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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1969
Page
1
U S forces in Vietnam drop to 479 500 as withdrawals continue, with a 4 900 decline from the prior week and a 4 500 under the December 15 maximum. Comrades report ongoing Viet Cong activity in Mekong Delta and Cam Ranh Bay vicinity, while Lt Gen Julian J Ewell notes pressure in Long An province as battalion strength erodes.
U S officials say Washington will push Israel to accept a new peace framework only after Moscow endorses it. The plan calls for Israel to withdraw beyond pre 1967 lines with Egypt in exchange for Cairo’s pledge to seek peace and live with it, plus direct talks under the Rhodes formula on Gaza and Sharm El Sheikh. Officials expect no decisive reply before the December 20 Arab leaders summit.
In Washington, Sen. John J. Williams predicts a 23 or 20 percent depletion allowance in the tax reform debate, arguing any cut signals reform seriousness. Sen. Allen J. Ellender defends 27 percent, saying the deduction supports four decades of steady oil and gas supply despite 50 percent net income limits.
Washington officials report cautious optimism as Labor Secretary Shultz orders around the clock talks between railroads and four shopcraft unions to avert a Wednesday shutdown. Assistant Labor Secretary Usery says settlement is possible with cooperation and exchanged proposals.
A Chinese fighter pilot told Peking Review that he shot down an American plane "of the latest model of the 1960s" equipped with radar and guided missiles. The piece did not specify location or date of the dogfight.
Washington reports the government raised the maximum annual income to qualify as officially poor. Labor Department and OEO use the poverty guidelines to determine program eligibility. An urban four member family now qualifies at $3600 income, up from prior levels. rural four member families must earn $3000, up from $2300.
Sergeant Michael Bernhardt recalls My Lai fire as point blank murder. Lt. William Calley Jr. faces court martial for the murder of 109 civilians during the 1968 operation. Attorneys Bailey and Medina linked to the case as investigations rise.
President Nixon confronts divided House Republicans over antipoverty and voting rights bills. Support for a two year extension of the Economic Opportunity Act falters, while a nationwide voting rights measure sparks Northern GOP distress amid earlier Haynsworth rejection. Rumsfeld's lobbying failed to unite the party. The House and Senate must reconcile OEOC's administration in a looming clash.
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