Agnew Sees Slow Path to Vietnam Peace
Vice President Spiro Agnew said the United States will not be ready to sign a Vietnam peace agreement by Tuesday but does not doubt an accord will come in due course. South Vietnam argued for North Vietnamese troop withdrawal and a clear role for a National Council before finalizing the pact.
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Washington
Spiro T. Agnew
United States
Vietnam
Agnew
South Vietnam
Tran van Lam
North Vietnam
South
National Council of Reconciliation and Concord
Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
U.S
Indochina
Kissinger
Hanoi
Russia
Pravda
Neuyen van Thieu
Lam
Israel Objects To Germany Freeing Munich Terrorists
The Israeli government expresses astonishment and disappointment at West Germany's release of three Munich Olympic terrorists to Palestinian guerrillas who hijacked a Lufthansa jet. Israel condemns the move as a blow to Munich martyrs and warns of possible new attacks while Germany defends the decision as protecting passengers lives.
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Munich
Lufthansa 727
Beirut
Istanbul
Associated Press
West Germany
Syria
Lufthansa
Israel
Abba Eban
Jerusalem
Bonn
Eban
Jesco von Puttkamer
Willy Brandt
Ankara
Turkey
Frankfurt
Nicosia
Cyprus
Zagreb
Yugoslavia
Libya
Seventh Fleet Cuts Back Bombardment of North Vietnam
The 7th Fleet has sharply reduced naval operations against North Vietnam, ending bombardment above the 20th parallel and limiting cruiser and destroyer strikes below it. Secretaries and officials cited de escalation to aid cease fire talks while battles continue in South Vietnam with continued shelling and ground attacks.
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Saigon
U.S
7Th Fleet
North Vietnam
North Vietna
Melvin R. Laird
Hanoi
Haiphong
Haiphong Harbor
Thanh Hoa
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
U.S. Command
Poll leaks claim McGovern gains in Nixon poll data
McGovern aides say a secret Republican poll from the November Group shows the Democratic hopeful within 12 points of Nixon across 33 states with California and New York figures indicating tight races. Nixon aides deny conducting such a poll and note larger gaps in major states.
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Abrahams
Nixon
McGovern
Democratic National
New York
New Jersey
Michigan
Canadians To Elect Leader Today
Canadians head to the polls to decide if Pierre Elliott Trudeau remains prime minister and whether his Liberal party can win a comfortable majority in the House of Commons. The 1968 surge and current campaign dynamics are weighed against Conservative rival Robe rt Stanfield as voters determine the next government.
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Toronto
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
House of Commons
Trudeau
House
New Democratic Party
Social Credit
Robert L. Stanfield
Snowy weather halts Boggs plane search in Alaska
Poor visibility and light snow forced a temporary halt in the hunt for the missing light plane carrying House Democratic Leader Hale Boggs and three others. Weather kept most aircraft grounded while 35 planes waited to resume once conditions improve. the Cessna 310 vanished on an Anchorage to Juneau flight with Boggs Nick Begich Russell Brown and pilot Don Jonz aboard.
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Anchorage
Alaska
House
Hale Boggs
Rescue Coordination Center
Elemendorf Air Force Base
National Weather Service
Coast Guard
Air Force
Juneau
Boggs
Nick Begich
Russell L. Brown
Begich
Don E. Jonz
Israeli Jets Hit Guerrilla Bases Near Damascus
Israeli planes attacked four Arab guerrilla camps within seven miles of Damascus in a dawn raid. A military spokesman cited a new policy of striking terrorist camps wherever found, and all aircraft returned safely to base amid tensions over West Germany’s release of Munich terrorists.
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Tripoli
Damascus
Tel Aviv
Israel
West Germany
Tarzan Steve Hawkes mauled by Bengal tiger during show
Miami report says Hawkes, holding a chained 200 pound tiger, was mauled while performing as Dennis Churchill, 9, on a bicycle bumped the animal. Dennis was treated for neck and back lacerations after surgery. Hawkes also treated and released. In Kent State segment, a poll finds 20 percent favor Nixon in re election, 60 percent back McGovern, with campus politics unsettled.
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Miami
Steve Hawkes
Hawkes
Dennis Churchill
Dennis
North Miami Hospital
Kent, Ohio
Kent State University
Nixon
Kent
U. S
George S. McGovern
Michael A. Turner
Turner
McGovern
Thaila Kettler
Eastern Airlines Jet Hijacked In Texas Cuba Rescue Deaths
An Eastern Airlines jet from San Antonio to Syracuse was hijacked to Cuba. One ticket agent died and a refueler was wounded in Houston during the takeover. FBI named two hijackers a former Commerce official and his son plus a third suspect. All four remained in Cuba when the plane returned to Miami.
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Miami
Fla
Eastern Airlines
Texas
Cuba
FBI
Sky Pirates
Commerce Department
William Graham
Havana
Houston
Eastern
Stan Hubbard
Humble
Tex
Wyatt S. Wilkinson Jr
San Antonio
Syracuse
N.Y
Atlanta
H.C. Battaile
Jim Ashlock
Lee E. Hines
New Orleans
Ernest Raymond
Hines
Congress
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Hien
Dak Seang Frontier
Walter R. Mears
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GOP
Committee For
Bank
Albert E. Abrahams
Gallup
November Group
California
Patrick Caddell
Snow
Hunt For Boggs
Tarzan
Charles A. Tuller Jr
Bryce M. Tuller
Virginia
Tullers
Graham
Houston, Tex
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Oudong
Phnom Penh
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