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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1971
Page
1
President Nixon announced a Turkish government plan to eliminate opium poppy production by mid-1972, a move he called the most significant breakthrough in stopping heroin supply to the United States.
Three Soviet cosmonauts died when Soyuz 11 returned from a record three week flight aboard the Salute space laboratory. Experts blamed possible oxygen system failure during re entry. Tass reported the cause under investigation.
In Columbus Texas Senator John Tower urged about 1000 party members to heed Ray Bliss and defend Nixon. He praised Nixon as a bold leader trusted by Americans despite divisions with Congress. In Hollywood Jack Jones files for divorce from Gretchen Elizabeth Roberts.
Masked gunmen seized an estimated 11.6 million francs from Strasbourg central post office after a guard left. Witnesses vary on number of attackers, who filled eight sacks with francs. The raid would set a new French cash-hoist record if confirmed.
Brief reads: kuside classifieds and editorial notes alongside sports and TV items. Page jottings show sparse lines, with fragmented sections and terse captions.
Top secret Pentagon documents released by Sen. Gravel show McNamara urged Kennedy on Nov 8 1961 to combine troop commitments in Indochina with willingness to attack North Vietnam. The Taylor plan proposed a Mekong Delta task force engaged in combat followed by more troops. McNamara later reversed position with Rusk, urging deferral of troop dispatch. Gravel read the study to aides and newsmen, lamenting U.S. policy.
The notes show U.S. urging France to settle the French Vietnam war generously yet shifting to a pro France stance against Ho Chi Minh in the early 1950s. Diem rejects consults on Geneva elections and 1963 coup planners contact Lodge before his assassination. McNamara urged troop commitment with North Vietnam attack, then reversed in three days.
House committee chair Rep. Pucinski advances a family voucher proposal amid Supreme Court limits on church-state aid. The plan would grant $100 per school age child usable at public or private schools, aiming to boost competition and reform while opponents warn of draining public schools.
Rep. Wilbur Mills says Congress may consider a midyear tax cut to spur growth despite President Nixon's stance. He sketches reviving the 7 percent investment tax credit with accompanying individual relief and faster depreciation to accelerate impact.
Tenth District Congressman Clarence E. Miller would vote to override President Nixon's veto of the $5.6 billion public works bill if the House gets the chance.
Miller signals support for overriding the president veto of a bill including the Appalachian Regional Commission and Economic Development Act with accelerated public works. Senate expected to sustain the veto next Tuesday, possibly rendering House action moot. Brown notes the split of ARC and EDA from public works.
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