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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1973
Page
1
North Vietnam halted releasing American and civilian prisoners until all ceasefire clauses are honored. U S officials cited a technical flight-availability issue delaying POW transfers. Four hundred twenty two prisoners remain held as 163 have been freed, with Paris talks expressing concern.
The United States and North Vietnam reported wide agreement on terms of an international declaration to back peace in Vietnam. Delegates anticipated final consensus by Friday as ministers continued policy statements and negotiations over a U N role and regional issues.
The Nixon administration signals use of a broad advisory panel statement as a wage behavior guide in 1970 wage contracts while keeping the 5.5 percent standard on the books. Treasury chief Shultz and Dunlop praise the panel but avoid fixed enforcement details for Phase 3 wage controls. Meany says he is not surprised by the decision to retain the 5.5 percent standard.
Washington dispatch notes a surge in wholesale prices after the Feb 12 devaluation announcement. Broilers up 10 percent, pork bellies 8.5 percent, whole hogs 4.4 percent, cattle carcasses 2.3 percent, wheat 12.1 percent, flour 6.5 percent. Lawrence Krause of Brookings links higher export demand and limited supply to the jump, predicting February wholesale index and consumer impact.
Partly cloudy tonight with lows in the mid 20s. Cloudy tomorrow with highs in the mid 40s. Yesterday's high reached 36 and the overnight low 28 in Middletown.
Air Force Col. Robinson Risner, a released POW, says he believes antiwar protesters and their spokesmen prolonged imprisonment by the North Vietnamese. He credits Nixon’s intensified bombing and B52 raids last Christmas with securing POW release and condemns McGovern for offering to beg for prisoners. He says he would still be in prison without Nixon’s approach.
The Boston Herald American reports a death by own action pact among young drug users caused at least five deaths in Marblehead since 1969. Seven individuals were alleged in the pact, with a sixth death ruled accidental. Police say the five youth suicides were by shooting or hanging in the last three years.
Ohio Senator Stanley J. Aronoff urged a Senate investigation into the Ohio Bureau of Employment Services after administrator William E. Garnes announced about 250 employees would be laid off on March 2 citing reduced federal funds. He accused firings of violating civil service rules and said longevity favored Republicans, alleging partisan retaliation and spoils-system behavior.
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