Federal Judge Rules Vietnam War Is Legal
A federal judge ruled the Vietnam War was legal, denying claims by Army reservists from Schenectady New York and New York City that their call up was illegal due to no national emergency. The seven page decision said wars may exist without a formal declaration and cited the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin resolution as starting a state of war.
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Vietnam
Sare
Mehrige
United States
Southeast Asia
118Th Service and Supply Co
Schenectady
N.Y
448Th Army
New York City
Nixon Names Agnew to Lead Urban Programs and New White House Aide
President-elect Nixon meets with Agnew to assign roles for urban programs and discusses plans with Robert Murphy on Vietnam talks in Paris. Saigon says it will end boycott and send delegates. Murphy to brief on Warsaw peace talks and European monetary crisis. Ellsworth named national political director and will oversee military support activities. Thurmond stresses maintaining strong defense posture.
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Nixon
Robert Murphy
Johnson
Vietnam
Paris
Saigon
Murphy
Ching
Warsaw
Sakdun
Anf
Hotel
Pierre
White House
Sen
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Robert Ellsworth
Ellsworth
Kansas
Senate
Nixonville
Thurmond
Allied Forces Tighten Blockade Around Viet Cong Stronghold
Allied weaponry closes off a Viet Cong island complex as 1 000 US and South Vietnamese troops push ashore. Reports say two guerrillas killed and three captured in two days while 128 sampans are searched. Storms, winds, and heavy rain hamper operations as Paris talks loom and Moscow pledges new aid to Hanoi.
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Saigon
UPT
Bassac
South China Sea
Mekong Delta
U.S
Six Islands
Mekong
Maina
Vung Tan
Tniland
South Vietnam
United States
Paris
Hanoi
Moscow
Soviet Union
North Vietnam
Hope All But Abandoned For Trapped Miners
In Mannington West Virginia seven days after a shaft explosion 78 miners remain trapped as pockets of deadly carbon monoxide grow, threatening any rescue effort. Priests and rescuers fear the long entrapment will end hopes of saving them and note a drill would be needed to reach the miners if alive.
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Mannington
W. Va
Apt
No. 9
E. F. Briggs
West Virginia
John Corcoran
Corcoran
Czech Press Fights New Censorship
A nine group cultural and scientific coalition in Czechoslovakia protests press limits and censorship while leaders like Alois Indra and Josef Smrkovsky defend civil freedoms. The pushback comes amid party influence and warnings that restricting speech could erode democracy.
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Prague
UPI
Czechoslovakia
Ost
Alois Indra
Bohemian
Ostrava
CTK
Indra
Josef Smrkovsky
National Assembly
Alexander Dubcek
Oldrich Cernik
New Italian Premier Starts To Form Cabinet
Rome Italy eight day old government crisis neared end as premier design Ru mor began cabinet talks. The Christian Democratic secretary met party leaders and planned further talks with the Republican party and Socialists who voted to enter negotiations, aiming to renew the center left coalition that governed since 1962.
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Rome
UPI
Italy
Mariano Rumor
Christian Democratic Party
Giuseppe Seragat
Republican
Christian Democrats
Rumor
Nuns plan 100th birthday celebration for Sister Hortense
In Monroe Michigan a 100th birthday celebration is set for Friday for Sister Hortense. Nuns in short habits are not invited. She criticizes the modern habit style as like kilts while noting she may prefer Latin Mass due to hearing issues.
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Monroe, Mich
UPI
Hortense
New Look Urged For World Monetary Systems
Foreign News Analyst PHIL NEWSOM argues for reforms as gold flows and currency devaluations shake Britain France and the dollar. He notes Britain's 14.3 per cent pound devaluation in 1967 and warns De Gaulle may push Germany toward revaluing the mark while the US defends the $35 ounce gold standard.
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No. 10 Downing Street
Harold Wilson
Britain
France
Germany
United States
Bretton Woods
International Monetary Fund
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