Soviets Offer To Negotiate Reduction Of Missile Systems
The Soviet Union offered to negotiate disarmament including reducing nuclear missiles and anti missile systems. A Krelin spokesman said Moscow is ready to sit at the negotiating table when the Nixon administration agrees. The statement urged general and complete disarmament and measures ending nuclear weapons production.
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UPS
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Nixon
Krelin
Kiril Novikov
Foreign Ministry
Leonid Zamyatin
Novikov
Zamyatin
United States
Czechoslovakia
Nixon Inaugurated 37th U.S. President
President Nixon pledged to pursue peace and national healing in a 1700 word inaugural address from Capitol steps. He urged open world cooperation, equal rights, and unity, while stressing restraint in rhetoric and focus on prosperity and justice for all. Security was heightened for the hour long ceremony and parade.
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Washington
UPI
Richard Milhous Nixon
United States
Capitol
Nixon
America
Vietnam
Earl Warren
Spiro T. Agnew
Isaiah
Pat
Pennsylvania Avenue
Secret Service
Earth
Hickel Confirmation Approved by Senate Interior Panel
The Senate Interior Committee endorsed Walter J. Hickel as secretary of the interior in a 14 to 3 vote. Key dissent came from Sen. Jackson noted opponents including Senators Gaylord Nelson Frank Moss and George McGovern, while Hickel agreed to divest holdings and not develop Alaskan lands until Indigenous claims are settled. Objections from New England senators over a Machiasport free trade zone for Libyan crude could delay full Senate confirmation.
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UPI
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Interior
Nixon
Henry M. Jackson
Ds Wash
Jackson
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Frank E. Moss
D-Utah
George McGovern
D-S.d
Hickel
Senate
Anchorage
New England
Machiasport
Maine
Occidental Petroleum Co
Alaska
Vermonters oppose Hickel Interior Secretary pick
A Vermont group led by former Governor Hoff and attorney Charles Ross urged Senators to withdraw Alaska Governor Walter Hickel from consideration for Interior Secretary. The telegram to Aiken Prouty and Jackson proposed Nixon appoint a known conservationist instead. Signers include Richard Bliss Justin Brande Richard Brett and others. The Interior Committee had approved Hickel’s nomination. See Hoff, Ross on Page 12 Col 2.
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Richard Brett
Woodstock
Lucy Bugbee
Bradford
Douglas Burden
Charlotte
State Board of Education
Bliss
East Hill
Andover
Wershire
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Wood
Hickel
Interior Committee
Alaska
Hoff
Ross
Mt Anthony Jaycees seek Bennington farmer of the year
Inside coverage notes Mt Anthony Jaycees naming a Bennington County farmer of the year with James M. McCabe, a retired Arlington postmaster, as the featured figure. The Vermont Historical Society feature explains the value of old ledgers and their role in local history. A fire destroys the Mt Snow summit house.
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Mt. Anthony
James M. McCabe
Arlington
Vermont Historical Society
Mt. Snow Summit
Garrison Opens Shaw Trial On Schedule Tuesday
UPI reports Dist Atty Jim Garrison abruptly dropped a delay motion in the Clay Shaw case and said the trial will begin Tuesday as planned. The move followed earlier requests for autopsy photos and Kennedy clothing, with motions for continuance tied to access to autopsy evidence and doctor panels.
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Clay L. Shaw
John F. Kennedy
Garrison
Edward A. Haggerty
Kennedy
Dallas
Washington
Ramsey Clark
Warren Commission
Asst. Dist. Atty
James Alcock
Clark
Lee Harvey Oswald
Criminal District Court
National Archives
General Sessions
Shaw
New Envoys Optimistic About Paris Peace Talks
The Nixon negotiating team arrives in Paris to press for early start of expanded Vietnam war talks. Lawrence Walsh voices optimism while others set procedures for joint briefings and a round-table format. Key questions include pullout timelines and an armistice or ceasefire conditions.
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UPI
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Nixon
Lawrence E. Walsh
Washington
Saigon
Hanoi
NLF
International Press Center
Harriman
Sleepy Hollow Is No More Freshman Rep Carter Finds Vermont House
Harvey D. Carter of Pownal, a freshman legislator from District 32, told a Bennington audience that Sleepy Hollow is past in Vermont and the House has become more independent and dynamic. He described a younger, restless body, with members judged as individuals beyond floor sessions, and noted his assignment to the Ways and Means Committee where six major tax decisions await. Carter, Williams College and Duke Law graduate, highlighted low pay and the demanding role of a legal expert in state government.
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Sleepy Hollow
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Unitarian Fellowship
Bennington Free Library
Carter
Richard Nixon
Deane Davis
House
Williams College
Duke Law School
Ways and Means
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