July 28, 1969; Someone thought "14 Moonquakes" would be a great screamer headline for street sales. In a story that still resonates 40 years later, Bill Tuohy writes that prospects for peace in the Mideast seem more remote than at any time since the 1967 war. 

Tuohy says: "The Arabs have increasingly come to refuse anything but complete withdrawal by Israel from areas occupied during the six-day war.

"Meanwhile, the Israelis have recently been calling for annexation of Jerusalem (which is nearly a fact), the Golan Heights, part of the West Bank and part of the Sinai Desert."

Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) and his family attend church a little more than a week after the July 18, 1969, death of Mary Jo Kopechne at Chappaquiddick.

"Kennedy nodded only slightly in acknowledgment and appeared somber after a troubled week in which he pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of a fatal automobile accident and then went on television to ask the voters of Massachusetts to tell him if they wanted him to remain in office."

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Don Drysdale pitched five innings and the Dodgers defeated the Cubs,
6-2. A season ago on his way to the major league record for consecutive
scoreless innings, Drysdale would have made news with such a short
outing. In 1969, he made news just by pitching.

Drysdale hadn't pitched since July 3 and hadn't won since June. "I'm
encouraged," he told The Times' Ross Newhan. "There was nowhere near
the pain that there has been in the past. I feel as though I'll be able
to start again in four days, then I'll take my regular turn over the
rest of the season."

Meanwhile, the Dodgers and Angels were talking trade with the wanted
player ancient knuckleball pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm. The Angels eventually
would trade Wilhelm but to Atlanta.

–Keith Thursby