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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 26, 1969

Page

1

Enemy Push Near Saigon Intensifies Offensive

More than 1,000 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces moved within 15 miles of Saigon seizing refugee villages in Bien Hoa and pressing toward the edge of Bien Hoa air base. Allied casualties rise as fighting spreads across South Vietnam amid heavy rocket and machine gun fire from helicopter gunships and rangers.

Saigon Bien Hoa South Vietnam U.S Bien Hoa Long Binh Cu Chi

Nixon Wins Reich Approval For Berlin Talks

In Bonn Nixon wins West German consent for talks with Moscow and pledges U S support to Kiesinger as Germany debates its Berlin role. Spokesman says Nixon will visit Berlin Thursday to show U S backing, despite German election questions.

Bonn Germany Nixon Moscow Kurt Georg Kiesinger United States Berlin Kiesinger West Berlin Charles de Gaulle France Harold Wilson Britain Common Market North Atlantic Treaty Organization Europe London Willy Brandt West Germany U.S

Ohio Senate Approves Lower Voting Age to 19

Ohio Senate backs a constitutional amendment to lower the voting age from 21 to 19 with broad party support and gubernatorial backing. If the House follows, voters could decide on the measure in November as colleges mobilize youth turnout and lawmakers argue it would revive engagement in the two party system.

Columbus Ohio Charles F. Kurfess Kurfess Perrysburg House Senate James A. Rhodes Sens Eugene McCarthy Robert Kennedy New Hampshire McCarthy Indiana Kennedy Charles J. Carney D-33 Youngstown Robin T. Turner Marion Senate Elections, Commerce and Labor Committee Turner Robert E. Stockdale Kent Kent State University Oliver Ocasek Northfield University of Akron Ohio American Civil Liberties Union

Nuclear treaty advances through Senate panel

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the administration backed nuclear nonproliferation treaty by 14 to 0 vote with Sen. Thomas Dodd not voting as floor debate approaches next month. The administration hopes for rapid passage despite some criticism. Wait.

Washington Senate Foreign Relations Committee Thomas Dodd D-Conn

Athens High student expelled over hair length dispute

Meigs County reports note a disciplinary case as a student at Athens High is expelled for refusing to have hair cut to school standards. The item appears in a page 3 summary of local issues.

Athens High Meigs County Committee Institute For Regional Development Tri-County Technical Institute Ohio Board of ‘As

Nelsonville Man Jailed In Slaying

Newark police hold William Q. Siddle 26 from Nelsonville on suspicion of first degree murder in the stabbing death of Mary Luca 49. The victim was found Monday morning at her Newark home with multiple stab and slash wounds. A bloody knife and a cleaned knife were found at the scene. Siddle was treated at a Lancaster hospital for hand injuries before arrest.

Newark Nelsonville William Q. Siddle Mary Luca Ned Ashton Peiice Howard Kibler Miss Luca Siddle Lancaster

Israel Premier Levi Eshkol Dies at 73

Israel's premier Levi Eshkol died of a heart attack in Jerusalem at 8 15 this morning after earlier illness and a February attack. Deputy Premier Yigal Allon expected to take over with possible elections in November amid rising Arab violence and foreign opposition to Israel's retaliation policy. A Fatah claim of the premier's death was dismissed by the foreign ministry.

Jerusalem Levi Eshkol Israel Yigal Allon Eshkol Allon Moshe Layan United States David Ben Gurion Rachmirewitz Damascus al Fatah Fatah Foreign Ministry David Rivlin

Lawyer admits he lied about Shaw

New Orleans AP report says attorney Dean Andrews Jr. testified that Clay Bertrand did not exist, admitting his past testimony about Oswald as a client and Bertrand as Shaw's alleged alias was false. Andrews faces perjury-related consequences as his own case appeals.

Shaw New Orleans Lee Harvey Oswald Kennedy Clay Bertrand Clay Shaw Bertrand Dean Andrews Jr Atty Jim Garrison Oswald Andrews Warren Commission FBI Dallas

Sirhan Sirhan seeks guilty plea despite diary turmoil

Sirhan B. Sirhan requests to plead guilty to Kennedy's murder, saying he is ready for the gas chamber after diaries aired in court. His lawyer, Grant Cooper, does not permit the plea, citing Sirhan's outbursts and the need to control him.

Sirhan Los Angeles Sirhan Bishara Sen Robert F. Kennedy Grant B. Cooepr Cooper Herbert V Kennedy U.N Arthur Goldberg United States RFK Sen. Kennedy California

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