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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1971
Page
1
Washington announces President Nixon will dispatch Dr Henry Kissinger and a full traveling party to Peking later this month to prepare for his own upcoming trip to Communist China.
President Nixon uses emergency Taft Hartley powers for first time in office to curb strikes shutting deep water ports. He signs an executive order creating a five member inquiry board that could urge a back to work injunction to protect national health and safety.
Saigon reports 364 North Vietnamese soldiers killed in clashes that may end ten days of fighting along the Cambodia South Vietnam frontier.
Emperor Hirohito of Japan arrives in London for a three day state visit amid curiosity and wartime memories. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip greet the Emperor and Empress Nagako on arrival from Paris as a 41 gun salute marks the welcome.
Secretary of State William P. Rogers pressed for an interim Middle East settlement after a policy speech drew tepid reactions from Arabs and Israelis. He planned talks with Jordanian Foreign Minister Abdullah Salah to kick off bilateral discussions with diplomats at the U.N. General Assembly.
More than 800 prisoners protested conditions and treatment of the poor in Dallas County jail Monday night. One inmate, Lawrence Edward Jackson, 36, died from a cut finger noted as the only mark. Five inmates and several guards were slightly hurt. autopsy ordered by the medical examiner.
Capt. Ernest Medina, cleared of murder charges in the My Lai massacre, submitted his resignation and is expected to end his Army career in about two weeks.
The Senate voted 67 to 11 to impose a 350 million dollar cap on U S spending in Laos, countering Nixon administration objections. The Symington amendment passed Monday as a assertion of Congress over Indochina war financing.
An Attica state prison inmate testified that troopers tortured him with lighted cigarettes after the Sept. 13 prison takeover the four day rebellion left 42 dead. Another inmate said a trooper held a rifle to his head and warned he would die. The statements were given in U S District Court as lawyers pressed for access to Attica inmates and counsel during interrogations and for protection of inmate property.
In Belfast an army post was wrecked by a bomb containing up to 100 pounds of gelignite. Soldier Brian Hall, 22, died and 12 civilians were injured as troops hunted wounded IRA guerrillas and caches in back streets and secret hospitals in the Catholic district.
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Bits of evidence from Peking hint at a major development involving Mao Tse-tung. Washington officials doubt it changes Nixon’s planned May visit, though a shakeup linked to cooler U S ties could alter events. Chou En Lai remains the public face of policy.
Secretary of State Ted Brown rejected Gov. Gilligan’s 36 corrections to the reapportioned districts and ordered elections under the original plan approved Sept. 30. Brown said corrections were not adopted at a proper meeting and the plan stands unless the Ohio Supreme Court finds it unconstitutional.
The Athens area feels little effect from the coal miners strike for now. Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co has a 90 day coal stock, OU has about 20 days, and the Athens Mental Health Center maintains three to four weeks. University officials discuss conservation measures if the strike lengthens. Union pickets disturbed campus access to the Ohio University Physical Plant briefly.
The Selective Service System cut the lottery number to 125, pushing induction to November through December. Draft Director Curtis W. Tarr said men will receive 30 days notice to report, replacing the prior 10-day requirement. October drafts are canceled to fill the 10,000-man call later.
The Public Employees Retirement System board split 3 3 and refused to seek Chairman Mark McElroy’s resignation. Attorney General William Brown had urged action over stock transactions tied to the fund. McElroy admitted two stock purchases but said no law was violated and claimed he suffered a $4500 loss.
President Nixon will fly to Elkins West Virginia on Friday to attend the Mountain State Forest Festival on the campus of Davis and Elkins College He will return to Washington that night Officials say Gov Arch Moore Jr will crown festival queen Catherine Sparacino a 21 year old Marshall University senior.
President Nixon outlines Phase 2 economic policy while acknowledging no fixed end date and avoiding profit controls. He emphasizes sustaining job growth, opens questions on consumer loan impacts, and signals a flexible duration depending on inflation fight effectiveness.
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