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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1973
Page
3
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, visiting Columbus for a governors conference, rejected the idea that Watergate has paralyzed the Nixon administration. He said there is no crime worth stopping business and that Nixon is very busy as federal assurances remain under discussion.
Gov Mike O Callaghan of Nevada says relations with Agnew show 10 signs of deterioration as Watergate shadows loom. Agnew tours western states stressing federal highway funds and restoration of public service grants while seeking mending talks with governors at the Nevada California border conference.
Washington Evans, set to chair the conference, warned the President’s statements on Watergate lack credibility amid tight security. A separate note recalls presidential wartime service and a transit award praising a UK bus system for miles without a collision or passenger accident in 1972.
Reports from the Mekong Delta and central coast allege continued shelling and infantry clashes as government and Viet Cong accuse each other of bloodshed. Kissinger and Le Duc Tho are said to expect a televised joint appeal for a truce as talks resume in Paris. Communists reportedly plan large attacks to mark the Viet Cong Provisional Revolutionary Government's anniversary.
An agricultural official noted federal inspectors would reject any meat containing high levels of harmful chemicals for human consumption. The EPA reported about 20 000 calls in the quarantine area and 12 400 just south of it. Up to 7 800 cattle may exceed guideline limits for HCB concentrations, though reductions before slaughter might be possible.
The Agriculture Department and EPA debate a tolerance level for hexachlorobenzene in meat amid findings of HCB residues in cattle in several states. EPA doubts data to set a firm limit, suggesting a guideline and health risk review. If levels stay under 0.5 parts per million, immediate danger is unlikely, while inspectors prepare possible action on violations. In Omaha, two men face first degree murder charges tied to a robbery linked to the case. Two more cases report England’s long-case clocks dating back over 200 years amid 4-H citizenship course attendance in Butler County Nebraska.
AP report notes analysts split on whether the U S dollar will devalue further as it drifts amid global currency pressures. Some see continued decline tied to postwar international pay dynamics, while bankers see the dollar as buoyant yet market psychology unsettles investors.
Valley Neb voters approved a 490,000 bond issue to construct a new junior senior high school. The measure drew 307 supporting ballots to 253 against with absentee totals not changing the outcome.
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