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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 05, 1968

Page

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Hanoi Peace Feelers Spark U S Interest Worldwide

U S officials weigh Trinh statement that North Vietnam will discuss relevant questions if bombing ends. Capitals like New Delhi Ottawa and Vientiane monitor signals while Laos Cambodia Burma capitals discuss preliminary talks. India and France note Hanoi position while U S seeks clarifications on timing scope and conditions.

Associated Press North Vietnam Vietnam U.S Nguyen Duy Trinh United States Trinh Washington Hanoi New Delhi Ottawa Tran van Do Dean Rusk Vientiane Laos Cambodia Burma Souvanna Phouma Phnom Penh Chester Bowles Norodom Sihanouk India International Control Commission Geneva Indochina Paris Johnson Maurice Couve de Murville

Protests, draft cards loom in Supreme Court case

A University of Washington graduate student asks the Supreme Court to bar draft boards from speeding inductions of protesters who destroy draft cards. Russell Milton Wills, 28, leads the first appeal to involve student protest reclassification in the Vietnam era.

Washington —P University of Washington The Supreme Court Russell Milton Wills

Eshkol To Visit Johnson On US Trip

Israeli Premier Levi Eshkol arrives in New York with wife Miriam for a nine day visit to the United States en route to Texas to confer with President Johnson. Israel seeks American jet fighter bombers to counter Soviet arms supplies to Arab nations in the Middle East.

New York Levi Eshkol Texas Johnson Middle East Eshkol Miriam United States Israel

Russian poet Voznesensky canceled on OU campus appearance

The Russian government canceled the scheduled appearance of famed poet Andrei Voznesensky on the University of Oklahoma campus. Hocking County commissioners approve appropriations exceeding 1 million dollars for 1968, noted on page 6.

Andrei Voznesensky Hocking County

U.S. Air Attacks Penetrate Nine Miles of China Border

Saigon reports the latest air offensive extends into a third day with raids near Hanoi and Haiphong. Soviet claims accuse a U.S. plane of damaging the Soviet freighter Pereslav Zalessky. U.S. losses rise to three aircraft since the offensive began, with 135 missions launched Thursday amid improving weather.

Saigon U.S Red China Hanoi Haiphong Pereslav Zalessky Pentagon Moscow Washington North Vietnam U.S. S Mis Siles South Vietnam South

Ohio lawmakers face 12 day redistricting deadline

Ohio faces a January 26 deadline to craft a new congressional redistricting plan after a federal court set the timetable. Gov. Rhodes will not call a special session, with leaders saying little time would be gained. A joint committee session planned to address the issue followed a Supreme Court ruling that Ohio's current map is invalid for population imbalances.

Columbus Ohio Ohio General Assembly Cleveland James A. Rhodes Rhodes House Charles F. Kurfess Senate Ted Gray John McElroy McElroy

Saxbe Announces Senate Run in Ohio Endorsed by GOP Leaders

Ohio Attorney General William B. Saxbe announces his bid for the U S Senate seat now held by Democrat Frank Lausche. Saxbe, 51, in his third term as attorney general, says he acted after conferring with Republican leaders as Taft opts for re election to the House. Lausche has announced for re election.

Columbus Ohio William B. Saxbe U.S. Senate Frank J. Lausche Saxbe Senate Robert Taft Jr Taft Lausche Laxbe Mechanicsburg Ohio House

Bitter cold grips nation from Montana to Maine

Arctic air blanketed the country with subzero temperatures from Montana to Maine as far south as Kentucky and Tennessee saw freezing readings. Blizzard warnings extended eastward into Wyoming and the Plains, with a new cold wave forecast. Readings reached 21 below at International Falls and 5 below at Minneapolis-St Paul. Nashville logged around 8 above.

Associated Press Montana Maine Kentucky Tennessee Wyoming Plains International Falls Minn Minneapolis-St. Paul Milwaukee Nashville

Mrs. Wallace Faces Possible Malignancy and Radiation Plans

Alabama Governor Lurleen Wallace has a thumbnail-size pelvic nodule possibly malignant. She will undergo radiation at M. D. Anderson Hospital in Houston for three to four weeks, joined by husband former Gov. George Wallace.

Montgomery Ala Alabama Lurleen Wallace Wallace M. D. Anderson Hospital Houston Tex George Wallace

Nixon Predicted To Win Republican Primaries

The Christian Science Monitor forecasts Richard M. Nixon will win substantial votes in New Hampshire Nebraska and Oregon primaries while Eugene McCarthy lags. Wisconsin may go to George Romney who could perform strongly. Johnson backers rally as McCarthy loses White House support.

Associated Press Richard M. Nixon New Hampshire Nebraska Oregon Christian Science Monitor Eugene J. McCarthy White House Nixon Monitor Wisconsin Michigan George Romney Johnson

Heart transplant patient Blaiberg could go home in three weeks

CAPE TOWN AP heart transplant patient Philip Blaiberg is described as feeling fine and probably a bit euphoric and could go home in about three weeks if his condition remains satisfactory. Doctors report no infection or rejection, with normalizing kidneys and liver and return to semisolid food.

Cape Town South Africa Philip Blaiberg Christiaan N. Barnard Blaiberg Groote Schuur Hospital Barnard Louis Washkansky

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