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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1969
Page
1
The Washington Star predicted the White House will announce Joseph H. Blatchford age 34 as leader of the Peace Corps. Blatchford is currently director of a volunteer development organization operating in Latin America.
President Nixon told a 17 nation disarmament conference in Geneva that the United States wants to begin talks with the Soviet Union on limiting anti-ballistic missile systems. The remarks came in a six point message after a seven month recess. Earlier the Soviet Union proposed a treaty banning all military installations on the sea bed floor and subsoil.
Reports from Moscow indicate at least 12 Soviet soldiers were killed in a Saturday border clash with Chinese troops. A full casualty tally has not been released, but multiple articles cite 12 dead.
Athens High principal reports no problems at the new school prompted a panic button. Notes on local coverage include school updates and community happenings.
Government sources predict Monday's move by major banks to higher rates may lead the Federal Reserve to raise the discount rate from 4.5 percent. The widening gap between prime and discount rates prompts talk of tightening to curb inflation, with housing and municipalities feeling the impact.
About 400 dissident students, nearly half of the student body, attended a student power rally led by Abbie Hoffman at Rio Grande College. Hoffman criticized the campus and called it a nursery school as protesters denounced the nonrenewal of William Christopher for alleged immaturity after he criticized cultural apathy and urged Appalachia studies. The college president cited unmet qualifications for nonrehire. Additional student meetings followed, with faculty and student leadership holding sessions.
More than 10000 American troops began a massive counteroffensive northwest of Saigon to deter a Viet Cong North Vietnamese push toward the capital. The assault involved multiple divisions in a compression move and followed several clashes with enemy forces, with 28 enemy killed in one contact and ongoing reporting of heavy troop movements.
Miami dispatch reports two airliners hijacked to Havana on the same day in 1969. A Delta flight Atlanta to Augusta carried 64 aboard after a bomb threat and refusal to divert, while a Faucett Peru jet was diverted from Lima to Arequipa and then to Havana.
London prepares a small force to seize Anguilla to restore the Union Jack. About 140 paratroopers and 40 London bobbies are en route, aided by 40 police. island president Ronald Webster claims a 250 man army armed with Napoleonic weapons.
Washington AP A high level government committee studying a federally financed supersonic plane is reportedly split over whether to proceed. Secretary Volpe favors development, while the panel remains without a clear go or slow deadline, with a decision due to Nixon by April.
Senate doves show restraint, ready to give Nixon more time in Vietnam. Fulbright and McGovern reopen attacks linking Nixon policy to national tragedy and political risk. Mansfield and Kennedy distance themselves, warning against premature anti Nixon critique of war strategy.
President Nixon reportedly supports cutting federal aid to college students involved in campus disturbances while offering help to address underlying issues. Dr. S I Hayakawa relayed the view after meeting with the President. About 800000 students receive federal grants and 750660 have government guaranteed bank loans. Hayakawa said aid should be withdrawn only from students expelled from school.
U S Steel Corp attorney Hugh Nelson told the Senate Judiciary Committee that wage garnishment can provoke threats against payroll staff. He urged easing Ohio garnishment rules noting employees blame employers for unpaid wages and citing substantial administrative costs in processing attachments.
Nelson, a lawyer for U S Steel, argues wage garnishment helps collection while noting it harms worker morale and can lead to terminations after repeated garnishments. He cites 1968 figures from Youngstown and Lorain plants and supports a moderated, not abolished, garnishment law. The plan relies on computerized payrolls and varies by plant.
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