Nixon to reveal Americas policy in major Washington address
President Nixon plans a major address in Washington on Oct. 31 to unveil a new Americas policy. The plan follows talks at Camp David with Gov. Nelson Rockefeller and references Rockefeller’s Latin America study. Virginia Knauer hints at forthcoming consumer protection proposals tied to ethics in advertising.
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Nixon
Americas
Washington
White House
J. Bruce Whelihan
Inter-American Press Association
Camp David
Here
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
Whelihan
Rockefeller
Latin America
Nixon Administration
Virginia Knauer
Knauer
National Federation of Republican Women
Youth nude ramp incident leads to trio arrest on Stimson Ave
A youth area on Stimson Avenue became the scene of an arrest when three young persons were apprehended on narcotics charges. The report notes police action and local concerns about youth drug activity.
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Stimson Avenue
Athens
Ohio Education Association
Ohio School Boards Association
Cenkwe Ae Diay
Hocking High Bond
iWesklessiccee
Thieu Endorses Partial U.S. Troop Withdrawals
President Thieu signaled support for further American troop withdrawals next year while noting a total pullout is measured in years. He said Vietnam could absorb replacements with equipment and funds for modernization, and cited a possible Nixon-led withdrawal under pressure. Vice President Ky earlier pegged potential 1970 withdrawals at 150,000 to 200,000 U.S. troops.
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Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
Thieu
Nixon
Nguyen Cao Ky
Thieu Sends Message as U.S. Troop Cut Moves In
Nixon orders a mid December ceiling cut to 484000 American troops in Vietnam. Thieu spoke at a Vung Tau news conference after addressing village officials at a government training school. U S battlefield deaths for the year total 8185 a 33 percent drop from 1968’s pace. Hue mass graves are reported with 850 civilian bodies found last spring and 1000 civilians still missing. B52 raids continue along the Cambodian border with heavy bombing and light ground action.
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Vung Tau
Saigon
U.S. Command
Hue
Cambodian
Nixon links GOP fate to Vietnam settlement timetable
President Nixon ties the Republican future to a Vietnam war settlement within 13 months, arguing a 1970 schedule could yield Senate control or force Democratic majorities. He reiterates aims to end U.S. ground combat by 1970 and rejects Congress deadlines that could hinder negotiation.
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Williams to defend Rheault in Saigon case
Prominent Washington criminal lawyer Edward Bennett Williams heads to Saigon to represent Col. Robert B. Rheault and five other Green Beret officers charged in the slaying of a suspected Vietnamese double agent. Arm y documents name Capt. Robert F. Marasco as the alleged triggerman in the June 20 shooting.
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Edward Bennett Williams
Washington
Robert B. Rheault
Green Beret
Bloomfield, N.J
Thai Khac Chuyen
House to Open Hearings on Draft Law Reform
The House Armed Services Committee will begin hearings Tuesday on Nixon's draft reform proposal. Chairman L Mendel Rivers announced the move, aiming to repeal the 1967 prohibition on a lottery system and potentially adopt a Johnson style plan limiting eligibility to 19-year-olds drawn by lot.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Nixon
L. Mendel Rivers
D-S.c
Rivers Gaid
Lyndon B. Johnson
Armed Services Committee
Johnson
Purge Hits Czech Government After 1968 Invasion Debated
In Prague the Communist Party began a deep purge of officials from the Dubcek era. Premier Oldrich Cernik’s cabinet resigned as the party ordered replacements and repudiated August 1968 resolutions praising the Warsaw Pact invasion.
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Czechoslovakia
Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek
Oldrich Cernik
Cernik
Ludvik Svoboda
Central Committee
Dubcek
Senate to reappraise U.S. world commitments hearings begin
Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee led by Stuart Symington opens closed hearings on treaties defending 42 countries starting with Philippines then Laos. Focuses on North Atlantic and Southeast Asia pacts, and defense ties with Australia New Zealand Korea Japan and Nationalist China. Chairman Fulbright says review aims at informed recommendations on armed forces abroad and policy–military link.
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Senate
U. S
Stuart Symington
D- Mo
Southeast Asia
Vietnam
Philippines
Laos
Symington
Tralia
New Zealand
Korea
Japan
China
United States
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Foreign Relations Committee
White support questioned as Cleveland mayor seeks re election
In Cleveland Ohio Mayor Carl B Stokes runs for re election with white voters pivotal. A West Side man tells Stokes supporters white neighborhoods lean against him but asserts many West Side residents back the mayor. The Fraternal Order of Police attacks law enforcement performance with a full page ad.
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City Club
Cleveland
West Side
Carl B. Stokes
Stokes
Fraternal Order of Police
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