Goodell Calls 1971 Vietnam Drawdown Plan Unacceptable
Sen. Charles Goodell warned the administration envisions about 300,000 U.S. troops in Vietnam at the start of 1971 with only a small drawdown next year. He testified for a one year end to U.S. force presence, amid hearings on Vietnam policy.
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Washington
Charles E. Goodell
Vietnam
Goodell
U.S
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Nixon
White House
Charles McC. Mathias Jr
R-Md
Bomb Blast Damages Shaker Heights Municipal Building
A violent explosion at the Shaker Heights municipal court and police station injured 15, with roof collapse and debris. Police link to a bombing, while gas officials say meters remained intact. investigators from the Treasury Department assist as Central Cleveland Police Station tightens security.
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Shaker Heights
Carl R. Longstreet
East Ohio Gas Co
Martin Kafoglis
Treasury Department
Karoglis
Harold Konst
Arnold Kramar
Longstreet
Manuel
Thomas Murray
Navy
Central
Cleveland
Lunar New Year Truce Begins Thursday in Saigon Region
Viet Cong attacks total six in Saigon area as Tet truce terms unfold. South Vietnam says government forces will observe a 24 hour cease fire from 6 p.m. Thursday, with U.S. forces joining. Viet Cong had announced a four day halt starting Thursday. An ambush on Route 1 wounded a U.S. MP and a Vietnamese driver. a government office attack killed four and wounded 19. A demolition team defused a bomb near a restaurant and a Viet Cong flag hung over the stump.
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Vietnam
Foreign Ministry
U.S
South Vietnam
Route 1
Carswell Faces Charges of Hostility to Rights Lawyers
Senate panel reviews claims that G Harrold Carswell directed insults at civil rights lawyers during hearings for his Supreme Court nomination. Testimony from LeRoy Clark and others cites hostile behavior including shouting and refusal to engage with Black counsel, as votes and hearings proceed.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
G. Harrold Carswell
Bea
Joseph L. Rauh Jr
NAACP
Clarence Mitchell
Nixon
Edward M. Kennedy
Carswell
LeRoy D. Clark
New York University Law School
Clark
Florida
Naacp Legal Defense Fund
Tallahassee
Fla
U.S. District Court
U.S. Court of Appeals
Kennedy
Demonstrators condemn fatal Columbus police shooting at council meeting
In Columbus about 250 sign carrying protesters disrupted a City Council meeting to demand answers after a fatal shooting of 15 year old Fred Crews by police. Police also killed two burglary suspects nearby during the same period.
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Columbus
Ohio
East Side
Fred Crews
Nixon weighs new Soviet arms to Egypt amid Middle East pressure
The president faces reports Moscow will boost Egypt arms, possibly including MIG23 fighters, in response to Israeli aid and Arab strength. Officials say details are unconfirmed but the move could accelerate Nixon’s decision on increasing arms to Israel.
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Nixon
Soviet Union
Egypt
Moscow
Israel
United States
U.S
Libya
Anatoly Dobrynin
William P. Rogers
White House
Middle East
Harold Wilson
Georges Pompidou
Rogers
National Emergency Conference On Peace
Bertrand Russell Dies at 97 in North Wales
Bertrand Russell, renowned British philosopher and Nobel laureate, dies at his North Wales home after a brief illness. He authored over 60 books, helped shape mathematical philosophy with Whitehead on Principia Mathematica, and was an outspoken antiwar figure.
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Britain
Bertrand Russell
Lord Russell
North
Wales
Russell
Edith
Times of London
Earl Russell
Alfred North Whitehead
Rhodes Plans Libel Suit After Life Article
Gov James Rhodes announced he will sue Life magazine over a May article alleging wrongdoing linked to the Thomas Licavoli case and his 1969 actions. Rhodes, who became a Senate candidate, said attorney Louis Nizer will review laws and access all records. He filed Republican primary petitions against Robert Taft Jr.
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Ohio
James Rhodes
Life Magazine
US Senate
Rhodes
Louis Nizer
New York
Nizer
Phillips
Benjamin
Krim and Ballon
Senate
Robert Taft Jr
Toledo
Thomas “Yonnie
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