POW Releases Withdrawals Halted In Vietnam Crisis
U S suspended troop pullouts in Vietnam to pressure Hanoi for a larger POW release. Talks stalled with no progress at Joint Military Commission meetings. U S officials warned of possible air strikes on SAM sites near Khe Sanh if no progress. Ambassador Bunker met Thieu as Weyand reviewed cease fire military aspects. Hoang Hoa returned to Saigon as Tin cited new instructions.
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Tan Son Nhut
Bunker
Nguyen van Thieu
Frederick CC. Weyand
Hoang Hoa
Hanoi
Bui Tin
Hoa
Tin
North Vietnam Sets Conditions To Resume POW Releases
Hanoi said it will resume freeing American prisoners of war once the Saigon Joint Military Commission guarantees security for its members in South Vietnam. Nguyen Thanh Le told reporters that releases will proceed normally after a North Vietnamese working plan protects commission personnel. The communists protested attacks on their Hue and Da Nang members. Deputy Secretary of State William Sullivan held a 22 hour session with Nguyen Co Thach at the International Conference Center to resolve gaps in the peacekeeping declaration. The drafting committee was to meet without U.N. presence. a U.N. official attended Tuesday’s morning session without a nameplate.
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Joint Military Commission
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Nguyen Co Thach
International Conference Center
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House
Senate
Ohio
Senate House Conference Committee
Ohio Senate debates bed sheet ballots ERA support and voting reforms
The Ohio Senate considers a bid to end bed sheet ballots by linking presidential votes to pledged delegates. ERA leader Rep Martha Griffiths voices support for ratification, while House votes on Vietnam veteran bonus and measures to curb bloated election processes. House also introduces a broad election reform package expanding voting access and procedures.
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Ohio Senate
Stanley J. Aronoff
Cincinnati
John Gilligan
House
Gray Denies Political Speeches as Senate Hearing Opens
Acting FBI director L. Patrick Gray III told the Senate Judiciary Committee that last year's speeches were not political or campaign related and were made in conjunction with department business. He stressed the FBI remains nonpolitical as he faces nomination to permanent director.
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Nixon
Gray
Senate Judiciary Committee
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Committee
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Tremor Rocked Mid-Atlantic Areas Early Morning
A 3.4 Richter tremor struck eastern Pennsylvania and parts of Delaware and Maryland around 3 30 am causing widespread calls to authorities. State police data tied the quake to the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.
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Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Trevose
Franklin Institute
Nixon aides hear governors seek slower domestic cuts
Washington AP Nixon administration officials signal openness to revising planned health education and welfare cutbacks after governors complain. Weinberger says changes possible as Frank Carlucci and other aides press for gradual timetables. Governors meet with White House aides and plan Capitol Hill lunches with lawmakers. Democrats draft a resolution criticizing cuts.
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Nixon
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Weinberger
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White House
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Spiro T. Agnew
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Henry Kissinger
Kenneth Cole
George P. Shultz
James Lynn
Earl L. Butz
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Senate
Dale Bumpers
Arkansas
Action within the hour sells 1963 Econoline
Donald L. Phillips of 18 Campbell St The Plains sold his 1963 Econoline an hour after his paper arrived. He said The Messenger means what it says when it says action. Readers are invited to share their views.
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Ohio ERA Hearings Draw Overflow Crowds in Columbus
In Columbus crowds filled a 300 capacity hearing room for Ohio hearings on the federal women's rights amendment. More than 200 supporters and opponents listened from the rotunda as Rep. Michael Del Bane admits rotating testimony failed. Rep. Martha Griffiths of Michigan called opponents misguided and emotional.
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