Large scale airlift of arms from Russia to Egypt reported
United Press International reports a Beirut newspaper said the Soviet Union has begun a large scale airlift of defensive weapons to Egypt in the past 72 hours to counter Israeli air raids around Cairo. Le Jour cites giant Antonov transports landing every 30 minutes, while Izvestia warns of renewed regional danger as Israel raids continue.
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Egypt
Beirut
Cairo
le Jour
Nixon
Middle East
Israel
Al-Sayyad
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Moscow
Aantonov
al Ahram
United States
Britain
France
U.S
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
Abba Eban
Tet Truce Marred By Terrorist Bombing
SAIGON UPI The Tet cease fire is already marred by a terrorist bombing and the deaths of three U.S. Marines as the one-day pause began at 6 p.m. local time. Reports say at least six incidents occurred in the opening hours, with civilian and military casualties.
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Saigon
U.S
Central Highlands
Binh Dinh
Bao Trai
A Shan
Hue
South Vietnam
Mekong
Laos
Senate Starts Probe Of Mine Union Vote
The Senate labor subcommittee opens hearings on the United Mine Workers election amid charges by Joseph A. Yablonski that labor officials ignored his complaints of intimidation and irregularities. Yablonski, whose family was murdered, testified as the initial witness, with Union President W A Boyle later expected to be called as the investigation expands to pension and welfare fund issues.
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George P. Shultz
Yablonski
Clarksville
Kenneth
Washington
Tennessee
W.A
Tony” Boyle
Labor Department
Pittsburgh
Boyle
Shultz
Senate
Washington Window President Loses Budget Control
UPI reports a rising share of the federal budget is uncontrollable with social security and other trust funds absorbing large outlays. For 1971, built in costs total about $51.5 billion, while contracts from prior years total $43.3 billion. President Nixon warns that entrenched spending limits efforts to change national priorities.
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UPI
Executive Branch
Congress
Treasury
Nixon
Democrats Plan Reply to Nixon State of the Union
Democrats will air a one hour program on CBS ABC and NBC to offer their own State of the Union response. The taped broadcast features 24 party leaders with segments from Los Angeles Houston Detroit and Washington. Air times vary by network, nationwide via CBS ABC noon or 1 p.m. EST and 2:30 p.m. local for NBC.
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UPI
Los Angeles
Houston
Detroit
CBS
ABC
NBC
New York
Nixon
Apollo 13 Ends Lovell Space Flight Career
CAPE KENNEDY (UPS) Apollo 13 in April marks the fourth and final spaceflight for Apollo 18 Commander James E. Lovell, who would set a 34 day space record and become the first to return to the Moon. Lovell says this will be his last mission as he nears retirement, with Haise and Mattingly set for the mission and Fra Mauro landing planned.
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James E. Lovell
Lovell
Thomas K. Mattingly
Fred W. Haise
Haise
Moon
Mattingly
Fra Mauro Formation
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Frank Borman
James E. McDivitt
Thomas E. Stafford
Neil A. Armstrong
Political Talks Open Between Bonn and Warsaw
West Germany and Poland opened their first postwar political talks adjacent to the Gestapo headquarters in Warsaw. Duckwitz and Winiewicz led formal discussions as both sides anticipate difficult negotiations on a tentative normalization of relations and the Oder-Neisse border issue remains a key undercurrent.
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UPI
West Germany
Poland
Gestapo
Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz
Jozef Winiewicz
Foreign Ministry
Brandt
Bonn
Oder-Neitze
Duckwitz
Willy Brandt
Ohio
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