newspapers at OpenRiver. It has been accepted for inclusion in Winona Daily News by an authorized administrator of OpenRiver. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Partly Cloudy, News in Print: Continued Cool You Can See It, Tonight, Tuesday Reread It, Keep It SOUTH VIETNAM'S PRESIDENT REPORTS -- Determined to Replace U.S. Forces SAIGON (AP) — President the United States, part of the ritory. ican military and financial as- U.S. withdrawal is a long way Nguyen Van Thieu said today 35,000 American troops being "As long as peace with guar- sistance to enable his govern- off. the Vietnamese people "are de- withdrawn before Dec. 15. Their antees has not yet been restored ment to shoulder more of the He said that with enough termined to replace the bulk of departure leaves 484,000 Ameri- burdens of the war. American economic assistance the U.S. fighting units in 1970." can troops in Vietam. in Vietnam and a new commu- He outlined a series of domes- and the strengthening of South But he added that all American "We, the Vietnamese people, nist aggression is still threaten- tic programs to strengthen the Vietnam's armed forces, now troops cannot be withdrawn as are determined to replace the ing this part of the world, I army, improve such services as numbering more than one mil- long as North Vietnamese bulk of the U.S. fighting units in think, that under whatever form , education and reform govern- lion men, troop replacement forces remain in South Viet? 1970," the president said in the the Free World forces should re- ment administration. could continue. nam. official English translation of main on this land." He drew applause from the "HoweveT," he added, "we In a major policy speech to a his speech. Thieu spoke for an hour and largely conservative legislators also want to make it clear that joint session of South Vietnam's "The most important thing is 18 minutes, the longest public several times, notably when he we, the Vietnamese people, National Assembly and Senate, that ihe Free World and, first of speech he has made since he said: "We are determined to have not yet the capability to do Thieu also said he thought that all, the U.S. ally, should not let came to power. continue to fight to safeguard what we have not yet the time allied forces should remain in Vietnam fall into the commu- He emphasized that he re- freedom and democracy." to carry out. We still request the Vietnam as long as aggression nists' hands. And as long as the ' ¦ mains willing to negotiate an Although he referred several people and the government of threatens Southeast Asia; communist aggressors from the "acceptable" peace while deter- times to American public opin- the U.S. to continue to help us in As Thieu spoke in Saigon, an- North still remain on the territo- mined to avoid a coalition gov- ion and aligned himself with order to xepel the aggression other 1,700 U.S. Marines from ry of the Republic of Vietnam, ernment or surrender to ihe President Nixon's policy of and to safeguard freedom in the the 3rd Division boarded a the allied forces cannot with- communists. troop withdrawal, he made South." troopship in Da Nang to sail for draw from the Vietnamese ter- He asked for increased Amer- clear that he thinks complete Reds Shell GARBAGE PILES UP . Vehicles to dodge the unxoBected''gaftlage; A two- Scott Indicates drive in the middle of the street while week strike by dustmen (garbage collectors) pedestrians walk along walls at the open-air over wages has caused the garbage to pile market of London's Petticoat Lane Sunday higher and higher. (AP Photofax) Breakthrough 72 Bases, May Near Viet Towns SaysMystic Be SAIGON (AP) — The Viet Court Opens WASHINGTON (AP) Presi- Cong and North Vietnamese dent Nixon's chief spokesman in made their heaviest rocket and the Senate, Republican Leader Confessed to Hugh Scott, has indicated a mortar attacks in more than a breakthrough may: be in the off- month over the weekend, shell- Busy ing in the search for peace in ing 72 allied bases nnd towns, Term Vietnam. the U.S. Command said today. Setting Fire WASHINGTON (AP) — The Figuratively at least; the jus- Although he provided no de- Thirty-one of the 72 -attacks ) <_ Supreme Court opens a busy tices are looking over , their tails, Scott answered "yes, it is JERUSALEM (AP A po- term today with a new chief jus- shoulders to the Senate where reported between 8 a.m. Satur- lice superintendent told a Jeru- possible" when asked Sunday if day and 8 a.m. Monday caused tice while a fight roars in the President Nixon's nomination of the both sides might be ap- salem court today that a young Senate over the man picked to Judge Clement F. Hayhsworth casualties or damage head- Australian mystic had confessed proaching a de facto cease fire. , fill the. vacant chair to his ex- is in serious trouble. quarters said. Fifteen of the at- setting fire to the Al Aksah treme left. The Pennsylvanian gave the! Mosque in Old Jerusalem to Haynsworth, picked by rjlixon same answer when asked if Nix- tacks were against U.S. units or clear the site for the rebuilding The new chief, Warren . E. and Atty. Gen. John N. Mitchell on "might be on""the verge of installations. there of Solomon's Temple, Burger, and seven holdover in August to succeed Abe For- something right now." justices face decisions on such tas, has run into rigid opposition The U.S. Command said lo Supt David Ofer said Michael "I cannot tell you where there Denis Rohan, 28, told the police controyersia 1 matters as from . labor, liberal and civil Americans were wounded. churches' tax exemptions, use rights groups. Some of them willbe solid news, but there are in a statement after his arrest: some things happening," Scott Incomplete reports said six cf the death penalty, tbe priori- have accused the federal ap- Vietnamese were killed and "About a week after I arrived ty drafting of war protesters peals court judge of unethical said. about 35 were wounded. in Jerusalem I discovered a and the rights of Negroes and judicial behavior, an allegation the underprivileged. He was Interviewed on the The attacks were the heaviest Scripture that said that one that takes on deeper meaning CBS radio-television program since Sept. 12-13, when a total of Serson will be called by God to since it was an ethics flap that 86 shellings were reported. uild the temple and therefore I VBut following tradition, tbe brought about Fortes' resigna- "Face the Nation." LOOKING THINGS OVER . South Saigon. Later, while addressing the open- But in a separate interview ' decided God wanted me to build opening session is brief and tion last May. , Vietnam President Nguyen Van Thieu, center, ing session of the South Vietnamese. As- . Official sources said the ene- this temple. Therefore if I am really with little substance. Vice President Spiro T. Agnew my level of activity; has been About 75 lawyers are admitted The Senate Judiciary Commit- said he knew of nothing that is flanked by Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky, sembly and Senate, Thieu said complete , higher in recent weeks than dur- the chosen one to do this, I will saluting at left/ and Pirime Minister Tran withdrawal of American forces could not have it by destroying to practice and Burger and bis tee meets Wednesday, possibly was about to be revealed by the ing previous lull periods this* to prove Thieh.Khiem, Monday, as the three men -' re* .' take place so long as North Vietnamese troops the mosque. If this 'was God's colleagues adjourn to a week- for an initial •Note. The nomina- Nixon administration on the . year, although the number of will, then He would allow me to long series of private confer- tion appears to have the support Vietnam situation. He also view an honor guard outside the Senate in remain in the country. (AP Photofax) American battlefield deaths is do it.V ences on about 600 appeals that of most conservative Republi- backed tip Nixon's refusal to be down. But they added that sig- have piled tip since last Spring. cans and Democrats but liber- nificant enemy ground attacks The Al Aksah Mosque was , swayed by antiwar protests. The first round of decisions— als and moderates have been The President "cannot re- are still very few. built on the site of Solomon's nundreds of them—will be an- asserting their opposition in "Small unit contacts are Temple, and the Wailing Wall spond to the exhortation iiVhe is nounced next Monday. growing numbers. convinced that that exhortation staying up well above the 40s," nearby is the last remnant of said one source: "Last . week the temple. The site is also Is- is Jiased on illogics, simply be- 'Disillusioned' Cong cause there are large number of they averaged 49 a day and the lam's third holiest shrine be- week before 55 a day. During cause Moslems believe that the people, because large numbers of people in a country of previous lull periods in August Prophet Mohammed ascended 200 mil- they were down around an aver- into heaven from there.

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