24 Apr 1973
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1973
Page
1
USDA data show the typical U S farm produced food cost for a year increased by 49 dollars in March to 1458. The rise stems from higher beef and pork retail prices and a larger farmers share amid steady middlemen and retailer margins.
Easter Seal Society in Butler County apologizes after second donation requests go to people who already contributed. Treasurer Oscar Koeppel says the state handled the mailings from Columbus causing confusion. He reports over $4,700 raised toward an $8,500 county goal amid the error.
Allied air units unleashed heavy bombs before dawn targeting Communist troop positions 11 to 20 miles southeast of Phnom Penh along Highway 30 and around Takeo the besieged provincial capital 39 miles south of Phnom Penh.
The State Department says insurgents around Phnom Penh are Cambodian Khmer fighters aided by North Vietnamese units and Viet Cong support. Cambodian forces claim Takeo repulsed ground attacks with losses. Thai leaders vow continued backing of Lon Nol's government and broader aid to Cambodia.
Sources close to the Senate Watergate investigation say President Nixon was aware of a coverup and that top aides Ehrlichman and Haldeman participated. A lawyer for Nixon’s campaign committee handed over secret campaign spending records, including payroll names of two Watergate conspirators. Transcripts quote James McCord Jr. saying he was offered clemency to stay silent. White House denies advance knowledge of the June wiretap plan.
Increasing cloudiness and a chance of light rain are forecast for the Middletown area late tonight with overnight lows in the 40s. Showers are expected Wednesday with highs in the low 60s. Yesterday’s high reached 66 and the overnight low 46 with 7 inches of rain recorded. Weather details are on page 9.
Kissinger charged North Vietnam with systematic breaches of the ceasefire, citing withdrawal from Cambodia and Laos and no unconditional halt to troop or supplies movement into South Vietnam. He warned against abandoning the Paris agreement and defended continued pressure to uphold the accord. Rogers noted a lull in Indochina activity as he spoke at an Overseas Press Club event.
Former Attorney General John N. Mitchell was summoned for a grand jury appearance in New York. The probe concerns an unreported Vesco campaign donation to the Nixon reelection effort channeled through Maurice Stans and linked to Harry Sears. Indictments were anticipated this week.
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