Viet Cong and Saigon agree to three day truce during Ho Chi Minh mourning
Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces launch heavy attacks but agree to a three day cease fire next week starting Monday at 1 a.m. U.S. and South Vietnamese forces will follow. Reports show 17 Americans killed and 172 wounded, with high casualties on the enemy side as attacks focus near Saigon and the Cambodian border. The North Vietnamese president will receive a state funeral in Hanoi Wednesday.
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Ho Chi Minh
U.S
Hanoi
Saigon
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
U. S
Ohio University Edition to Highlight Incoming Students
The Sunday Messenger Ohio U Edition, the paper’s largest annual issue, will publish stories and photos of interest to incoming students. It features exclusive interviews with Ohio University’s new president and Mrs. Sowle, plus extensive campus construction coverage and Sunday sports pages spotlighting area high school football actions.
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Ohio University
Sunday Messenger
The
Messenger
Ohio U
Sowle
Mill Street Bridge Reopening Schedule Signals Local Event
Athens authorities announce a temporary reopening of Mill Street Bridge on a schedule tied to next week events. The issue notes a growing sense of civic activity as the town plans for likely crowds and related activities.
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Mill Street
Athens
Kidnapped U S Ambassador Held by Brazilian Militants
Gunmen abducted Ambassador Charles Burke Elbrick in Rio de Janeiro after stopping his limousine. They demanded 15 political prisoners be released from custody and safe passage to Chile Mexico or Algeria, threatening execution if demands were not met. The MR-8 and National Liberation Action groups were noted as behind the affair. police widened searches as the crisis unfolded.
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Rio DE Janeiro
U.S
Charles Burke Elbrick
Chile
Mexico
Algeria
MR-8
National Liberation Action
Rio
Elbrick
Tax Relief Cut Backs Challenged
Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee challenge the Kennedy plan to cut back tax relief for low and middle income families amid House bill provisions. Senator Harris says he is appalled that relief would be reduced. Kennedy notes the plan would still remove 5 million low income taxpayers from the rolls and would favor middle-income relief with specific rate reductions for two child households.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Fred R. Harris
Oklahoma
Democratic National Committee
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Secretary of the Treasury
David M. Kennedy
Kennedy
Edwin S. Cohen
Treasury
Gore
Cohen
Nixon Pushes New Federalism Test With Local Matching
President Nixon orders a 75 percent cutback on all new federal construction and urges state and local governments to match the reduction. He exempts highest priority projects such as hospitals and some public housing and says grants will be limited unless localities respond promptly. The Budget Bureau will pick top projects, highway grants excluded.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Arthur Burns
Burns
Budget Bureau
Veterans Administration
California
James A. Moe
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Florida
Lynwood Arnold
State House of Representatives
Transportation Committee
Adoptive Parents Charged in Death of 4-Year-Old
Florida sheriff says 4-year-old David Willcox died from a brain hemorrhage after living in five foster homes and being adopted by Ward and Patricia Willcox. Investigators found teeth marks on his neck. the couple claimed they disciplined him and were jailed without bond on murder charges.
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Arnold Jonas
Matthew
Abner Jonas
Morris Ave
Key Biscayne, Fla
David Willcox
Harry Shellenberger
David
Fort Myers
Ward W. Willcox
Sarasota County
Ross Boyer
Boyer
Willcox
Patricia
Willcoxes
Mixed reactions to Nixon plan cutting federal construction funds
Governors praise and criticize Nixon’s 75 percent cut in federally funded construction to curb inflation. Idaho’s Don Samuelson and Ohio’s James Rhodes back the move while Ohio Contractors Association warns of ruin for the industry. The administration says contracted projects remain, but state and local cuts may follow.
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Associated Press
Nixon
Idaho
Don W. Samuelson
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
Rhodes
Samuelson
Ohio Contractors Association
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