London talks aimed at averting Cyprus war crisis
President Nixon sent a top diplomat to London for crisis talks with British and Turkish leaders to prevent a Mediterranean war over Cyprus. Premier Ecevit pressed parliament for an invasion but sought a peaceful solution. Makarios met British leaders and planned U.N. appeal. NATO allies face mounting pressures as Britain warns against military intervention.
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Nixon
London
Cyprus
Bulent Ecevit
Turkey
Makarios
New York
U.N. Security Council
Soviet Union
Greece
U.N
Kremlin
NATO
Nicosia
White House
San Clemente
Ronald Ziegler
Joseph Sisco
United States
Nicos Sampson
Harold Wilson
Britain
Wiretap fears guide Nixon impeachment debate report
Panel evidence shows a high FBI official gave secret wiretap records to an assistant attorney general in July 1971 to stop J Edgar Hoover from blackmailing President Nixon. The House Judiciary Committee published five volumes tracing political spying within the White House and the use of wiretap techniques amid national security leak responses. Nixon’s deep concern with such surveillance shaped actions at the highest levels.
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Washington
UPI
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Nixon
House Judiciary Committee
White House
Robert Mardian
Mardian
William Sullivan
Hoover
Sullivan
Henry A. Kissinger
U.S
Opponents blast Wildlife Wonderland hearing in Rutland
At a Rutland Environmental Board hearing, Mt. Holly and Weston planning bodies along with the Agency of Environmental Conservation and local landowner William Marshall challenged the 65 acre Wildlife Wonderland project route 155 between Weston and Mt. Holly. Expert witness Ward Byron Stone warned of disease risks linked to Catskill Game Farm and urged stricter controls while Kinsey's attorney pressed on. The board will finalize ruling after round two of testimony.
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Rutland
Wildlife Wonderland
State Environmental Board
Route 155
Weston
Mt. Holly
Ward Byron Stone
New York State
Stone
Catskill Game Farm
James Kinsey
Manchester
Arthur J. O’dea
Kinsey
Environmental Board
Schuyler Jackson
Catskill
Hun
Makarios supporters arrested in Cyprus crackdown
In Nicosia a massive manhunt for Makarios supporters was launched after the government was seized. More than 1,000 people, including Barbara Lyssarides, were arrested as house to house searches continued. The new government said the revolution was a success and there is no organized resistance. Casualties reported include 200 at Nicosia General Hospital and a UN estimate of 30 dead deemed too low. An unidentified American woman and her child were wounded.
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Nicosia
API
Makarios
Barbara Lyssarides
Center Union Party
Vasso Lyssarides
United Nations
Cyprus
Inside look at tobacco risks beyond tar and nicotine
A column questions whether radiation in tobacco smoke drives cancer and weighs the broader health risks of smoking. The piece contrasts known tar dangers with potential radiation exposure, urging readers to consider all factors in tobacco harm.
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Kit Foster
Shaftsbury
James Reston
U.S
Greece
Ma Bell
Williamstown
North Bennington
Pownal
John Hubbard
Dizzy Dean
Judge rules state must pay for billboards it removes
U.S. District Court Judge Albert Coffrin upheld the DOT right to withhold federal highway funds from Vermont until it compensates billboard owners hurt by the 1968 anti billboard law. A 10 percent aid cut could cost Vermont over 2 million dollars, with about 150 signs removed and 1,700 left standing.
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Burlington
UPI
Albert Coffrin
U.S. Department of Transportation
Vermont
DOT
Robert Justus
State Travel Information Council
U.S
Lyndon B. Johnson
Ramsey Clark
Arlington elders address youth woes in town meeting
In Fisher Elementary School Arlington a meeting titled Juvenile Delinquency and Drugs drew about 30 adults who voiced concern about a small minority of youths tainting the village. Richard Chapman presented statistics on burglaries larcenies auto thefts and drug cases while Raymond Bolton noted alcohol as the immediate youth problem and that Arlington’s delinquency levels mirror state trends.
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Arlington
Fisher
Richard Chapman
FBI
Chapman
Good Housekeeping
Bennington County
Raymond Bolton
Bolton
Ford Honors Seven Vietnam Medal of Honor Recipients Kin
Vice President Ford posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor to seven American servicemen killed in Vietnam during 1969 and 1970. Families attended outdoor Blair House ceremonies as Defense Secretary Schlesinger and other top officials looked on.
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Ford
Vietnam
Washington
UPI
Gerald R. Ford
Congress of the United States
Hammet L. Bowen Jr
Andre Lucas
John G. Gertsch
Mitchell W. Stout
Blair House
White House
Defense
James Schlesinger
Army
Herman Stout
Fred C. Weyand
Adm
James L. Holloway
Naval Operations
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Aide
Benjamin Partridge
Weston Planning Commission
Ronald L. Hagen
James Marvin
Martha Elliott
By Martha Elliott
Wonderland
Henry Kissinger
John N. Mitchell
Calif
Judson Brown
Arlington’s
Shannon Bowen
Tampa, Fla
Danny J. Petersen
David F. Winder
Ralph E. Dias
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