Draft dodgers haunt U.S. after Vietnam war ends
London report profiles American exiles who fled conscription and desertion to avoid fighting in Indochina. It cites about 2,391 deserters abroad, with Canada and Sweden as major refuges, and notes ongoing hopes for amnesty amid Nixon administration resistance.
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London
Vietnam
United States
U.S
Indochina
Fritz Efaw
Britain
Nixon
Efaw
Amerans
U.S. Defense Department
Canada
Sweden
Lew Simon
America
Stockholm
Mike Powers
Sweiden
Toronto
John Colhound
Paris
Pace
France
Germany
Dee Knight
Montreal
Gary Davis
Europe
India
Middle East
Nixon Plans Dismantling of Office of Economic Opportunity
The Nixon administration confirms plans to dismantle the Office of Economic Opportunity cutting about 2 000 jobs from the Executive Office and transferring many programs to Health Education and Welfare and other agencies. The move targets three small offices and aims to reduce the E O E payroll to under 2 000 while saving roughly 2 million dollars.
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Washington
Nixon Administration
Office of Economic Opportunity
Executive Office
Nixon
OEO
Ash
White House
News and Science and Technology
National Aeronautics and Space Council
Congress
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
Johnson
Natioon
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Mes 2Ge
Office of Emergency Preparedness
George A. Lincoln
OEP
Office of Science and Technology
National Science Foundation
H. Guyford Stever
Science Ad
Viser
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Four Nations To Watchdog Vietnam
The International Commission of Control and Supervision ICCS replaces the three nation ICC in Vietnam and will have greater inspection reach with 45 fixed points and 1 160 officers in American helicopters. It cannot police but can flag violations on a minority report basis.
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Saigon
International Commission of Control and Supervision
Vietnam
International Control Commission
ICC
India
Poland
Canada
South Vietnam
Bernard Fall
U.S
ICCS
Hungary
Indonesia
London Flu Death Toll Rises Sharply
The CDC reports a third straight week of rising deaths from London flu and related respiratory illness. For the week ending Jan 20, major cities recorded 908 deaths, 328 above normal, with Oregon, Washington and California hardest hit.
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Atlanta
London
Center For Disease Control
Hong Kong
Pacific
Oregon
Washington
California
Mountain States
Middle Atlantic
Alsks
Minnesota
Idaho
Boston
Chicago
New York
Pittsburgh
San Francisco
District of Columbia
Millionaire Fe lipe Huarte Freed In Spain
Spanish construction magnate Felipe Huarte, abducted by ETA guerrillas Jan. 16, was released near Irun on the France border. His Tornafase group announced it would seek a package of worker benefits including higher pay and more vacation.
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San Sebastian
Spain
Felipe Huarte
Reportsuarte
Irun
France
ETA
Huarte
Tornafase
Gary Mayor Hatcher to keynote Southern Black Mayors confab
Mayor Richard G. Hatcher of Gary Indiana will speak February 10 at Fayette Mississippi during a two day conference of Southern Black Mayors. The theme centers on black mayors leading toward economic advancement and equal justice under law for all community segments.
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Fayette, Miss
Richard G. Hatcher
Gary
Ind
Southern Black Mayors
Fayette
Miss
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