Kissinger says Nixon trips made Vietnam peace possible
Kissinger credits Nixon's Peking and Moscow trips with enabling the Vietnam peace and a broader push for a new global relationship. He warns peace depth depends on Vietnam and outside powers, and stresses US restraint under the Jan. 28 cease fire while urging Moscow and Beijing to back a stable North Vietnam.
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Washington
Nixon
Peking
Moscow
Vietnam
Henry Kissinger
United States
Kissinger
China
Soviet Union
CBS
Marvin Kalb
Peoples Republic of China
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Saigon
U.S
Harvard
Kalb
Punxsutawney Phil Sees Shadow Forecasting Six More Weeks
In Punxsutawney Pennsylvania Phil sees his shadow at 6 45 am on February 2 signaling six more weeks of winter. In Lancaster County Quarryville groundhog reportedly does not see his shadow implying early spring. The tradition dates to 1882 and is organized by the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club.
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Punxsutawney
Phil
Lancaster County
Quarryville
Robert W. Herr
Groundhog
Punxsutanwey
Pennsylvania
Punxsutawney Phil
Punxsutawney Groundhog Club
Vietnam Talks Open In Saigon
The United States North and South Vietnam and the Viet Cong met on a peacekeeping commission to discuss troop withdrawals prisoner exchanges and security for International Commission teams. Observers from Canada Poland Hungary and Indonesia join the effort as regional HQs take shape in Hue Da Nang Pleiku Phan Thiet Bien Hoa My Tho and Can Tho.
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Saigon
United States
North
South Vietnam
U.S
International Commission of Control and Supervision
Canada
Poland
Hungary
Indonesia
Hue
da Nang
Pleiku
Phan Thiet
Bien Hoa
My Tho
Can Tho
Loc Ninh
Joint Military Commission
International Commission
Keith MacGregor
le Trung Hien
Groundhog Day ritual amid winter forecasts and war updates
The Inner Circle of Gobbler's Knob hosts the annual groundhog sighting to predict six more weeks of winter. The piece also reviews cease-fire violations in Vietnam with 200-plus incidents, casualties among Vietnamese and Viet Cong, and US troop withdrawal plans amid delayed joint commissions led by Lt. Gen. Tran Van Tra.
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Gobbler’s Knob
Hien
Joint Military Commission
Tran van Tra
Saigon
Gilbert H. Woodward
United States
Ngo Dzu
South Vietnam
le Quang Hoa
North Vietnam
U.S
Vietnam
GM Posts Record 1972 Earnings Despite Margin Dip
Detroit AP: General Motors reports 1972 profits of 2.163 billion dollars surpassing 1965’s record 2.13 billion. Officials say earnings margin fell to 7.1 percent of sales from 10.3 percent in 1965, amid higher sales and job cuts.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
Richard C. Gerstenberg
Edward N. Cole
Nixon Heath Continue Talks At Camp David Summit
President Nixon and British Prime Minister Edward Heath fly to Camp David to conclude what both sides call the most exhaustive summit between an American president and an allied leader. They depart after a lunch with British Ambassador Lord Cromer at his residence in Washington.
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Washington
Nixon
Edward Heath
Camp David
Heath
Maryland
Lord Cromer
Pope Paul elevates 30 cardinals to create largest college
Pope Paul VI named 30 new cardinals including archbishops Humberto Medeiros of Boston Timothy Manning of Los Angeles and Luis Aponte Martinez of San Juan P R The consistory set for March 5 will raise the College of Cardinals to 145 the largest ever with the new American appointees listed.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Boston
Los Angeles
San Juan
P.R
Pope Paul
College of Cardinals
Humberto S. Medeiros
Timothy Manning
Luis Aponte Martinez
Cleanup Begins After Massive Oil Spill Into Two Rivers
Coast Guard crews start large scale cleanup of Big Sandy and Ohio Rivers after Ashland Oil refinery spill of up to a million gallons. Four man strike force arrives to supervise cleanup as containment efforts recover thousands of gallons and water intakes suspend operations in Ashland and Ironton.
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Huntington
W.va
U.S. Coast Guard
Big Sandy
Ohio Rivers
Coast Guard
Ashland Oil
Catlettsburg
Ohio River
Ashland Oil Petrochemical
Ohio
Tri- State
Cmdr
R.H. Hanson
Catlettsburg, Kenova and Ceredo
Ashland
Ironton
Catlettsburg, Kenova and Ceredo Water Co
Lyndon Johnson Will Leaves Estate To Daughters
In a July 25 1972 will filed for probate Johnson leaves the bulk of his estate to his two daughters Lynda Robb and Luci Nugent and names wife Lady Bird Johnson as executor The will bequeaths to LBJ Library and a large ranch portion to the National Park Service while a trust for each daughter ends at age 30 Mrs Johnson continues as trustee and manages income for the heirs The will also lists specific bequests to relatives friends and employees totaling 81000 dollars and states the rest goes into two equal trusts for the daughters with interim income distributions.
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Austin
Tex
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
LBJ
University of Texas
Dale Malechek
Lucia Alexander
Fort Worth
National Park Service
White House
Frates Properties, Inc
Tulsa
Oklo
Carpet sales boom after third call in Athens
Ray Bardin of 10 Bellena Place Athens received 16 phone inquiries about beige carpeting and sold it promptly on the third call, illustrating strong demand for quick sales.
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Ray Bardin
Bellena PI
Athens
Logan man wards off bank robber in street confrontation
Kenneth E. Stone of 145 Jennison Ave Logan reports a would be robber approached behind the Farmers and Merchants Bank demanding his wallet with a gun shown. Stone refused and the assailant fled threatening to fetch accomplices before Stone walked away unhurt.
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Logan
Kenneth E. Stone
Jennison Ave
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Stone
Nixon Appeals to Congress for Cooperative Budget Aims
President Nixon asked Congress to work with his administration to pursue a leaner budget and a new cooperative approach. He urged bipartisan respect and outlined foreign policy credibility and domestic opposition to bigger government, criticizing federal social welfare programs.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
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