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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1970
Page
1
President Nixon may push higher federal excise taxes to help balance the budget. Treasury proposes options including steeper cigarette levies and increases on gasoline liquor tobacco autos and telephone service to raise revenue for fiscal 1971.
U S and South Vietnamese forces report intercepting North Vietnamese troops in three regions from the Cambodian border to the DMZ. They say nearly 300 enemy troops were killed by air and ground fire, while U S aircraft losses total 6 295 in the war to date and allied casualties were light.
FBI transcripts from four years of wiretaps in Newark detail Mafia infiltration of police and political figures. Named are singer Frank Sinatra, Newark Mayor Addonizio, Police Director Spina, State Police Supt. Kelly, ex Supt Capello, Democratic leaders Kenny and Bontempo, and others. Transcript excerpts discuss payoffs, loansharking, gambling, and attempted influence over state police leadership and political races.
A White House source says the Nixon administration hopes to dry up foreign heroin supply within three years as France tightens narcotics policing in Marseilles. U.S. estimates indicate 80 percent of heroin entering the United States comes from opium in Turkey and production in Marseilles. The plan would urge Turkey to outlaw opium poppy cultivation, risking a $6 million income for poor farmers, with compensation discussed by U.S. officials.
FBI agents joined state police in the Yablonski family killings case in Clarksville Pennsylvania. Authorities said the trail is cold and no solid motive is found as prosecutors review if federal labor rights were involved. The victims were Joseph Yablonski his wife Margaret and daughter Charlotte.
Israeli warplanes attacked Egyptian military targets near Cairo and crossed west of the Nile in the deepest raid since 1967. Dahshur, 17 miles from Cairo, hosts a Soviet aided steel complex under attack. All planes returned safely with no reported antiaircraft fire or interference.
Advertisement urges cashing in on winter by using Messenger Action Ads to reach hundreds of readers seeking ice skates firewood warm coats and sleds. It promotes ordering via the classified order blank.
A West Virginia jury indicts a former governor and state officials in a corruption case. The report ties to detailed charges and the political fallout as legal proceedings begin.
In Edgartown Massachusetts District Attorney Edmund S Dinis threatened to leave the inquest into Mary Jo Kopechne s death unless Judge James A Boyle allowed more latitude in questioning. Boyle ordered Kennedy to testify first and limited testimony to potential criminal conduct related to the death. Dinis later agreed to proceed after a conference with the judge.
An intense northwest cold front grips Ohio with subzero readings across the state. Findlay and Dayton fall to five below, Cleve land Youngstown and Zanesville reach 11 above, while Cincinnati and Columbus report near freezing or below. Tonight may bring deeper cold in western regions and lighter drops in the east.
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