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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1973
Page
3
Washington AP report details the yearly expense to maintain a U S representative or senator including salaries, staff payrolls and fringe benefits. It covers house staffing costs bills for office space travel allowances and insurance, with totals and ranges across roles and states.
The Navy unveils the Odds For Effectiveness scoring to judge if a young man will make an effective sailor. A 69 of 100 is the passing mark, based on school years, suspensions or expulsions, mental-test marks, and non traffic arrests.
John T. Downey, the last American held from the Korean War, was released by China and flown to Clark Air Base Philippines to reunite with his ill mother Mary Downey of New Britain Connecticut. Downey told reporters he is grateful to Nixon and Kissinger and said he is eager to return home. His brothers William Downey and a doctor accompanied him. Downey’s mother remains critically ill after a recent stroke.
PANMUNJOM Korea AP North Korea and the UN Command blamed each other for violations after a six hour firefight on the central front. Two South Korean soldiers were killed and another wounded during work to replace markers on the military demarcation line near Chorwon. The UN said the attack was unprovoked and marked the first clash since 1971. North Korea denied the account and accused South Koreans of armed provocation and espionage.
Juan Peron ally Hector Campora led with 46 percent of votes in Argentina's presidential contest, forcing a runoff with Ricardo Balbin who had 22 percent as military rule nears its first post Ilia era election. Campora, 63, is Peron’s representative while former dictator Peron rules from Madrid.
Former Birmingham Police Commissioner Eugene Bull Connor dies at 75 after a stroke. He rose to power in 1937, resisted civil rights protests with fire hoses and police dogs, and was ousted in 1963 as Birmingham shifted to a mayor council system.
The Census Bureau plans a mid-decade sample survey in 1975 if Congress funds it. About one million households, or 1.5 percent of the population, would be surveyed to update social and economic statistics since 1970. The total cost is estimated at 45 million dollars, with six million sought in fiscal 1974. The effort would not be mandatory.
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