09 Sep 1969
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1969
Page
1
The five year plan prioritizes care for the poor, young children, and expectant mothers with modest federal outlay growth. Costs are not yet set and competition for funds from transportation housing and education exists.
Timothy R. Sabota, 19, formerly of Elyria High School, was sentenced to 20 to 40 years in Mansfield Reformatory after pleading guilty to selling hallucinogens. Probation was denied by Lorain County Common Pleas Judge Paul J. Mikus.
Athens prosecutors report nine indictments from the grand jury as jurors may be recalled before session ends. The page also notes local council action, drainage complaints, and assorted notices and sections across the issue.
U S forces expect to curb offensive actions after Ho Chi Minh's funeral truce ends, aiming to keep negotiating channels open. Across South Vietnam only light activity with threats from Hanoi and Viet Cong radio urging continued fighting. The U S Command notes 10 major attacks since the cease-fire began.
New England braces as Hurricane Gerda strengthens and tracks toward Cape Cod. Warnings extend from Block Island to Provincetown with watches from eastern Long Island to Eastport Maine. At 6 am the storm was 150 miles east of the Virginia capes moving north at 30 mph with winds near 90 mph and potential further intensification.
Israeli air and armor crossed the Gulf of Suez to strike Egyptian army bases along a 30 mile front. One Israeli plane was lost with the pilot in the Gulf of Suez. The spokesman said Israeli forces destroyed bases vehicles radar stations and buildings while claiming significant Egyptian casualties and equipment damage.
President Nixon returns to Washington from a month in California with welfare post office and crime bills still stalled. Vietnam troop withdrawal decisions loom as a key upcoming choice. Nomination of Clement Haynsworth to the Supreme Court and a new GOP Senate leader also await action.
The battle over a proposed jet airport near the Everglades National Park continues. Dade County Port Authority officials deny plans to relocate the site and say development will proceed as a training facility while environmental studies continue. A high level meeting in Washington is seen as strategy not resolution.
Bud Collyer a veteran radio and television performer dies at 61 in Greenwich Hospital after a circulatory ailment. He led on To Tell the Truth Winner Take All Break the Bank and Beat the Clock and voiced Superman on radio from 1938 to 1952. Survived by wife Marion and three children.
Addis Ababa AP reports rising expectations at the African summit for a cease-fire in the Nigerian Biafran war to pave peace talks. Gen. Odumegwu Ojukwu may meet with Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere, with Maj. Gen. Gowon insisting Biafra must renounce secession.
Everett M Dirksen lies in state in the Capitol Rotunda as a marigold marks his empty desk. President Nixon is asked to deliver the eulogy while Spiro Agnew attends the burial in Pekin Illinois after services at National Presbyterian Church. Dirksen is the 21st American honored thus since Lincoln.
Washington Republicans expect a wide open contest for the Senate leadership after Everett Dirksen’s death. Five or more GOP senators are viewed as potential candidates, though none will discuss the race during Dirksen’s funeral week.
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