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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1973
Page
1
The Ohio House passed a resolution to fund member expenses and set a May ballot vote on a Vietnam veterans bonus funded by a property tax increase. The measure cleared 75 votes to 14, amid other May ballot items and debates over governor lieutenant governor tickets and tax policy.
A senior U S official said the United States expects to receive 20 to 40 American POWs from jungle camps along the Cambodian border north of Saigon on Saturday. The first group may be released Sunday or Monday, with arrival at An Loc before helicopter transfer to Tan Son Nhut and a flight to Clark Air Base in the Philippines.
President Nixon orders last minute guidance as Henry Kissinger departs from Andrews Air Force Base for a 10 day Asian mission. He will meet North Vietnamese leaders in Hanoi for four days, then visit Peking to confer with Premier Chou En Lai and other leaders aimed at speeding U S thaw with China. Stops include Bangkok to meet Thai officials and ambassadors Bunker Swank and Godley, and Vientiane for Laos cease fire talks.
In Washington the House prepares to vote on REAP the Rural Environmental Assistance Program amid a power struggle with the Nixon White House. Democrats push to restore REAP with mandatory funding while Republicans seek to kill or curb the program as part of budget constraints.
The dollar fell again in foreign exchange trading with governments stepping in to defend floor levels. Gold climbed to $70.49 an ounce in Paris amid thin demand, while Bank of Japan and West German Bundesbank executed sizable purchases to halt further declines. Estimates of early-day intervention ranged from 5 to 20 million dollars, with larger moves possible.
Seven people died and 17 were injured when a Santa Fe freight train at a crossing rammed into a school bus carrying 29 near Littlefield Texas. Police chief James Cox said the train traveled 58 mph and struck the left rear of the bus as observers noted warning signals were functioning. Most victims were from Fieldton, where children attend four Littlefield schools. A substitute driver described the moments before impact as the bus being stopped then creeping across the tracks before the collision.
Ronald L Motter of Route 2 Albany reports immediate results from his advertising effort. He says he could have sold 15 freezers and 10 TVs and received between 25 and 30 calls.
GOP senators consider expanding the Watergate probe to include presidential elections back to 1960 and to widen the Senate committee to three Republicans and three Democrats. The effort seeks to cover alleged Democratic sabotage in 1964 and other incidents, with Sen. Sam Ervin steering the inquiry and pledging to avoid witch hunts.
U S District Judge Carl B Rubin ordered the Dayton School Board to draft a desegregation plan within 60 days. The plan must abolish option attendance zones, uphold high school enrollment priority in the Freedom of Enrollment Plan, and prioritize racial balance transfers over curriculum moves.
Oberlin College will stop conferring honorary degrees citing a growing lack of enthusiasm. Provost Ellsworth C. Carlson states the policy is being discontinued due to waning interest and support.
Fire at a two year old school in Paris left at least 18 dead including 15 children. Five people were missing as firemen combed the smouldering ruins. A music teacher said the blaze produced no explosion or odor and went unnoticed until after the fact.
Warren Bennis president of the University of Cincinnati called Gov John Gilligans proposed three percent across the board increase for higher education mediocrity and said it would lead to half starvation of everybody while failing to keep pace with inflation He urged a new state commitment to fund higher education and rejected waiting two more years for a task force.
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