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The part of the new state education law that calls for the election of members of the Board of Education here next spring was declared unconstitutional yesterday by Federal Judge Edward C. McLean.
2-min and 10-second firing of spacecraft's main engine boosts craft out of lunar orbit and back toward earth; astronauts show color TV pictures of receding moon as craft pulls away; Smyth Sea among areas shown; astronauts show pictures of inside of spacecraft; illus; Conrad and Bean rept they had no trouble moving around on lunar surface and did not get tired during their moon walks; Conrad says they kneeled down to pick up some of larger rocks; mission controllers rept seismic waves set off by module's crash-landing lasted for more than 30 mins; scientists hold occurrence indicates lunar interior is unusually effective conductor of vibrations and unlike earth's interior; before leaving lunar orbit, astronauts take photos of 2 future landing sites; Bean repts moon's far side appears to have no flat areas; Conrad removes med sensors attached to his chest
communique on accord with US on reversion of Okinawa to Japan
Army lawyer R E Jordan 3d says about 11 persons currently in Army and about 15 former servicemen are being investigated in connection with Songmy incident; Army, in memo, confirms for 1st time that case involves shooting of large number of civilians; memo says Calley is charged with premeditated murder of about 100 civilians; Jordan, in Pentagon news conf, says 6 Army criminal investigators work full-time on case in US, in addition to investigators in Vietnam; says 75 persons have been int so far; Sp 4 W F Doherty, in telephone int, says he saw bodies of 'probably more than 100' villagers when his platoon passed through village during operation; says incident took place in area known as 'Pinkville'; supports earlier accounts that Medina ordered village destroyed and occupants killed; Jordan says Army will not release allegations against Calley and Mitchell until they are in final form; other statements by Doherty and Jordan noted; Sen McGovern makes s deploring incident; C A West tells Chicago Sun-Times that his unit was ordered 'to destroy Pinkville and everything in it'
announces candidacy for Repub nomination for US Sen; por
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 19, 1969, covering November 22, 1969.
The Beatles
Led Zeppelin
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Santana
Janis Joplin
1969Byron Houston, American basketball player[†]
Byron Dwight Houston is an American former professional basketball player. A 6'5", 250-pound power forward, he played collegiately for Oklahoma State University and was selected by the Chicago Bulls in the first round of the 1992 NBA draft. In an National Basketball Association (NBA) career that lasted four seasons, Houston played for the Golden State Warriors, Seattle SuperSonics and Sacramento Kings. He then played in the PBA in 1997. Houston played for the Quad City Thunder of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) and was selected as the CBA Finals Most Valuable Player in 1998.
1969Marjane Satrapi, Iranian author and illustrator[†]
Marjane Satrapi is a French-Iranian graphic novelist, cartoonist, illustrator, film director, and children's book author. Her best-known works include the graphic novel Persepolis and its film adaptation, the graphic novel Chicken with Plums, Woman, Life, Freedom and the Marie Curie biopic Radioactive.
In 1969, the world population was approximately 3,619,491,579 people[†]