U S B52 Strikes Continue in South Vietnam Amid Cease-fire Talk
U S air and naval units press the air war in South Vietnam and neighboring areas despite cease-fire rumors. B52s drop up to 2700 tons on troop concentrations and supply caches in Quang Tri Province and the Saigon River corridor while 311 fighter-bomber raids hit the region. Casualties reported among South Vietnamese marines and North Vietnamese forces, with Mekong River positions and nearby areas retaken by government troops.
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Saigon River
Saigon
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U.S
Dmz
Saigon Command
7Th Fleet
Quang Tri City
Cambodia
Mekong
Neak Luong
Phnom Penh
Haig Thieu Hold Talks as Peace Accord Near
Gen. Alexander Haig Jr met with President Nguyen Van Thieu in Saigon for an hour to discuss a revised draft peace agreement. Indicators pointed to a nearing cease fire as Thieu answered questions and Haig awaited possible further talks with regional leaders. Washington sources foresee postwar rebuilding plans and potential broader guarantees involving major powers.
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Ohio budget talk and farm tax relief proposal
Ohio lawmakers work on a farmers tax relief plan as Gov. Gilligan prepares a 1973 75 budget totaling about 9.1 billion dollars. The Ways and Means Committee schedules a first hearing on farm property tax relief via current use assessment after two years on the rolls.
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Ohio
John Gilligan
Senate
House
Ways and Means
John Johnson
Orrville
Johnson
Supreme Court
Nixon nominates Richardson Clements Schlesinger for top defense roles
Senate Armed Services Committee approves Elliot L. Richardson as secretary of defense William P. Clements Jr as deputy secretary and James P. Schlesinger as CIA head, while Nixon to be sworn in with limited cabinet approval. Corona jury deadlocked at 11-1 after five days in Fairfield California. Marcos signs new constitution ending U S style rule and extends martial law in Manila.
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Senate
House
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D-24
Parma
Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
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William P. Clements Jr
James P. Schlesinger
Central Intelligence Agency
Corona
Fairfield
Calif
Juan V. Corona
Richard E. Patton
Cleveland Mayor bars swastikas from City Hall
Mayor Ralph Perk defies a federal court order and says swastika wearers cannot enter City Hall while the court permitted armbands in council chambers. Judge Lambros ruled for the ACLU in a separate council meeting case.
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Cleveland
Ralph J. Perk
Thomas Lambros
American Civil Liberties Union
City Hall
Perk
House set to cut off Vietnam war funds if peace talks fail
House antiwar lawmakers plan a bill to halt U S military spending in Indochina if Paris talks collapse. The measure, backed by 154 Democrats and antiwar groups, would require immediate end to combat operations once POWs are released and missing Americans accounted for, with 64 Republicans needed for passage.
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Medina
Washington
Lee Hamilton
D-Ind
Hamilton
Nixon
Paris
House
U.S
Indochina
Lake Erie Flooding Predicted By Army Engineers
Army engineers warn Ohio Lake Erie shore residents of potential historic flooding this spring with the lake near five feet above normal by late spring. Rep. Charles Vanik cites potential millions in damage. East Lake officials call the outlook frustrating. Plans include sandbag dikes for Vermilion and Westlake areas and near Toledo to curb flood risk.
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U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Ohio
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U.S
Charles Vanik
East Lake
William H. Lucas
U. S. Department of Commerce
Vermilion
Westlake
Toledo
Vermilion Lagoons
Lukens to Get Hearing on Five Year Ban
Ohio Senator Donald E. Lukens appeals a Butler County Elections Board order banning him from office for five years. Lukens contends the penalty was wrongful after missing a campaign expense filing deadline. the board acknowledged a late January submission and will hear Lukens on Monday before reporting findings to the Secretary of State.
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Ohio
Donald E. ‘Buz’ Lukens
Butler County Board of Elections
Middletown
U.S
Senate
Iaw
A. Dan Julian
County Elections Board
Ted W. Brown
Lukens
Julian
Secretary of State
Ex FBI Agent To Testify In Watergate Trial
A former FBI agent who monitored 200 wiretapped calls for Nixon’s re election campaign is to testify as the government’s key witness against the last two Watergate defendants, G Gordon Liddy and James W McCord Jr. Police described the Watergate break in and security lapses as Baldwin’s role is outlined.
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FBI
Nixon
Alfred C. Baldwin III
Martha Mitchell
G. Gordon Liddy
Campaign Finance Committee
James W. McCord Jr
Thomas Gregory
White House
E. Howard Hunt
Hunt
Baldwin
Nineteen Defendants Plead Guilty in WV Gambling Raids
In U.S. District Court at Parkersburg West Virginia nineteen defendants pleaded guilty to charges linked to FBI gambling raids last March near Chester at the Cactus and Rio clubs. Judge Robert Maxwell dismissed one case and two men faced separate overseeing charges.
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W.va
U.S. District Court
FBI
West Virginia
Robert Maxwell
Maxwell
James J. Florkevich
Chester
Hancock County
William Watson
Rio
James D. Burns
Cactus Club
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