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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1971
Page
1
President Nixon asks Congress to extend draft authority to July 1 1975 and set a July 1 1973 target for an all voluntary force. He proposes a 1.5 billion pay raise and broader military benefits to attract recruits, plus reforms to the draft system and ROTC expansion.
U S Senate debate on Cambodia highlights Fulbright fears the Nixon presidency will do whatever is needed to protect Lon Nol. Rogers and Laird insist no policy changes and airpower used to guard Americans, with a call to broaden ground-troop restrictions to include air power.
President Nixon asks Congress for a 229.2 billion dollar budget for fiscal 1972 built on two large deficits totaling 30.2 billion. He argues a full employment budget will spur prosperity without wars or runaway inflation. He seeks no new taxes and expands defense and Social Security automatic increases.
In Los Angeles during the penalty phase of the Tate murder trial Charles Manson insulted Judge Older and punched his attorney Irving Kanarek, triggering removal to a holding cell. A first witness testified about a $2,400 money dispute and a pre-kinship shooting incident involving Manson followers.
The state rests in the Oliver Mills murder trial in Vinton County. The defense moves for dismissal arguing the sheriff trespassed when entering Mills home with a warrant, while the state contends the sheriff died in a side yard and was not a trespasser.
CAPE KENNEDY FL A P AP reports Apollo 14 crew Alan Shepard Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Roosa reduced training time as launch countdown intensifies. Ground crews load supercritical helium into the lunar module while liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen fill command ship fuel cells for power.
Reports from the South African Press Association describe catastrophic floods after Cyclone Felice hitting Quelimane on the Indian Ocean coast, with hundreds feared dead. The disaster compounds regional hardship and rescue challenges.
State legislators and Gov. Gilligan’s cabinet will gather at Hueston Woods State Park Feb 8 to 12 to discuss problems in education welfare and taxation.
Classified page overview highlights sections 14 to 16 covering comics editorial sports and television listings. Contains brief notes on feature comic strips and TV program schedules for the day.
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