06 Feb 1970
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Newspaper
Oswego Palladium Times
Location
Oswego, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1970
Page
1
Three Republican urban policy approaches stress breaking up ghettos, giving money to the poor, and moving work to localities. Moynihan outlines a 10 point program while Nixon calls for returning power to the grass roots and limiting federal renewal outlays.
Five Oswego residents were arrested in a city drug probe and six more suspects were sought in Canton as authorities say a coordinated narcotics operation tied Oswego to a wider network. Three Oswego men faced counts of criminal sale and possession while others were charged or remanded with bail set. Police said the joint state police operation spanned Oswego Canton and Montreal with eight warrants issued.
The nation's railroads and four shopcraft unions agree to a strike lockout moratorium through February 21. Court orders bar strikes and lockouts through Wednesday. Secretary George Shultz says bargaining moves from Washington to Miami Beach as participants attend AFL-CIO midwinter meetings.
General Electric resumes production after a three month strike and raises prices about three percent on all major GE and Hotpoint appliances. Spokesman Walter Bennett says distributors will determine when costs reach consumers. increases cover air conditioners laundry units ranges dishwashers garbage disposals refrigerators and freezers.
Allied 24 hour cease fire for Tet ends with at least 91 attacks. Reports say 117 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese killed, plus three Americans and four South Vietnamese. Heaviest fighting near the DMZ six miles south. 89 additional attacks logged by U.S. Command in first 18 hours.
Egyptian navy frogmen blew holes in the sides of two Israeli supply ships in Eilat. One vessel sank while the other was beached. Defense Minister Dayan linked the raid to ongoing Arab attacks, saying Israel aims to hit Egypt hard while avoiding civilian harm.
The Senate moves toward a vote on expanding an aid to education program sought by President Nixon. Senator Dominick proposes removing a provision to add public housing children to the targeted area program, arguing costs would rise by 236 million a year. Supporters say housing residents burden schools as military bases.
President Nixon and a cabinet group toured an innovative Hanover Park sewage treatment plant turning raw sewage into 99 percent pure water. A civic welcome at Schaumburg airport drew about 4,000 as Nixon spoke of environmental goals and bringing government closer to the people amid Midwest stops and a Daley reception in Chicago.
Washington sources report Senator Fred R. Harris of Oklahoma will resign as Democratic National Chairman once a successor is chosen. Harris has led the party for an interim period as plans for leadership transition proceed.
A USAF C133 cargo plane crashed and burned across half a mile of prairie northwest of McCook Nebraska early Friday killing five airmen. Offutt Air Force Base officials in Omaha withheld names while notifying next of kin.
The nation’s unemployment rate jumps from 3.5 to 3.9 percent, the largest month-on-month rise since 1960. The Labor Department cites a slowing economy under Nixon anti inflation measures, with 3.9 percent the highest since November 1967.
Israeli warplanes sank an Egyptian minelayer in the Gulf of Suez today during operations targeting military sites along the Suez Canal and deep inside Egypt. The vessel usually carries about 80 crew members, according to military authorities.
About 25 State University at Buffalo students joined Machinists Union pickets outside a nuclear fuel reclamation plant near West Valley New York to protest alleged radioactive pollution of Cat tarcugus Creek. Students and strikers said the plant was dumping dangerous wastes and their views ranged from radical to conservative.
Ford Motor Co. said it will modify its cars to use lead free gasoline when available. Henry Ford II, board chairman, wrote to 19 major oil firms urging collaboration to achieve cleaner air through pollution reducing fuel.
A medical examiner in Monroe County says two young women died in the past two weeks after indiscriminately using a mixture of weight control pills. Dr. John F. Edland cited a reaction from different chemicals in the pills as the cause.
The Short Range Attack Missile SRAM has overcome technical problems and is back on course toward production. It is designed to permit U S bombers to strike prime targets 50 to 100 miles away, reducing exposure to enemy antiaircraft missiles and gun batteries.
New York state faces a potential wind up with a large revenue surplus. Comptroller Levitt reports ten months of receipts at 4.799 billion dollars, 829 million higher than a year earlier, with two months to go. If trend continues, surplus could reach around 150 million beyond Rockefeller’s original estimate.
Chief Justice Warren E Burger urged states to create prompt and fair hearings for prisoner grievances. He proposed legal staff to advise prisoners and help prepare appeals and aimed to restore state supreme courts as primary arbiters of state cases. He warned habeas petitions to federal courts clog federal state relations and urged state procedures to hear grievances quickly.
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