Senate votes to cut all Indochina funding
Senate approves an all out cut on U S funding for Cambodia and Laos military action as part of a 3 6 billion appropriation bill The move follows a 63 to 19 anti bombing amendment backed by Senator Eagleton The House opposed funding earlier 219 to 188 and a conference committee will refine the compromise amid continuing cease fire talks in Paris scheduled for June 6
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
U.S
Indochina
House
Cambodia
Laos
United States
Nixon
Thomas F. Eagleton
D-Mo
Congress
Administration
Vietnam
Eagleton
John Tower
R-Tex
Henry A. Kissinger
North Vietnam
le Duc Tho
Paris
Tower
Hijackers seize jet and divert toward Peru
Two hijackers seize a SAM Airlines jet with 22 passengers and seven crew. After freeing women and children, nine more escape over two days as ransom negotiations shift from 200000 and 140 leftists to a plan to land in Lima. The craft later returns to Aruba due to propeller issues.
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Associated Press
Aruba
Lima
Peru
SAM Airlines
Watergate described as unprecedented political scandal
Carl Bernstein of the Washington Post told about 1,000 at the University of Minnesota that Watergate differs from ordinary politics. He said millions in money funded a bid to keep those in power, not personal gain, and compared the tactics to CIA operations used abroad.
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Carl Bernstein
University of Minnesota
Washington Post
Robert Woodward
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Bernstein
Washington
Environmentalists debate mining in NE Minnesota
In Duluth, a Minnesota Environmental Quality Council meeting split views on copper nickel mining in the northeast wilderness. Proponents urged immediate development and royalty benefits for local governments, while opponents urged a moratorium to protect future generations. About 150 people attended at the UMD Duluth campus.
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Duluth
Milton Pelletier
Minnesota Conservation Federation
Northern Environmental Council
Robert Babich
Northeastern Minnesota Development Association
University of Minnesota Duluth
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