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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1972
Page
1
A Soviet Ilyushin 62 jet crashed near Sheremetyevo airport during bad weather, killing 176 on board. Rumors include multiple nationalities among the dead. a British jetliner reportedly returned due to ground instrument failures.
Congress lingered in session amid talks on a compromise Social Security bill and a presidential spending power measure. Conferees endorsed a plan expanding benefits, raising taxes, extending Medicare, and shielding key programs from cuts while limiting Nixon’s sweeping powers. A veto seemed unlikely due to a $15 billion Treasury borrowing increase.
Israeli air raids hit guerrilla bases and a naval facility in Lebanon and a training camp in Syria. Rockets and bombs heard in Beirut as Israel neared Damascus. no casualties reported though Lebanese officials cited civilian deaths and injuries. President Sadat urged Arab unity for a just peace and discussed Soviet relations and a possible replacement parts deal with Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.
Chicago sheriff describes De Mau Mau gang as roaming the countryside seeking victims. Eight charged suspects linked to nine killings, with two more sought. Victims included two families in Barrington Hills and a Monee farmhouse slaying, plus a truck attack near Highland Park. Investigations widen across Cook County and South Side.
Gen Creighton W Abrams is sworn in as Army chief of staff at the Pentagon after Senate confirmation 84 to 2. The veteran Vietnam commander inherits a reduced force about 840000 strong and faces completing the move to an all volunteer army amid ongoing racial and morale challenges.
Interior Department reports scientists find a highly favorable gas and oil area in the western Gulf of Mexico. U S Geological Survey teams with Mexican agencies mapped a 2400 mile zig zag route from Corpus Christi to Campeche.
Santiago's military commander Gen. Hector Bravo Munoz ordered striking stores to reopen under threat of force. Police and troops would ensure resumption of commerce and transport services. A nationwide trucking strike and fuel shortages followed, with radio networks controlled by the government and fuel deliveries via tank trucks.
Saigon reports two of four major highways out of the city unsafe due to Communist harassment. Highway 1 near Saigon is closed after a blown culvert, while Highway 13 remains blocked north of the city. Traffic jams form as fighter-bombers and artillery clash nearby.
University of Hawaii with 23 000 students introduces a two credit no car course to reduce campus parking. The survival plus class aims to shift students to non car transportation and drew 150 enrollments in two days. Instructor Tony Hodges notes it will be tough and even cites a student joking about burning a draft card but not a parking sticker.
Le Duc Tho senior adviser to the North Vietnamese delegation to the Paris peace talks departed Peking for Hanoi after four days of secret meetings in Paris with Henry Kissinger. Tho, a Politburo member, returned to North Vietnam and then arrived in the Chinese capital, where he met Premier Chou En-lai.
Cunard Line reports no bombs aboard 29 freighters after an extortionist demanded 14 million dollars for information on bomb locations. Scotland Yard and authorities on five continents were alerted. a May threat targeted the Queen Elizabeth 2 with 350000 dollars demanded. A New York arrest followed the May incident.
Clearwater AP Glenn Turner, a noted business figure, faces a second trial on securities violations and deceptive trade practice charges in Jacksonville while a five day Orlando case continues in Pinellas County. Co defendant David Bauman also faces similar counts. Judge Williams will decide if three Turner employees go to jail on contempt citations.
An Air Force helicopter carrying Coast Guard Lt. Bobby Long picked up critically ill Colombian seaman Jorge A. Sanchez from the tug Timberjack, 225 miles off the Vietnamese coast, and flew him to a Saigon hospital. Sgt. Delbert Beachamp assisted with the transfer.
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