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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1970
Page
1
Attorneys for Lt. William L. Calley Jr. appear before a military judge in Benning Georgia seeking dismissal or transfer to civilian court for the alleged murder of 102 Vietnamese civilians at My Lai on March 16 1968.
Police searchers found a draft card issued to Martin Berns in the Shaker Heights Municipal Court Building wreckage. The card was located in the police chief’s former office about 25 feet from the information counter where an explosive package detonated. Authorities have not confirmed the remains as Berns.
The Associated Press reports weekend traffic accidents across Ohio killed 22 people, the highest toll of the year and among the year’s deadliest incidents.
City employees return to work as a new contract takes effect after a 34 day strike. The settlement was reached Thursday but workers waited to return until today when the agreement began.
City officials in Athens await approval to finance a new city hall building. Officials plan the project and seek funding, with decisions pending in city council reviews and potential state or local grants.
Moroccan Foreign Minister Boutaleb held a third meeting with Secretary Rogers in Rabat to express government worry about potential new U.S. arms shipments to Israel. Rogers described the talks as friendly on economic and North Africa topics, with no mention of Arab Israeli discusses at the first session.
An anonymous caller claimed credit for vandalizing a GE office in Washington DC and bombs caused slight damage to two GE facilities in New York City Sunday night. No injuries were reported. A third bomb was found and defused in front of GE headquarters in Midtown Manhattan. The FBI investigates and police offer no link between incidents. The caller said the action aimed to disrupt the machine of death and oppression and named GE as a leading armaments producer.
South Vietnamese spokesmen say U S and government forces killed at least 117 North Vietnamese and captured six in a four day battle in the Plain of Reeds. The clash, part of Tet cease fire, began with an American helicopter assault eight miles southwest of Moc Hoa. Sixteen enemy dead reported in a morning clash, twenty six on Sunday. no American casualties. One river patrol boat with five U S Navy men strayed across the Cambodian border and Cambodian authorities detained it. Washington asked Phnom Penh to respond.
As Cairo hosted a summit of Arab foes, Israeli jets conducted a 75 minute raid on northern Suez Canal military targets, returning safely. Egyptian fighters targeted bunkers and encampments in Deversoir and attacked moving Israeli vehicles and tanks on a main road in Simai, with both sides claiming shootdowns.
Senator Moss denounces dated fire safety rules amid hearings on the Marietta blaze that killed 32 residents. He cites 1953 textile tests and weak Medicare regulations while urging tougher standards under the Flammable Fabrics Act and stricter nursing home oversight.
Washington AP The Democratic Policy Council met to discuss broad domestic and foreign policy statements incl a call for total U S withdrawal from Vietnam within 18 months Rep Jack Brooks urged dropping a specific time limit from the Harriman drafted proposal Some Democrats seek to strengthen the plan while Republicans attacked the televised state of the nation response and criticized its substance.
Four Southern governors Alabama Georgia Louisiana and Mississippi met in Mobile to map a strategy with their congressional delegations to oppose federal school integration orders. A two page statement urged unified action to prevent what they call chaos and potential destruction of public schools while vowing to pressure Washington for relief and equal standards. Governor Williams Brewer McKeithen planned joint talks with lawmakers. Maddox spoke to freedom of choice rallies. Wallace urged executive acts to restore order and resist integration decrees.
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