Nixon denounces treatment of U S prisoners in Vietnam
President Nixon met with 26 wives and mothers of Americans listed as missing or captured in Vietnam at the White House. He condemned Hanoi and the Viet Cong for these prisoners' treatment as unconscionable and pledged to pursue a humane, separate POW settlement if possible. Mrs Stockdale spoke for the group, noting her husband James Bond Stockdale had been held in isolation and in need of medical care for years. He praised the women's courage and said the government will act to address the POW issue within any peace talks.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Hanoi
Vietnam
White House
Sybil Stockdale
Coronado
Calif
Navy
James Bond Stockdale
Stockdale
Army nerve gas leak at Dugway Proving Ground
A small leak of GB nerve gas at Dugway Proving Ground near Tooele Utah prompted evacuations for 90 minutes and worried local officials. No injuries were reported and Army officials said trained personnel rendered the gas harmless while downplaying the danger.
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Tooele
Utah
UPI
Dugway Proving Ground
Here
Proving Ground
Ray McNamara
Desert Test Center
Chemical Corps
McNamara
Greece quits Council of Europe over expulsion threat
Paris United Press International reports Greece resigned from the Council of Europe amid efforts by Scandinavian members to expel the military regime. Athens hinted it may withdraw from NATO or curtail security cooperation, signaling a possible exit from the alliance. Greece demanded democracy by 1970 while Britain West Germany and France weighed their votes.
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UPI
Greece
Council of Europe
NATO
Austria
Cyprus
Ireland
Malta
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Denmark
Anne-Marie
Constantine
Council
Panayotis Pipinelis
Pipinelis
Athens
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Europe
Pan
Ayotis Pipinelis
Common Market
U.S
Britain
West Germany
Italy
France
State personnel director urges pay hikes for the low salaried
Vermont would raise pay for low paid state workers in health, penal, and mental institutions. The proposal by John Simonds includes a 16.2 percent rise for the lowest grades and 7.6 percent for managers, plus Sunday overtime and late shift differentials. A three month probation for low scale workers would replace 12 months, with funding of 900000 retroactive to Jan 1 1970 and 1800000 for fiscal 1971 from various state funds.
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Ing
Simonds
Vermont
New England
Warren Scribner Considered for Vermont Water Post
Warren Scribner is among candidates for the Vermont water resources commissioner post, a $15,000 a year job vacant since Reinhold Thieme resigned. Frederick Reed confirmed reports as the Water Resources Board names two division heads as acting co commissioners until a legislature merger of natural resources departments is decided.
Tax Exemption Increase Faces Bitter Conference Fight
Washington reports a proposed rise of the personal income tax exemption to 800 faces stiff House-Senate negotiations. Senate approval drew strong support though objections cited cost and inflation. Rep. Mills heads the House conferees aiming to finish by next Friday, with Christmas deadline likely slipping.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Mills
House
Spiro T. Agnew
Senate Democrats
Agnew
Credit Card Discount Plan Called Foul by Rep. Alden
Vermont Rep. John Alden challenges unsolicited credit card offers as discriminatory arguing a South Burlington store gave 10 percent discounts only to Master Charge holders on Dec. 10. He will push a 1970 bill banning unsolicited cards, facing banker opposition and backing from Montpelier reps Giuliani and Broutsas who seek liability removal only for lost unsolicited cards.
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Rep
Alden
Montpelier
John Alden
Sistant
William Gilbert
Vermont
Windsor County
Peter Giuliani
Michael Broutsas
Brattleboro
Glenn Seeks Senate Seat in Ohio in Democratic Primary
John H. Glenn Jr. former astronaut and Democrat seeks the U S Senate seat held by retiring Sen. Stephen M. Young. He faces Howard M. Metzenbaum in the May primary with Rhodes Taft in the Republicans. Glenn cites Vietnam policy and money as campaign issues while noting past political clashes with Young. See GLENN Page 16, Col. 1.
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Columbus
Ohio
John H. Glenn Jr
Senate
Stephen M. Young
Glenn
Howard M. Metzenbaum
Cleveland
Senator Young
Metzenbaum
Royal Crown Cola Company
New York City
New Concord
James A. Rhodes
Robert Taft Jr
Neil House
Rhodes
Taft
Eering
Sen. Young
Inside Editorial Warns On Flexible Zoning Snobbery
Anthony Lewis reflects wistfully from Page 4 on a magazine style worry about housing snobbery amid flexible zoning measures while noting the British face a slower pace of concern over a plague of rhododendrons. A new edition of The Arlington Eagle appears on Page 9.
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Anthony Lewis
Arlington Eagle
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New York Times News Service
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