23 May 1973
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1973
Page
1
President Nixon rejects involvement in a Watergate cover up while acknowledging wide ranging efforts to shield national security matters. He defends his actions as aimed at protecting national security and insists he will not resign.
The countdown resumed for Skylab’s first space salvage flight with 28 days planned. NASA officials and astronauts Charles Conrad Jr Joseph Kerwin and Paul Weitz prepared at Cape Kennedy and Huntsville testing sun shades to cool the overheated lab as crews monitor thermal balance.
About 400 people were evacuated from Mentor and Willoughby after 14 Penn Central freight cars derailed releasing gas. No injuries were reported. Two tankers carried chloro sulfonic acid with fumes causing nausea. one leaked. Trains rerouted. blockage to be cleared by afternoon.
Antioch College mailed expulsion notices to 30 students after a Tuesday confrontation in which two deans were blocked from entering student occupied buildings and were pelted with eggs. The campus remained closed as more dismissals are prepared. The college president ordered the campus reopened. High Court To Hear Lukens Bid COLUMBUS Ohio AP The Ohio Supreme Court was to hear oral arguments today on State Sen. Donald Lukens bid to be a candidate next year after being ruled off the ballot by the Secretary of State.
More than 1,500 coal miners idle in two protests across southern West Virginia as walkouts possibly spread. Levi Daniel, president of UMW District 29, cites 600 to 800 workers at deep and strip mines in Raleigh County sympathy action. A meeting on the wage grievance is set in Washington today.
William H. Sullivan, Kissinger's aide for Paris cease fire talks, arrived in Saigon for brief talks with President Nguyen Van Thieu on new truce arrangements and to report back to Washington. Sources say he may seek Thieu's approval on a joint clarification of the January 27 Paris pact.
A bill in the Ohio Senate would raise sheriff charges for issuing writs subpoenas and copying indictments, with current fees typically 1 to 10 dollars. The measure aims to prevent sheriffs from subsidizing services by the general public and faces Senate House conference hurdles.
Jo Ellen Yale of N McKinley Ave Athens reports selling several pieces and credits her Action Act for easing moving difficulties with a full speed ahead attitude.
Senate Watergate committee questions John J. Caulfield about offering clemency to Watergate burglar James W. McCord Jr. Caulfield corroborates McCord's testimony of secret White House contacts while Nixon denies any authorization. Ulasewicz acted for Ehrlichman and Dean and is linked to hush money schemes.
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