Kissinger Shuttle On Move Pressing For Syria Israel Accord
A senior U S official said a disengagement agreement between Syria and Israel on the Golan Heights is shaping up as Kissinger arrives in Damascus after talks in Jerusalem The official noted Israeli settlements and heightened emotion complicate the plan while Kissinger stressed seeking peace not imposing any side The talks focus on disengagement lines buffer zone manning and firepower Meanwhile Israel escalates on the northern front with artillery near Damascus and strikes on bases in Lebanon Continued on Page 9
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Judiciary Members Grant Role To Nixon's Lawyer
The House Judiciary Committee approved rules allowing White House lawyer James St. Clair to question witnesses raise objections and propose witnesses during Nixon impeachment hearings. The move aims to balance fairness with committee control as testimony begins with secret grand jury evidence plus taped materials to be played to members.
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Unemployment Edges Down as Steel Pact Signed and Airline Talks
The April unemployment rate fell to 5.0 percent, the second straight monthly drop. Pittsburgh steel producers and the United Steelworkers began a three year contract under a no strike framework. United Airlines ground staff and machinists neared a tentative settlement before a threatened walkout. Rep Charles A. Mosher sought 100000 dollars to fund an Ohio agricultural weather service station in the 1975 Commerce budget.
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Quiet Weekend Weather Forecast For Saturday
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight with lows in the low to mid 40s. Sunny and cool Saturday with highs in the upper 50s and low 60s. Details, Page 2.
Oil Marketers sue Metzenbaum over alleged slander
Ohio Petroleum Marketers Association and Parmar Oil Co. of Marietta sue U.S. Senator Howard Metzenbaum in Franklin County Common Pleas Court seeking 1 million in compensatory damages and 10 million in punitive damages. The suit, a class action for all oil distributors, accuses him of false defamatory statements about the industry in radio and TV ads amid a heated primary race. It targets Standard Oil of Ohio as a frequent critic and notes calls for a federal probe of a Sohio price hike.
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D-Ohio
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Sohio cites crude rise behind six cent gas price hike
Sohio official says higher crude oil costs could not be passed to customers until May. Robert G Griffin, vice president for marketing, notes April prices were eight to nine cents lower than competitors, leaving Sohio products competitively priced despite the rise.
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Nixon transcripts claim White House Plumbers burglarized Las Vegas office
Transcripts show the White House Plumbers planned to burglarize Hank Greenspun's Las Vegas office to obtain material on Senator Edmund Muskie. Hunt testified the plan never occurred, while Ehrlichman and Haldeman transcripts claim the burglary happened and involved breaking Greenspun's safe.
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Literacy Shock Highlights National Reading Crisis
A federal study finds about 1 million U.S. youths ages 12 to 17 read at below a fourth grade level. Illiteracy is highest among low income black males, with stark gaps by race and parental education.
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U.S
Ruth Love Holloway
National Center For Health Statistics
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Gas Tax Dip Threatens Area Road Projects
The Ohio Department of Transportation faces a potential 50 percent cut in highway construction next fiscal year due to declining gasoline tax revenue. Two Athens east end projects continue, but longer term goals, including Route 50 W to Stimson Avenue, may be delayed by years.
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Mother's Day Action Ad Offer in The Messenger
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