Europe United States near settlement on monetary crisis
France and West Germany reported progress with the Group of Ten toward resolving the international monetary crisis. Karl Schiller said a breakthrough occurred Tuesday night at a non Communist rich nations meeting as Connally discussed potential package options including dollar devaluation. European officials noted frank talks and a communique expected after today's session.
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France
West Germany
United States
Group of Ten
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Valery Giscard d’Estaing
U.S
U.S. Treasury
John B. Connally
Connally
Nixon
Britain
Japan
Canada
Mario Ferrari Aggradi
Cambodian Forces Retreat Under North Vietnamese Push
Cambodian troops pull back from Baray and Kompong Thmar on Highway 6 as North Vietnamese forces press along the northeastern front. Saigon reports 57,000 South Vietnamese troops advance with heavy U.S. air support across three fronts while Cambodian officials seek intensified aid.
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Baray
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Kompong Thmar
U.S
United States
Associated Press
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Col
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Mekong River
Central Highlands
Mekong Delta
Supreme Court bars Los Angeles area draft inductions
Justice William C. Douglas halted inductions of Los Angeles area draftees while testing the 1971 draft law. The order affects up to 1,000 men who seek new deferment rights including state-board appeals and witness testimony. Legal challenges spread nationwide as courts weigh the liberal provisions.
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Supreme Court
William C. Douglas
Los Angeles
Douglas
American Civil Liberties Union
Schedule of Pages for Editorial and Society Pages
The edition lists pages Editorial-4 Area News-9 Society-6 and 7 VS.-Mkt.-22 Sports-18 19 20 21 Comics-23 Classified-24 25. The layout indicates featured sections and page numbers for readers.
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Society
Nixon seeks united turns in summit talks with allies
President Nixon aims to align allied directions on Berlin and the economy during rapid-fire summits with five major partners ahead of trips to Peking and Moscow. Kissinger says recent changes since Ping Pong diplomacy require coordination among Trudeau, Pompidou, Heath, Brandt, and Sato.
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Nixon
Berlin
Henry A. Kissinger
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Moscow
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Okinawa
Japan
Britain
White House
Canada
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
France
Georges Pompidou
Azores
Edward Heath
Bermuda
West Germany
Willy Brandt
Key Biscayne
Fla
Eisaku Sato
San Clemente
Calif
Heir-designate of Mao Is Downgraded in Chinese Journals
A Tokyo AP report notes a party leadership editorial in top Chinese Communist journals omits Lin Piao as Mao Tse-tung's heir-designate, signaling his fall from grace within the leadership.
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Tokyo
Lin Piao
Mao ‘Tse-tung
Coal wage increase limit set by Price Commission
The Price Commission rules that coal companies may pass only 60 percent of recent large wage hikes to consumers. The ruling sits between the Pay Board approval of a 15 percent miner wage rise and the Commission’s 9.6 percent limit for price increases. Also, Iraq severed diplomatic ties with Britain and Iran over Tehran’s occupation of three strategic Persian Gulf islands.
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Britain
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Persian Gulf
French Newswoman Freed in Uruguay Kidnap Case
French newswoman Michelle Ray, 34, was freed today in Montevideo by her kidnapers after being seized while visiting colleague Maria Ester Giglio. Police sources identified the captors as a unit of the Popular Revolutionary Organization of the Thirty-Three.
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Uruguay
Michelle Ray
Popular Revolutionary Organization of the Thirty-Three
Maria Ester Giglio
Rural Minnesota man drowns in Scotch Lake crash
A rural Mable man Maloy W. Bangs Sr., 60, drowned when his pickup ran off LeSueur County Road 13 south of Cleveland and into Scotch Lake. The incident raises Minnesota’s 1971 road toll to 915, up from 905 last year.
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Mable
Minn
LeSueur County
Cleveland
Scotch Lake
Maloy W. Bangs Sr
Minnesota
Senate Moves Toward Passage of Wage Price Control Bill
The Senate narrowed the path to final approval of a bill granting Nixon authority to control wages and prices through 1973 with a retroactive pay provision. Debate focused on exemptions for small business and unions, and a Cranst on amendment to shield media from controls sparked bitter clashes over press freedom and economic censorship.
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Washington
Nixon
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
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Californian
Conferees split on funding campaign with income tax
Washington AP reports House and Senate conferees dropped 12 billion dollars in tax relief amendments from the tax bill. They remain at odds over a provision to fund presidential campaigns by earmarking one dollar of income tax, a plan Democrats reportedly favor while Republicans cite a surplus.
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D-Ala
Banking Committee
Executive Branch
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Senate
Nixon
Nancing
White House
McCarthy Opens Minnesota Campus Tour as Campaign Questioned
Former Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy launches a two day college circuit in Minnesota amid questions about his presidential bid. He implies he is a candidate in nonprimary states while keeping options open for primary ballots. He notes issues he wants to raise and sparred with reporters over his political status.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
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Wisconsin
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Ed McGovern
Henry Jackson
McGovern
DFL
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Mankato
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Fargo
N.D
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Madison
Wis
Meir arrives with “a big sack” for jets aids talks
Prime Minister Golda Meir lands at Andrews Air Force Base and says Israel will discuss an interim Suez solution and a final peace treaty with President Nixon. She mentions carrying “a big sack” she wants to fill with phantom jets but avoids detailing requests for more fighter-bombers, saying the issue will be discussed.
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