ITT accused of influencing Chilean election and CIA ties
Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee starts hearings on ITT alleged to have aided CIA in blocking Salvador Allende’s 1970 Chilean presidency. Memos describe ITT efforts to foment economic chaos, embargo Chilean banks, cut air fuel supply to navy and air force, and pressure Allende’s ratification. Witnesses include ITT officials and former CIA director John McCone.
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Geneen
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Chile
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Directorate of Plans
Central Intelligence Agency
Senate
ITT
ITT Corporation
Allende
CIA
William R. Merriam
Gene
Justice Department
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Sheraton Division
Securities and Exchange Commission
Spiro T. Agnew
John N. Mitchell
Commerce
Maurice Stans
Mitchell
Ie Inter-Company
Howtt
Weil
Joan Ryan
World power politics push Soviet Japan ties closer
Foreign commentary notes Japan and the Soviet Union edging toward renewed peace talks this spring and a potential joint Siberia development deal. Tokyo premier Tanaka seeks resumed negotiations, citing Japan as a major economic power outside the U N Security Council. Moscow backs solidifying ties, while disputes over the Kurile Islands linger. A Tyumen oil project and a long pipeline could offset future oil supply fears for Japan.
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Soviet Union
Siberia
Tyumen
Kakuel Tanska
Tanaka
U. N. Security Council
Indochina
Moscow
Leonid M. Zamyatin
Tuss
San Francisco
Jape
Kurile Islands
Okinawa
Leonid
Brezhnev
Mey
Middle East
Viet Cong pledges to free all U.S. POWs by Sunday
Viet Cong officials said all remaining American prisoners will be released by Sunday, with 30 captives at stake and total U.S. POWs in Hanoi and Laos still holding. North Vietnamese spokesmen added the Paris cease fire deadline remains March 28, while U.S. observers question timing and conditions.
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UPI
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Viet Cong
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Paris
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IMC
Tin
North
Gia Lam
JMC
Vietnam
United States
Gilbert Woodward
Woodward
LCA
South Vietnamese
Tra City
Lac Ninh
South Vietnam
Pathet Lao
Laotian Communista
Gray denies withdrawing name for FBI director
Washington (UPI) Patrick Gray said he has no intention to withdraw his nomination for permanent FBI director. Senate Judiciary Committee hearings intensified as lawmakers pressed for access to FBI Watergate files, challenging the White House and Justice Department over cooperation.
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FBI
Hoover
Senate
Nixon
White House
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Latwell P. Weicker
R-Conn
Justice Department
Richard G. Kleindienst
Judiciary Committee
John W. Dean III
Sam J. Ervin
Special Investigative Committee
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ervin
Senate Special Committee
Robert C. Byrd
W. Va
Swéty
Ervyin
John J. McClean
McClellan
U S plans final withdrawal from South Vietnam
Washington reports the United States will complete troop withdrawals by March 2 with 6 208 servicemen remaining in South Vietnam and a final POW release list expected. Defense officials note the last three POW groups have begun returning, including eight civilians and 140 previously acknowledged POWs.
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Jerry W. Friedhelm
Defense Department
Laos
Defense
Friedhein
United States
U.S
South Vietnam
Friedheim
Grst
At the Movies Cinemas Highlight Bond and Sea Drama
Film critics favor Sean Connery as James Bond in Diamonds Are Forever and On Her Majesty's Secret Service. The Poseidon Adventure remains a top draw with Gene Hackman as a rebel preacher and Shelley Winters as Mrs. Rosen. Sounder draws Oscar buzz for Cicily Tyson. The Great Waltz showcases Horst Buchholz and Mary Costa. Time clocks list cinema schedules.
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Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Sean Connery
James Bond
Tan Fleming
Bend Nicks
007
Cinema U
Irwin Allen
Gene Hackman
Shelley Winters
Mrs. Rosen
Shelley Haters
Williamstown
Cicily ‘Tyson
Spring Street
Harte
Strauss the Younger
Horst Bucholzig
Strauss
Mary Costa
California high court denies Dr Leary freedom plea
California Supreme Court rejects Timothy Leary appeal claiming lawful custody in Afghanistan. Leary escaped from California Men's Colony in 1970 and awaits trial on the escape charge after a narcotics agent returned him to the United States.
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Dr. Leary
San Francisco
UPI
California Supreme Court
Timothy Leary
Afghanistan
Toe
Leary
California
Bruce Margolin
Supreme Court
Terry Burke
United States
Burke
Kabul
Los Angeles
Santa Ana
Calif
Etérnal Love
FBI resuming hunt for hijacker D B Cooper in woodland area
FBI agents renewed efforts to locate the famed hijacker known as D B Cooper after 13 months in the Woodland Oregon area across the Columbia River. Residents reported searches as part of the ongoing case with authorities refraining from details.
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D.B. Cooper
Woodland
Wash
UPI
Portland ‘Ore
Journal
Woodland District
FES
Cooper
Columbia’ River
Oregon
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