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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1973
Page
1
Tanks and troops patrolled Athens as curfew eased amid postriot tension. Police detained youths and workers, with sentences of four and five years for six construction workers convicted of assembling. Disputes over who led the protests persisted as the Athens Polytechnic Institute occupation ended.
A Senate Watergate committee staff investigator Scott Armstrong was suspended for a month for allegedly leaking material used in a Rolling Stone article by Timothy Crouse that criticized the committee staff. Chief counsel Samuel Cash said Armstrong admitted being the source of some content. Weicker offered Armstrong a job on his separate Watergate inquiry shortly after the suspension.
Special prosecutor Leon Jaworski was briefed at the White House on a national security matter tied to Watergate probes. A spokesman said Jaworski told his staff nothing of what he was told. Former chief Cox had a similar briefing about four months earlier before his firing.
AP analysis surveys experts across economics reacting to the energy shortage. Heller warns of recession risk from scarcity, Friedman argues demand relief via price rises, Samuelson considers rationing with incentives, Olsen calls overstated fears, Sindlinger notes consumer confidence unexpectedly rose amid crisis.
Cambodian air force officers were arrested and all T28 fighters grounded after a bombing of President Lon Nol's palace compound. A pilot, Lt. Pich Lim Kuon, reportedly said bombs would not release and diverted to the palace. Three killed, ten wounded. Kuon’s fate unknown. Government troops recaptured Kompong Kantuot and controlled Route 38. In Vietnam, clashes in Kien Tuong left ten NVA/Viet Cong dead and five soldiers wounded.
FESTUS Mo AP Allie D Witthouse 30 of Hannibal Mo was killed early today in a spectacular crash on U S 61 near Festus The patrol said his car left the road hit a bridge abutment sailed 65 feet through the air landed on its top overturned and burst into flames He was alone and trapped in his vehicle.
A Red Cross plane with 20 Israeli POWs landed in Tel Aviv after five planes arrived from Cairo overnight. Defense leaders greeted the returning soldiers at Lod, where they were briefed not to talk about captivity until Friday’s prisoner exchange. The 20 raise total repatriated to 182. Egypt says 247 Israelis were captured in October.
President Nixon signed a defense bill authorizing 21.3 billion for the Defense Department, below the Pentagon request. The act reduces overall U S armed forces strength by 43 000 from 2 233 000 and scales overseas troops by balance of payments needs in Europe. It allocates 1.1 billion for military aid to non U S forces in Vietnam and Laos, bars aid to North Vietnam, and earmarks 1.5 billion for Trident submarine and new long range missiles development.
AAA spokesman Kay Aldous says no major gasoline shortages are evident nationwide. Isolated stations limit sales, but most stations plan holiday hours similar to recent weeks. Drivers should keep tanks half full and reduce night driving in remote areas.
New York AP Sen Lloyd M Bentsen of Texas, chair of the Senate Democratic Campaign Committee, says Nixon's main issue is credibility. He notes he has not called for resignation or impeachment and that public candor in appearances could restore trust. Bentsen cites Leon Jaworski as independent and opposes a court appointed Watergate prosecutor.
Isabel Peron briefly assumes the presidency in Argentina for five hours while Juan D. Peron travels to Uruguay for a treaty signing resolving a river boundary dispute. As vice president she is required by law to act as interim president when the president is abroad.
Analysts attribute Monday’s 28.67 point Dow drop to fears of an energy crisis triggering a recession in 1974. The Dow fell to 662.66, its largest one day loss since 1962, with 1,404 declining stocks versus 198 gaining. Institutions largely stayed out, amplifying selling pressure.
Freshman Madrigal and Recorder Ensemble were named by Gerald Valet this morning. Participants include Soprano Paula Bounds Theresa Maximovitch Barb Farris Jamie Nielsen Altos Mitzi Forrest Teresa Higbee Becky Gage Tammy Salmons Tenors Keith Davenport John Whalen Casey Page Brad Cleeton Basses Mark Stevens Gary Iman Steve Westbay Lance Beamer. Recorder Ensemble features Soprano Karen LeBrell Alto Betsy Bailey Tenor Jan Sperry Bass Recorder Holly Nielsen.
A dozen sailors led by Vital Alsar land on Australia’s east coast after an 8500 mile, 175 day voyage from Guayaquil aboard three balsa rafts. Americans Thomas Ward Michael Fitzgibbons and Thomas McCormick, all 23, report arrival from Ballina with aid from the navy Labuan.
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