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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 19, 1973

Page

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Kissinger Briefs Japan on Hanoi Peking Talks

Henry Kissinger met with Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka and Foreign Minister Masayoshi Ohira in Tokyo after briefing Japan on his Hanoi and Peking visits. They discussed Vietnam reconstruction, monetary issues, and China-U.S. Japan relations with no firm plans announced. The talks followed Kissinger’s meetings with Mao Tse-tung and Chou En-lai and precede potential mutual representation moves.

Tokyo Henry A Kissinger Japan Hanoi Peking Vietnam Mao ‘Tse-tung Nixon Kakuei Tanaka Masayoshi Ohira Ohira Kissinger U.S Florida White House Chou En-lai Frank Wideranging Chou Mao Tse-tung Kissingers Mao Taiwan Tanaka Asia Paris

Twenty POWs Released From Vietnam Reach Clark Air Base

Twenty American prisoners of war were released Sunday and flown to Clark Field in the Philippines. Navy Lt. James W. Bailey, 30, from Mississippi, left Clark for Memphis for medical processing after his father’s heart attack prompted his early release. Bailey’s fellow officer Lt. Robert E. Wideman, 29, stayed behind to permit Bailey’s departure. Officials expect remaining POWs to depart for the United States by Wednesday.

Clark Air Base Philippines Hanoi United States Navy James W. Bailey Kosciusko, Miss Clark Field Bailey Clark Robert E. Wideman Bay Village Ohio Memphis Tenn U.S. Navy

Five Constitutional Amendments Target Ohio May Ballot

Ohio Senate committees move to clear five constitutional amendments for the May ballot with a Thursday deadline to reach the Secretary of State. Proposals include removing the $3,000 income tax exemption cap, allowing legislators to cover expenses, tax valuing farmland by use rather than market value, ending the lieutenant governor’s presiding role, and funding a $300 million Vietnam veteran bonus.

Columbus Ohio Senate Ted Brown

Charles Mott Dies Famed Auto Pioneer

Flint Michigan obituary notes Charles Stewart Mott founder of the Mott Foundation and longtime GM director died at 97. He helped shape General Motors and gave over 130 million dollars to charity. funeral at St Pauls Episcopal Church with burial in the Mott family mausoleum. Survivors include Ruth Rawlings Mott and four daughters.

Flint, Mich Charles Stewart Mott Tom Harry Mott General Motors Corp Foundation Mott Foundation St. Paul's Episcopal Church Ruth Rawlings Mott Stewart Rawlings Mott Aimee Butler St. Paul

Soviet TU154 Crashes on Landing at Prague Airport

A Soviet Aeroflot TU154 crashed during landing at Prague airport, with about 50 dead and 84 aboard. Survivors include most of the crew except one stewardess, according to CTK and airport sources. This follows a deadly Soviet air disaster near Moscow last October 13.

Prague Czechoslovakia Aeroflot Moscow CTK

Rural Water Aid Renewal Sought

Congress debates renewing Rural Environmental Assistance and Farmers Home Administration funds to aid water and sewer projects in rural areas. House Agriculture Committee holds holiday session led by W R Poage amid Nixon admin cutbacks announced Dec 27. Rep Harold Johnson stresses need for FHA sewer grants to address pollution and relies on loan funds for rural communities.

Washington America Congress Nixon Administration House Agriculture Committee Farmers Home Administration Water and Sewer Systems Committee W.R. Poage D-Tex Marl L Butz Poage House Harold T. Johnson D. Calif Johnson

Dodge Sells Fast in One-Day Ad

Joan Langee of Nelsonville sold her 1965 Dodge to the first caller after an Action Ad. She praised the results and recommends the service for quick vehicle sales.

Joan Langee Nelsonville

Ten Die On Ohio Highways In Weekend Crashes

The Ohio Highway Patrol reports ten fatalities in traffic accidents on Ohio roads over the weekend from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Sunday.

Ohio Associated Press Ohio Highway Patrol

Geneva strike halts Geneva area schools over Washington's Birthday

Geneva Ohio. About 4 000 Geneva public school pupils face extended break as the Geneva Area Teachers Association strikes the six-school system. A secret Saturday meeting failed to bridge the rift between teachers and district officials.

Geneva Ohio Washington Geneva Area Teachers Association GATA

Nixon Assembles AFL-CIO Leaders In Miami Beach Meeting

President Nixon meets with AFL-CIO President George Meany and 34 executive council members at the federation hotel on Miami Beach to discuss wage controls rising prices and foreign trade. Nixon travels from Key Biscayne to the gathering.

Miami Beach Nixon Key Biscayne Afl-Cio George Meany Labor Federation

New Actions Set To End Viet Fighting

Two cease fire peacekeeping commissions acted to reduce fighting in Vietnam and aid prisoner releases. The Joint Military Commission will send investigators to Sa Huynh near Da Nang to probe northern coast clashes, while U S teams repair Loc Ninh airstrip to ease prisoner exchanges.

Saigon Vietnam Joint Military Commission Joint Commission United States da Nang Saigon Command U. S Loc Ninh

Abortion Clinic Operated After Court Ruling

Dr. Harley M. Blank in Reynoldsburg said he performed several abortions Sunday after a district court ruling struck Ohio's abortion statute as unconstitutional. Protesters, despite threats, did not appear. Patients were teens and young women with unplanned pregnancies. procedures lasted about five minutes each with no complications.

Columbus, Ohio Reynoldsburg Harley M. Blank Blank U.S District Court Ohio Ohio Abortion Alliance New York City

Underworld kingpin Frank Costello dies at 82 in New York

Frank Costello, the famed New York underworld boss known for a raspy voice and Nervy hands, died Sunday at Doctors Hospital after a heart attack. Born Francesco Castiglia in Naples, he built a fortune from bootlegging gambling and real estate and later spent years in prison for tax evasion.

New York Frank Costello Costello Sen. Estes Kefauver Doctors Hospital Francesco Castiglia United States Naples East Harlem Greenwich Village

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