U S outlines six point Middle East peace plan
Secretary of State William P Rogers presents a six point plan urging new Arab Israeli efforts toward mutual accommodation at the General Assembly. He ties China policy to UN inclusion, cites SALT and West Berlin talks, and de-emphasizes a world disarmament conference while backing UN peace envoy Gunnar V. Jarring.
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United Nations
UPI
William P Rogers
Middle East
Israel
General Assembly
Rogers
U.S
West Berlin
Moscow
Peking
Thieu declares landslide reelection in Saigon vote
President Nguyen Van Thieu won a landslide reelection in an uncontested South Vietnam vote with 91.51 percent of ballots cast. Opponents called the election a farce, citing police influence and ballot suppression. Officials reported turnout at 87.7 percent with questions over 3 percent of votes and missing ballots. Thieu begins a new four year term October 31.
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Saigon
UPI
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Thieu
Independence Palace
Nguyen Cao Ky
United States
Ellsworth) Bunker
People’s Force
Government Election Information Center
U.S
Ellsworth C. Bunker
Dan Nang
Stewart Kellerman
da Nang
City Hall
Supreme Court opens with two vacancies
Washington UPI reports the Supreme Court began a new session with an 11 minute ceremony honoring Justice Hugo L Black who died while Justice John M Harlan has stepped down. The court sits seven as Nixon nominates successors and the Senate confirms them. Justice Douglas remains senior, with Black a Roosevelt appointee and Brennan moved to a new seat.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Warren E. Burger
Burger
Hugo L. Black
John M. Harlan
Nixon
Black
Harlan
Senate
William O. Douglas
Inside Nixon plan to include health care costs Phase II
The article notes the administration aims to add doctors bills and other health care elements to Phase II of the freeze, outlining policy considerations and potential impacts on medical funding and pricing. Gerald Raftery’s piece on bicycle travel appears alongside editorial notes and campus college items, including a Bennington charter discussion, a University of Vermont deficit target, Albany laser eye surgery, a New Yorker school tax suit, and Mt Anthony/Mt Anthony Patriots sports wrap.
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Nixon
Gerald Raftery
Bennington
UVM
Albany
BBS Bulldogs
Mt. Anthony
Poff Withdraws From Supreme Court Bid Amid Labor Pressure
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot reports a letter from a major labor union official questioned Poffs 1963 native birth bill and suggested it aimed at appeasing prejudice. The piece notes threats and intimidation by labor leaders and some senators, plus support from Gerald Ford before Poffs decision.
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Norfolk, Va
UPI
Richard H. Poff
R-Va
U.S. Supreme Court
Norfolk
Poff
Klan
Felix Frankfurter
Frankfurter
Austria
Supreme Court
Gerald R. Ford
R-Mich
Virginia
Ford
House
NAACP
Would-be hijacker kills wife pilot and self in abortive hijack
FBI reports a Nashville based hijacking ended in Jacksonville when George Giffe Jr. shot his wife Sue, the pilot Brent Downs, and then killed himself after forcing a charter Hawk Commander from Nashville to Atlanta. Two other hijackers were arrested. no bomb was found.
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Jacksonville
Fla
UPI
Bahamas
FBI
Nashville
Atlanta
George Mallory Giffe Jr
Tenn
Sue Giffe
Brent Quentin Downs
Bobby Wayne Wallace
Randall G. Crump
Wallace
Crump
Federal Aviation Administration
Downs
Jim O’conner
O’conner
Giffe
O'Conner
Jacksonville International Airport
Navy
Jeffords Enters Vermont House Seat Nomination
Attorney General James M. Jeffords announces candidacy for the Republican congressional nomination in Vermont. He will join six hopefuls, facing Richard Mallary and others in the November 16 primary. Petition filing deadline is Wednesday at midnight.
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Montpelier
UPI
James M. Jeffords
Statehouse
Jeffords
Richard Mallary
John Alden
Windsor County
Fred Westphal
Lamoille County
Richard C. Thomas
Harley Walter Kidder
Burlington
Mallary
GOP
New Supt Sleeman outlines his hopes for SVSU
Assistant Superintendent George A Sleeman will take over as SVSU superintendent next July and outlines plans for the seven district union In Bennington he discusses overcrowding at Mt Anthony Union High School the potential for restructuring grade levels and expanding use of outside facilities He favors innovations at Prospect School and stresses careful building plans to relieve central school crowding without overbuilding
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SVSU
John Leaning
George A. Sleeman
Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union
Main St
Bennington
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Mt. Anthony
Mt. Anthony Union
Pownal
Shaftsbury
Central School
Mt. Anthony High School
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