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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1973
Page
2
Twenty seven feet marked the rise as many Southern Illinois sightseers drove to Chester and Grand Tower on Sunday to view the swelling river bend and its early morning reflections.
Federal, state, and local officials chase two men who escaped the Franklin County jail in Benton. Robert Lee, 29, Seattle, and Kenneth Melvin, 20, Herrin, overpowered guard Keith Eckles and fled with his keys and about $7. They were last thought to be on foot after the failed attempt to steal a car. Local authorities expect Melvin to be found nearby.
Six Common Market members agreed to a joint partial float against the dollar while maintaining intermember exchange rates and ending obligatory dollar purchases. Britain Ireland and Italy float already and may join later. West Germany revalues the mark three percent as the dollar dips then recovers. Aimed at a future single European currency, the plan allows central banks to curb excessive moves while a 2.25 percent tolerance is set among floating currencies.
Indian security forces posted armed guards on roads into Wounded Knee after a declaration that federal officials would not be allowed entry, following the wounding of an FBI agent and amid ongoing federal-ALM confrontation. A federal grand jury convened in Sioux Falls to probe the takeover, with 73 arrests reported.
A cloudy night will be followed by a cooler low in the 40s. Tuesday turns cloudy then warmer with highs 68 to 74. Through Wednesday to Friday expect mild and variable clouds with a chance of showers on Wednesday.
The Senate Judiciary Committee aims to finish hearing public witnesses on L. Patrick Gray III for FBI director. An executive session is planned to vote on a motion to compel John Dean to testify about his role in the FBI's Watergate investigation. Edward Scheidt, a 22 year FBI veteran from Reston, Va., is among the witnesses.
Amtrak, the government funded passenger rail service, has supplied free rental cars to eight top executives and offered a separation pay plan for senior officials hired before salary caps. The cars, new 1973 models, are kept in Washington’s L’Enfant Plaza garage. Roger Lewis, Amtrak president, claimed the arrangements are not to skirt limits but to reflect prior hiring terms.
Illinois House Speaker W. Robert Blair attacked Gov. Daniel Walker over the 1974 fiscal plan, saying the legislature will not appropriate funds until spending details are provided. He accused Walker of a credibility gap and urged disclosure of detailed spending plans to gauge program impact.
The United States announced it received a list from North Vietnam of 107 American POWs to be released in Hanoi on Tuesday. Officials expected a Provisional Revolutionary Government list of about 30 POWs to be freed there, possibly Tuesday or Thursday, under the Paris Peace Agreement timeline. The delay prompted a temporary halt to U.S. troop withdrawals in South Vietnam, though no crisis was implied.
John T Downey, once a CIA operative and Korean War prisoner, is released from China and flown to Clark Air Base to visit his gravely ill mother in New Britain Connecticut. Nixon and Kissinger pressed Beijing for leniency as Downey nears home. Downey and two other Americans now freed journey to U S bases for medical evacuation and reunion.
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