Congress closes year after veto overrides and adjourns
Congress adjourned early after overriding Nixon on the 24.6 billion water-cleanup bill and a 250 billion spending ceiling, while failing to muster quorums to vote on a 6 billion highway and 3.4 billion mass-transit bill and a death-penalty skyjacking bill. The 92nd Congress ends with 18 year olds voting and revenue-sharing proposals recalled.
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Fighting Flares North of Capitol
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces clash north of Saigon in a two week offensive. Battles near the Iron Triangle and Bung on Highway 13 report heavy artillery, ground assaults, and civilian flight as U S and South Vietnamese air support strikes warrant.
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Boggs Hunt Resumes as Weather Clears for Missing Plane
Anchorage dispatch reports an armada of 35 to 40 aircraft to resume the search for Hale Boggs and three others missing for three days. Coast Guard cutters worked rough seas in the Gulf of Alaska as weather disrupted plans and searchers targeted Portage Pass southwest of Anchorage and areas northwest of Juneau along a 560 mile route.
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Kissinger Holds Dual Talks With Thieu On Peace Process
Henry Kissinger met twice with President Nguyen Van Thieu in Saigon to discuss Paris peace negotiations. Thieu reiterated opposition to a coalition including the Communists. A government spokesman summarized Thieu’s stance and noted ongoing high level discussions with U S and Vietnamese officials.
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Nixon Cheers US Soviet Trade Pact Clouded by Jewish Rights Debate
The Nixon administration hails a landmark US Soviet trade pact that could reach 1.5 billion in three years with MFN status for Russia and Eximbank credits. Congress faces pressure over Soviet Jewry as MFN approval hinges on easing exit taxes for Jewish émigrés.
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Protestant UDA Halts War After Two Nights of Riots
Protestant Ulster Defense Association announces a ceasefire with the British Army after two nights of widespread shooting and rioting that left at least four dead and about 80 wounded. Tom Herron says efforts will be made to cool the situation while the UDA claims it can mobilize up to 50,000 armed men.
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Heinrich Boll Wins Nobel Prize in Literature
Heinrich Boll, a 55 year old German novelist and former war veteran, won the Nobel Prize in Literature, the first German to do so since Thomas Mann 46 years ago. The Royal Swedish Academy praised his work for broad perspective and vivid characterization reflecting postwar German life.
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Heinrich Boll
Germany
Thomas Mann
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Royal Swedish Academy
Pound Sterling Slips to Ten Month Low in London Trade
The pound sterling fell to $2.3975 in early London trading as inflation pressures and a potential national power strike spurred selling from continental sources. It marked its lowest level since December when the dollar was devalued.
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Circleville Pumpkin Show Opens With Parades and Pageant
Ohio's oldest festival the 66th Circleville Pumpkin Show began with two parades a pumpkin pie bake winner and the election of Little Miss Pumpkin and a Pumpkin Queen Carman Conrad six from Clarksburg won Little Miss Pumpkin among 118 entrants while Kathy Aland sixteen from Circleville was named Miss Pumpkin Show for the four day event.
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Railroad Strike Set For Friday Looms Over Express Agency
Chicago AP. AFL-CIO Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks with 15000 members say an agreement to avert a nationwide strike against the Railway Express Agency is unlikely. A 12:01 a.m. Friday walkout is planned as two weeks of talks in Washington fail to yield progress. Diane Curry says there is little hope for a settlement.
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Washington
Two Americans Killed in Vietnam War Report
The U S Command said last week two Americans were killed in Vietnam, five missing and four wounded with no nonhostile deaths for the first time in seven years of weekly casualty tallies. The combat deaths fell sharply from the prior week’s 19 aboard the Newport News. Teamwide totals remained in line with recent months.
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Moore's Stores to Pay Debts in Amended Plan
U S bankruptcy referee Duane Kelleher approves amended plan for Moore's Stores of Newark to pay over 3.5 million in creditor debts. A two day hearing heard witnesses say major creditors could be paid in eight to 12 years, benefiting four state operation.
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