Stafford Opposes War and Seeks Indochina Withdrawal
Rep. Robert Stafford urged U.S. troops to leave Indochina by Christmas 1971 and backed restrictions on future defense funds. He called the war the worst thing for America and urged Congress to limit ground combat support after Nixon’s July 1970 deadline. Sen. Prouty urged unity to support Nixon’s Vietnam Cambodia policy.
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Burlington
UPI
America
Robert T. Stafford
R-Vt
U.S
Indochina
Stafford
House Armed Services Committee
University of Vermont
Congress
Laos
Thailand
Cambodia
Winston L. Prouty
Vermont Grange
Randolph
Nixon
Prouty
Senate
Bronx suspect linked to 35 bombing plots in seven months
Carlos Feliciano a Bronx building superintendent and Mira member was arrested after placing a 14 inch pipe bomb at a Army recruiting station in the Bronx. Police say he is suspected in at least 35 similar actions in five months, including the Dec 9 New York Public Library firebombing and two May Bronx movie theater blasts. Feliciano faces charges of possession of explosives attempted arson reckless endangerment and conspiracy with $150000 bail set.
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New York
UPI
Bronx
Mira
Puerto Rico
Carlos Feliciano
Feliciano
New York Public Library
Movimiento de Independencia Revolucionario de Armas
United States
Editorial lauds Rep Stafford on Indochina stand
Inside, an editorial commends Rep Robert T Stafford for his forthright stance on the Indochina War. Page 4 features Gerald Raftery on Vermont's first ecologist. Page 8 reports Manchester Selectmen set to question state traffic control project with highway officials tomorrow. also incidents of a girl and her grandmother bitten by dogs in Hoosick Falls.
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Pearances
Vermont
Stafford
Indochina
America
Lyman S. Rowell
Robert T. Stafford
Gerald Raftery
Manchester
Highway Department
Hoosick Falls
Mansfield Backs Cutoff of War Funds in Indochina
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield said he will back legislation to cut off U.S. war funding for any operation in Indochina by end of 1970. The McGovern Hatfield amendment backs the move, not to be debated until June, as Southeast Asia is deemed not vital to U.S. security.
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United States
Mansfield
McGovern Hatfield
Senate
John Sherman Cooper
Frank Church
Idaho
Kennedy urges peaceful revolution after Cambodia shock
Senator Edward M. Kennedy told Boston University about 250 listeners that U S troop actions in Cambodia and Kent State killings forged a new national purpose and urged students to press government for an end to the Vietnam War Kennedy urged peace candidates and political activism while warning Nixon usurped war powers and risked leaving himself an outcast He called the Kent State tragedy a lesson that the war must end and the system must be held to account
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Boston
UPI
Edward M. Kennedy
U.S
Cambodia
Nixon
Kent State
Kennedy
United States
America
Massachusetts Democrat
Southeast
Agnew Warns Editors to Tone Down Rhetoric
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew says he will not cool his rhetoric until Eastern newspapers tone down their editorial language. He downplays antiwar student demonstrations as a true measure of campus feeling about the Cambodian incursion, calling many actions a spring lark. Agnew spoke during a television interview as President Nixon suggested cooling rhetoric.
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Washington
UPI
Spiro T. Agnew
U.S
Cambodia
Agnew
Nixon
Soviet Leaders Gamble On Mideast Confrontation
London based sources report the Soviet Union ready for a crisis style showdown with the United States in the Middle East to force a settlement with Israel. Kremlin prestige and support for Arab allies delay restraint despite no desire for full scale war. Moscow’s Middle East commitment risks and possible pressure on Nasser loom large.
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London
UPI
Soviet Union
United States
Middle East
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Cuba
John F. Kennedy
Southeast Asia
Israel
Kremlin
Russia
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Moscow
Rockefellers Help Buy Land For New Hudson River Park
New York state funds and Rockefeller family programs joined to acquire 2,500 acres for Hudson Highland State Park on the east bank of the Hudson between Cold Spring and Beacon. The park includes Mount Taurus Breakneck Ridge and Little Stony Point with Sugarloaf, preserving wild terrain once targeted by development. Plans to foster motors and a gypsum plant were stopped by conservation efforts led by Laurance S. Rockefeller and Jackson Hole Preserve, with dedication planned at Breakneck Ridge trail.
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New York
Hudson River
Rockefeller
Cold Spring
Beacon
Hudson Highland State Park
George Zoebelin
Mount Taurus
Breakneck Ridge
Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation
George R. Lamb
Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc
State Council of Parks
Stony Point
Penn Central
Hudson Shore
Storm King Mountain
Melzingah
Bull Hill
Zoebelin
Trail Conference
Palisades
Palisades Interstate Park
East Bank
Robert Moses
Council of Parks
Palisades Body
Taconic State Park Commission
Hudson River Valley Commission
Lamb
Jackson Hole Preserve
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Taconic Commission
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Okinawa
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Ore
People Against Nerve Gas
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Gravesend
England
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Edward F. Rane
The
Burlington Free Press
Lawrence Marvin
Essex Junction
University Board of Trustees
Winifred Griffin
Florida
Russell I. Thackery
Washington, D.C
National Association of State Universities
Charles L. Forsyth
National Catholic Ministry Association
N.Y
Nnb
Cooper
Cooper Church
Ted
Boston U
Asia
Rockefellers
Hudson River Park
New York Times
Oldsters Eye New
Miami Beach
Debbie Shelton
U.S.A
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