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Newspaper
Oswego Palladium Times
Location
Oswego, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1971
Page
1
The Senate voted 71 to 16 to extend the draft by two years and boost pay by 2.7 billion dollars while outlining a phased Indochina withdrawal. The measure faces possible House-Senate compromise battles and a threatened filibuster as the current Selective Service Act nears expiration.
The Senate and House clash over Vietnam draft amendments as Senate leaders push changes like higher pay for all ranks, a reduced overall force, and continued alternative service. Key provisions include stricter draft limits, drug treatment training, exemptions for bereaved families, attorney rights in appeals, and diversified draft board appointments. The Nixon administration backs wage boosts to lure volunteers after June 30, 1973.
James E. Beavers 47 of Squire West Virginia died after opening fire on officers during a pursuit in Grant Park near Nixon trip stops. Police wounded a patrolman in the thumb. Beavers died on the scene. Beavers sister cited mental illness and antiwar views. Secret Service said no evidence he came to kill the president.
In Elmira two officers were kicked and beaten while arresting two men. About 50 bystanders rushed to the officers. Patrolman Dominick Sabbatini escaped injury. Theodore Jaynes, 27, faces felony assault charges, and his brother Charles, 30, is charged with reckless driving and resisting arrest.
Military judge Col. Kenneth Howard refused to dismiss murder and assault charges against Capt. Ernest Medina related to the 1968 My Lai assault. The case will go to trial, with jury selection tentatively set for July 19, and the judge stated the case is not pervaded by command influence.
Washington AP A dissident miners group urges top United Mine Workers officials to take lie detector tests to prove they had no role in the murders of Jose A Yablonski his wife and daughter. Mike Trbovich of Miners for Democracy says the tests would end lingering suspicion about union leadership and money.
In Can Tho South Vietnam AP reports the broadest drive yet against illegal drug use by U S soldiers in the Mekong Delta. About 18 000 troops are confined to military compounds except for official business as barracks searches extend to soldiers civilians vehicles and aircraft for drugs.
In Rochester New York a Massachusetts lawyer and his son were indicted on charges of falsifying a Rochester man's immigration visa application. Samuel Bitheney, 62, and his son were named in the indictment returned by a federal grand jury. They allegedly filed a false statement with the Immigration and Naturalization Service in Buffalo to obtain a visa for Aurelio Irenze.
Syracuse AP reports W. Melvin Street will become executive director and general manager of the New York State Publishers Association on August 16. Street previously led the Syracuse based association of daily newspapers from 1956 to 1967 and has served as business manager of the Baltimore News-American since then.
Utica investigators report Barbara Chambers, 29, died of chemical poisoning after a combination of alcohol and sleeping pills. Her body was found beside railroad tracks on June 14, with coroner Dr. Charles W. Brady ruling the cause of death.
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hold a hearing on government attempts to restrain publication of Pentagon study articles in the New York Times and the Washington Post. The case concerns free press limits during the Vietnam War era and could define government power to bar publication of sensitive material.
Albany AP reports New York State vendors were mailed official instructions on applying the expanded sales tax that takes effect July 1. The tax covers meals under 1 dollar and other previously exempt foods and drinks, with specifics for on premises consumption, off premises purchases, and heated items.
Ailing 84 year old conductor Leopold Stokowski has cancelled all duties through September. A Decca Records spokesman said he is feeling pretty well in Westminster Hospital where he was admitted for observation.
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, age 76, marks two decades as a Roman Catholic prelate with a lunch gathering of friends in New York. Retired from TV since 1957 and as bishop of Rochester since 1969, he pursues preaching and lecturing, says public interest waned for a revival of Life Is Worth Living, and notes his daily routine includes cooking, simple meals, and a long 5:30 a.m. start to a 16-hour day.
Gary Indiana FBI reports an extortion attempt against Walter T Ridder publisher of the Gary Post Tribune. A former employee John E Ward was critically wounded in a gunfight during the payoff plot. Ward, 57, discharged two years ago, faced federal extortion charges as police recovered a weapon and the bomber threat referenced Ridder Tulley said Ridder and his associate published the paper since 1966 and have two children.
De Berardinis of the Cooperative Extension 4-H Division and Thomas of the State University College at Oswego industrial arts faculty coordinated the special program. Puchalski, a Glen Cove junior, is one of eight industrial arts students at the college who participate in the program, which involves 4-H boys and girls aged 9 to 11 from St. Mary’s and St. John’s schools and the Clover 4-H Club of Oswego.
President Nixon told a Chicago audience that a generation gap between older citizens and others has been ignored. He urged a new alliance across ages and criticized nursing homes as dehumanizing warehouses while promising government and private sector action to reform elder care and ease property taxes to aid retirees.
Heavy fighting raged around abandoned Fire Base Fuller as U S B52 bombers struck twice in support of South Vietnamese infantrymen pursuing enemy mortar crews in the hills below the DMZ. The base is reported deserted with eight Americans fleeing to a rear HQ.
The Supreme Court considered government and newspapers appeals over a secret Pentagon Vietnam War history series. A 6 p.m. deadline loomed as The Washington Post faced publication risk, The New York Times sought freedom to publish safe material, and the justice department sought to keep others secret. The Times argued the restraint harmed a free press while the Post pressed for access to listed and potential items in a special appendix.
In Washington, Commerce Committee chair Harley Staggers ordered CBS president Frank Stanton to comply with a subpoena for film and sound out takes used in The Selling of the Pentagon. Stanton refused, saying he respectfully declines, signaling possible contempt after a four hour hearing with prospects of a committee vote next week.
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