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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1972
Page
8
Washington. Senator McGovern calls Nixon’s North Vietnam port mining a dangerous escalation while Hartke labels it world peril. Humphrey Muskie Kennedy Wallace Ford Meany and Griffin react, with POW families welcoming the emphasis on prisoners of war.
Byron Johnson Boise attorney and Democratic candidate says Nixon has chosen a least palatable path by naval blockade mines and rail actions in Vietnam He fears for world peace and U S security and argues the public wants withdrawal from Vietnam soon.
China's Foreign Ministry accused U S warships and planes of attacking two Chinese merchant ships Honqi 152 and Hongoi 116 off Yu Tao island in North Vietnam. Radio Peking said crews and Vietnamese civilians were injured and warned of full responsibility and possible compensation.
NAMPA Idaho UPI candidate Steven D. Symms for the Republican nomination to the First Congressional District accused the federal government of deceitful monetary policy and an unrealistically high gold value. He warned the dollar is losing value in foreign markets and urged tax cuts to spur productivity and revitalize small business through deregulation and removing incentives to not work.
Gregory Wardell age 24 and Ralph Lopez age 22 are held on $50,000 bond each in Bonneville County Jail after a Saturday night gunpoint robbery on Sunny Side Road. They face robbery and assault with intent to murder charges, arraigned Monday, case continued to May 15. They allegedly stopped motorists south of Idaho Falls and robbed them.
Spokane residents woke to a springlike downpour as a May rainfall surge reached 1.4 inches by Sunday, topping the normal May total of 1.21 inches recorded at Spokane International Airport. The National Weather Service noted the unusually wet start for the month.
At the Paris peace talks the Viet Cong and Hanoi delegations reject Nixon’s blockade and demand the United States return to the conference table. Both call for Thieu’s overthrow and a U.S. troop withdrawal date while vowing continued resistance until independence and peace are won. The Viet Cong say Nixon escalates the war beyond his predecessors.
Senator Frank Church argues Nixon's four month plan to end U S participation in Vietnam should be approved by Congress. He criticizes the president and calls for prisoner releases and a cease fire as American forces withdraw.
Washington Senator Jordan Republican Idaho endorses President Nixon's plan to mine North Vietnamese harbors. He argues immediate withdrawal would risk the lives of about 60,000 U S troops and abandon prisoners of war.
In Havant England Mrs Maureen Bingham 35 said she henpecked her husband Royal Navy Lt David Bingham into spying for the Russians after he was sentenced to 21 years in March for selling Navy secrets. She confessed she urged the spying and offered his services to the Russians. The Official Secrets Act offenses prompted her imprisonment.
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