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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1969
Page
1
Senate backs Gore for an $800 personal exemption, but House sources hint at a $700 compromise as Nixon and Mills pose veto risks. The conference aims to placate the White House while preserving tax relief for individuals and small businesses amid a wide reform package.
U S Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge told the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong at the Paris peace talks that the United States will continue to participate fully and seek an early negotiated settlement. Lodge, resigning after 10 months, said his deputy Philip Habib will lead until a successor is named. He stressed readiness for give and take negotiations and swift progress when the other side is ready.
Army investigators in Washington plan questioning Capt. Ernest Medina about the My Lai massacre probe. The inquiry tests whether a brigade level review into civilian deaths was whitewashed and involves five officers who served in Vietnam.
Raymond H Lapin filed suit in federal district court arguing President Nixon acted in bad faith when he dismissed him from head of the Federal National Mortgage Association. Lapin had reportedly turned down resignations with praise amid the controversy.
Inside CONGRESS reports a plan to curb illegal foreign bank account use. An APPEALS COURT discussion lists six matters in Logan with one case dismissed. Athens City Hall second floor remodeling outlook improves on prospects page 2.
SAIGON AP The U S Command reported 70 Americans killed last week the lowest weekly toll in two months while 1 049 wounded brought U S battlefield casualties to 300 829. Government figures show 373 South Vietnamese soldiers killed and 953 wounded and Allied commands tallied 2 177 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese deaths as enemy activity fell to its lowest level since the war began.
Saigon announces 24 hour cease fires for Christmas and New Year with the U S Command promising compliance. The South Vietnamese government says its forces join in attacks on North Vietnamese positions in Cambodia. American planes strike mortar positions near Cai Cai and Hong Neu towns and a Special Forces camp, causing two South Vietnamese deaths and one injury.
President Nixon announced Judge Clement F. Haynsworth Jr. will remain chief judge of the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. He defended Haynsworth against brutal attacks over his Supreme Court nomination and said the judge is not a weak man.
Nixon is expected to delay a decision on further U S troop withdrawals from South Vietnam because of rising North Vietnamese infiltration and American casualties. White House aides left open a third stage withdrawal at Monday's press briefing, but officials doubt such a cutback. The president may indicate he has not yet decided and could link any move to factors prompting a slow approach.
A Columbus sergeant testified he received money from gamblers but called it gifts rather than payoffs. He spoke during the gambling conspiracy case against eight officers and number king Frank Baldasarro, testifying under immunity.
Government officials and union leaders bargained through the night with no break in a wage dispute that could trigger a nationwide rail shutdown. Union leaders faced pressure to settle as 48,000 shop crafts waited, while Secretary Shultz monitored talks and the Nixon administration sought a negotiated settlement without heavy federal pressure.
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