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Newspaper
Oswego Palladium Times
Location
Oswego, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1973
Page
1
Brawley Oates, current owner of the crash site, notes additions of chicken wire and a well house near Judge Proctor's well where an airship is said to have crashed on April 9, 1897. The pilot's remains allegedly lie in a nearby grave as UFO proponents seek a court order to exhume the body for identification.
Athens reports Premier George Papadopoulos declares Greece a presidential republic after a plebiscite. He names himself first president, cites coup roots in 1967, and accuses exiled King Constantine of collaborating with foreign forces. General election planned by late 1974.
U S officials said Cambodia received a small squadron of UH1 Huey gunships for close air support. The helicopters arrived Tuesday and began escorting convoys along the Mekong corridor, while Cambodian pilots trained in Thailand perform well in flight and maintenance. In Vietnam, Viet Cong sappers blew up an ammunition dump near Saigon killing one soldier and wounding 13, destroying 3000 tons of shells.
Skylab astronauts Charles Conrad Jr Joseph P Kerwin and Paul J Weitz take a rare leisure day aboard the station during a 28 day mission Experiments are paused and ground teams plan to troubleshoot a power shortage while one astronaut may perform a space walk The crew anticipates a shower and a chance to photograph earth from orbit
The National Weather Service reports more than 700 tornadoes through May 29 1973 exceeding the prior five month high of 504 set in 1957. The storm season runs from May through November with 928 being the 1967 yearly record. The hurricane season begins today and names for storms start with Alice Belinda Christine.
The Irish Republic named English born Protestant Erskine Childers as president in a surprise choice that may ease sectarian feuding. Belfast violence marred local elections and the Protestant Unionist Party maintained control in Ulster. Childers promised talks with Protestants and Catholics to push peace, but faces a ceremonial presidency with limited power.
Senate Watergate Committee chair Sam J. Ervin Jr says secret White House documents describe a Gestapo mentality among top Nixon officials. He notes plans for domestic espionage and an interagency spying operation on Americans who disagreed with the administration.
The US dollar tumbled to new lows at European exchanges while gold surged to a fresh peak near 119 dollars an ounce in London and Zurich. Frankfurt Paris and Zurich saw the dollar weaken across major centers after Ascension Day, with nervous, one directional trading and bullion prices climbing.
Iceland accuses 10 to 20 British trawlers of ramming an Icelandic tugboat three times in disputed waters east of Iceland. The government spokesman calls the act a horrible aggression while the British Trawler Federation responded with a statement on the incident.
Oswego State industrial arts students Wayne Taylor and Dana Dekker operate a copter rigging a two-tower setup for LOTEL to monitor near shore current and temperature by Sterling near the Rochester Gas and Electric plant.
Late wire reports indicate the United States plans to sell F4 Phantom jets to Saudi Arabia and weighs a similar sale to Kuwait to counter Soviet arms shipments to Arab allies. Iran would also receive American arms, despite State Department assurances that Israel's security would not be jeopardized. The unemployment rate remained at five percent in May, with the government reporting little change since November amid a strong economic expansion.
Persistent spring rains kept soil saturated through most of May limiting feed corn planting. Peter Kehl of Strykersville and president of the Upstate Milk Producers Co operative Association warned the shortage could raise the cost of milk and other dairy products.
A New York federal judge halted the Sol Hurok office firebombing trial to instruct prosecutors to verify CIA involvement in wiretaps against the militant Jewish Defense League. Judge Arnold Bauman adjourned the case until June 8 and held a government witness in contempt for refusal to testify.
Authorities say nine youths including Kenneth Dowd 17 were arrested over a gang slaying of a teen in a Buffalo parking lot. Others charged with murder or conspiracy include Richard Pizzuto 18 Russell 16 Norman Mark 19 Mark Moslow 16 John Colosimo 17 Daniel Brooks 16 Louis Racakowski 16 and Duane Milette 16 all from Buffalo and Tonawanda.
U S District Judge William Mehrtens ruled thatwiretaps tied to former Attorney General John Mitchell must be suppressed because Congress’s commands were ignored in by Mitchell. An April Miami hearing showed the wiretaps were illegally authorized.
President Nixon and Georges Pompidou wrapped a final session in Reykjavik amid gaps on key issues but voiced hope for progress through procedures backed by both leaders. Kissinger suggested a potential 16 nation Atlantic summit by autumn, contingent on lower-level gains and ongoing talks with France and other Western European states.
A Boeing 737 carrying 58 passengers crashed near New Delhi amid dust and rain, killing 48. Survivors, including several foreigners, were hospitalized with critical burns or injuries. identification of victims remained incomplete. Relatives identified minister Mohan Kumaramangalam’s body by a pen and hearing aid. the crash site was three miles from the airport.
A Cruzeiro do Sul Caravelle with 23 aboard crashed and exploded on landing in Sao Luis Brazil injuring none. The two engine jet hit the runway after touchdown from Belem en route to Rio de Janeiro. Seven crew members were Brazilian and 16 passengers included three with foreign sounding names.
Vermont Civil Air Patrol pilots flew search planes to locate a Piper Cherokee missing since Monday. The aircraft, piloted by George Delmar of Walpole Massachusetts, disappeared on a flight from West Haven Vermont to Norfolk Massachusetts. Air Search operations cover Rutland area and possible flight path with CAP units from New Hampshire Massachusetts and New York aiding.
Josephine Czarnecka Muskie, 82, mother of Maine's Sen Edmund S. Muskie, died in her sleep in Rumford, Maine, on Wednesday night.
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