Mt Anthony students stage two day Model U N debate
Mt Anthony Union High School ninth and tenth graders wrap a two day Model U N in which about 750 students representing 65 countries debated topics from Taiwan to the Suez Canal. John Duval says the aim is training in parliamentary procedure while John Cole and teachers supervise resolutions and floor strategy.
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Mt. Anthony Union High School
U.N
Taiwan
U.S
Vietnam
Suez Canal
East Pakistan
Pakistan
India
John Duval
General Assembly and
Security Council
United Nations
Model U.N
Pakistan Bows to Gandhi Ultimatum Cease Fire Declared
East Pakistan surrendered as Indira Gandhi called for a cease fire on the western front. Yahya Khan ordered armed forces to halt fighting, Dacca fell to rebels forming the People's Republic of Bangladesh. Surrender followed a long campaign with international reactions and regional tensions.
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United Press International
Agha Mohammad Hagha Khan
Pakistan
Indira Gandhi
East Pakistan
West Pakistan
Kashmir
Lahore
Gandhi
Bay of Bengal
China
India
Yahya Khan
Radio
General Assembly
United Nations
Yahya
U.N. General Assembly
Soviet Union
Security Council
Dacca
Mrs. Gandhi
People’s
Republic of Bangladesh
Th Government Secretariat
Police
A.A.K. Niazi
Move fails in House to endorse Mansfield end war amendment
A long time dove in the House failed to secure an endorsement for the Mansfield end the Indochina War amendment. Rep. William F. Ryan used a rare House rule to force a vote, but conferees tabled the motion, delaying action on foreign aid and adjournment plans.
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Mansfield
Washington
UPI
House
Congress
William F. Ryan
D-N.y
Ryan
U.S
Vietnam
Senate
Sisted
Mike Mansfield
Montana
United States
Indochina
Arlington approves town plan in latest session
Arlington selectmen vote to approve the town plan as the board moves forward with zoning and development guidelines. The decision sets the framework for future projects and codifies current strategic priorities for the town government.
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Virginia Sandy
Times
Wicker
Henry Kissinger
Sunderland
Arlington Selectmen
MAU Patriots
Chuck Shafer
Bengalis Celebrate Liberation as Turmoil Fades
Reports from Dacca say Indian officers and Mukti Bahini leaders restore order while scattered street clashes persist. Bengalis cheer Bangla Desh with cries of victory though mobs attack non Bengali minorities and some soldiers resist surrender. Pakistan troops assemble in cantonments and are disarmed as calm returns.
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Dacca
UPI
Mukti Bahini
Bangla
Bengal
Pakistan
Intercontinental Hotel
East Pakistan
A. M. Malik
Mukti
Cosulate
Sagat Singh
Mukti Bahinis
Mujibur Rahman
West Pakistan
Red Cross
United Nations
U S asks Cuba to release captain of seized freighter
The United States urged Cuba through the Swiss embassy in Havana to repatriate Jose Villa, captain of the Miami based Johnny Express, after a Cuban gunboat seized the 1400 ton Panamanian vessel 120 miles off Cuba. Nixon aide said Villa is alive and wounded crew reported he once said he was dying.
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Miami
UPI
United States
State Department
Washington
Havana
U.S
Cuba
Department
Jose Villa
Ronald L. Ziegler
Villa
Nixon
Key Biscayne
Fidel Castro
Ziegler
Radio Havana
Loveless defends plan to make Vermont regional planning optional
Vermont Development Secretary Roland G. Loveless told 135 Bennington County officials that his proposal to replace appointed regional planning commissions with elected councils would be optional if passed by the legislature. He argued elected boards could tackle intercommunity issues like landfills and policing, while critics warned politics would undermine years of planning progress and risk eroding the Bennington County Regional Planning Commission’s work.
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Vermont
Roland G. Loveless
Bennington County
Montpelier
Bennington
BCRPC
Council of Governments
Futureables
Loveless
Sandgate Selectman
Lothar Wuerslin
Selectmen
Shaftsbury Planning Commission
Edward Colvin
Lister
Colvin
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Rahman
Niazi
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Cuban
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