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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 02, 1973

Page

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106 U S prisoners to be released in Hanoi amid VC standoff

U S delegation said North Vietnam will release 106 Americans and two Thais in Hanoi on Sunday while the Viet Cong threaten to block 30 South Vietnam POWs over prisoner exchange. The lists include 34 named captives from the South plus two Filipinos and two Germans.

Saigon U.S North Vietnam Hanoi South Vietnam Joint Military Commission United States Gia Lam Provisional Revolutionary Government Washington Maj Floyd James Thompson Philip Manhard State Department Thompson Demilitarized Zone Manhard Hue

Long Work Week Ordered In House

Ohio House Speaker Lancione orders longer work weeks to push bills through. House will meet 10:30 a m Tuesday and likely stay through Thursday to speed committee hearings. New measures include vocational education funding, minority history teaching, and a Martin Luther King holiday.

Columbus, Ohio A. G. Lancione Ohio House Lancione Bellaire House Statehouse Robert J. Boggs Jefferson Pymatuning Ohio Boggs State Division of Special Education

Irish Prime Minister Defeated in Irish Dail Move

Ireland awaits a handover as Liam Cosgrave of Fine Gael and the Labour Party clinch 68 seats to 64 for Jack Lynch's Fianna Fáil. With 10 seats undecided, Cosgrave's coalition appears set to exceed half the Dail by securing at least 72 seats.

Dublin, Ireland Jack Lynch Ireland Liam Cosgrave Cosgrave Fine Gael-Irish Party Allied Labor Party Lynch Fianna Fail Soldiers of Destiny Dail

Eastland backs Gray bid for FBI director

Senate Judiciary Committee chairman James O. Eastland said no hearings raised concerns about L. Patrick Gray's nomination. He declared he is 100 percent for Gray, praising him as honest and nonpolitical and predicted easy Senate confirmation. In a separate report, foreign exchange dealings worldwide halted as the dollar declined amid a selling wave.

Eastland Gray Washington James O. Eastland Senate Judiciary Committee L. Patrick Gray FBI J. Edgar Hoover Senate

News groups vow to fight Watergate subpoenas

Three news organizations led by Time Inc The New York Times and The Washington Post say they will fight to quash subpoenas issued to their reporters in the Watergate bugging case. The Washington Star-News will answer but withhold privileged information.

Time Inc The New York Times Washinton Post Nixon Washington Star-News

Governors Split on Nixon Plan at Midwinter Meeting

Democratic governors oppose Nixon's domestic revamp revenue sharing plan unless they receive the information needed to govern. GOP leaders and Virginia's Linwood Holton predict Democrats may eventually back the plan, which congressional leaders say is endangered.

Washington Nixon Linwood Holton Virginia Republican Governors Association

Indians End Hostage Stand as Fire Bomb Hurts AIM Leader

WOUNDED KNEE SD AP Sen McGovern said a negotiating session with 200 militants ended on a jarring note when the home of AIM national communications director Aaron Deseras was fire bombed during talks. Deserasas' wife is injured. 11 hostages released earlier remained in Pine Ridge as DOJ officials surrounded Wounded Knee to seek an end to the siege.

Wounded Knee George S. McGovern Ferring McGovern South Dakota Aaron Desersas Pine Ridge Desersas American Indian Movement AIM Sen Ators Department of Justice

Paris Conference Ends Vietnam Peace Pact Endorsed

Twelve governments world wide affirmed the Vietnam peace settlement in a signing ceremony led by foreign ministers of the Big Five. The nine point declaration binds outsiders to cease interference and outlines a system to monitor violations, with reconvening power if serious breaches occur. United States officials see Soviet and Chinese backing as a key restraint on Hanoi.

Paris Vietnam United States North Vietnam Indochina Canada South Vietnam Britain Rogers France China Soviet Union North Provisional Revolutionary Government Control Commission Waldheim Hanoi

Sudan agrees to fly Arab guerrillas to United States

The Sudanese government will provide a plane to evacuate Black September guerrillas and hostages from Khartoum to the United States. The group demanded two Sudanese cabinet members join the flight, a demand the government rejected. Hostages include U.S. Ambassador Cleo Noel Jr and G. Curtis Moore with others from Jordan, Belgium, and Saudi Arabia.

Beirut Lebanon Middle East United States Khartoum U.S Sudan Palestinian Black September Organization Mansour Khaled Omar Haj Nousa Cleo A. Noel Jr G. Curtis Moore Moore

Ohio Governor Blasts Nixon Plan During Statehood Day

Gov. John Gilligan denounces President Nixon's revenue sharing as a "pig in a poke" while in Chillicothe for Statehood Day. He urges more information from Washington and invites Ohioans to voice ideas for state improvement during the 170th anniversary events. Sen. Taft Jr. is scheduled to speak at a prayer service that evening.

Chillicothe Ohio John Gilligan Nixon Chillicothe High School Gilligan Washington Sen Robert Taft Jr

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