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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1969
Page
1
In City Hall Park Golda Meir accepted the key to the City of New York while 15,000 spectators cheered. The event featured waving Go Go Golda signs and Shalom thanks from veterans of Israel's War of Independence.
About 50 young men and women broke into an exhibition hall for the American Bankers Association conference in Honolulu smashing typewriters lighting and overturning tables. Four men and four women were arrested as the ABA left moments earlier. A police spokesman said damage ran into thousands of dollars. CORE demanded six billion dollars to redress alleged exploitation of American Negroes.
President Nixon asks Congress for a united front within 60 days to push for a negotiated settlement with Hanoi. Senate GOP leaders Scott and Griffin discuss deadlines while dissenters push for withdrawal by Dec 1 1970 and looming student protests AMP.
A Senate permanent investigations subcommittee opens hearings on charges that American servicemen were bilked of hundreds of thousands through base recreation clubs. Lead witnesses include retired Maj. Gen. Carl C. Turner and top sergeants, with more expected next week in Germany and Vietnam operations.
WBNS TV reporter David M. Keiffer joins criticism of AFVN censorship. He cites bans on Paris peace talks coverage, a lull in fighting and troop withdrawal reports as examples of the policy.
Report notes wreckage being cleared from a Corning train derailment on page 5. The edition also mentions Nelsonville man killed in a car struck by a semi on page 6 and a Toledo fray in an early MAC title context on page 8.
The United States and Thailand announce a plan to reduce U S forces by 6,000 troops by next July reducing total U S personnel in Thailand to about 43,000. The move, to begin within weeks, involves Air Force and Army units and aims for an expeditious withdrawal aligned with Vietnam War needs.
The CIA refused to allow its agents to testify prompting immediate dismissal of all charges against six Green Berets accused of killing a South Vietnamese double agent. Army Secretary Resor said trials could not be fair without CIA testimony and ordered charges dropped.
West Germany's Socialists and conservatives seek a coalition with the Free Democrats after a federal election. The FDP, small but pivotal with 30 Bundestag seats, could tilt the balance as talks begin to form a new Bonn government. CDU and SPD vow to accommodate FDP amid policy differences.
The West German mark rose to a record 26 cents in trading reopened in Frankfurt, lifting pressure on the dollar in European foreign exchange markets as West Germany faced its election.
An Allied dispatch notes Jones's Fighting Ships massive annual catalogs hundreds of American warships as approaching senility while remaining capable of packing a punch amid global naval shifts and rising tensions in the era.
Fairfield County coroner Dr. Lloyd Kersell ruled death by own action in the deaths of two Fairfield County teenagers found in an automobile parked on Buckeye Lake Shore. A hose from the exhaust pipe passed through a car window, and the bodies were found early Tuesday.
China announced Mao Tse-tung and heir-designate Lin Piaa will preside at National Day events in Peking on Wednesday to quell illness rumors. The Atomic Energy Commission reported a Monday atmospheric nuclear test equal to 3 million tons of TNT, with seismographs placing the blast near Lop Nor in Sinkiang. China marks its 10th nuclear explosion.
Key House lawmakers hint initial hearings on Nixon's draft lottery plan may end without passage. Subcommittee plans to hear Defense Secretary Laird and Selective Service chief Hersey, while Chairman Hebert vows a fair, impartial hearing focused on defense and security.
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