Britain seeks talks with Peking Hanoi on Viet Nam end
Britain invites 41 governments involved in Indochina to share ideas on ending the war. Patrick Gordon Walker to meet Red China and Hanoi leaders as London presses a peace plan backed by the United States. Premiers and officials note possible warming in North Vietnam terms. Geneva role recalled as Britain acts with nonaligned states in Belgrade peace appeal.
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London
Britain
Indochina
Viet Nam
Peking
Hanoi
Patrick Gordon Walker
Red
Gordon Walker
Jaimson
North Vietnam
Harald Wilson
Briligh
Ho Chi Minh
Belgrade
Soviet Union
North Viet Nam
United States
Geneva
France
East Germans Slow Traffic Second Time
East German border guards again slowed traffic on the highway to Berlin causing big car pileups at the western end. The deliberate stoppage followed similar delays Thursday night, with long queues at Helmstedt checkpoint and heavier traffic overall. West German officials view the move as harassment by the Communists and fear it may precede countermeasures ahead of a West German Parliament session in West Berlin.
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Berlin
Helmstedt
West Berlin
Mekong River Project Boosts Southeast Asia Economy
United Nations scientists and technicians are damming and irrigating the Mekong in South Vietnam and neighboring countries. The lower Mekong basin, spanning 236,000 square miles, could yield huge agricultural and power gains, with $47 million already raised by Western nations and multiagency UN support.
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United Nations
NANA
Viet Nam
U.N
Mekong
Mekong Lower Basin
Southeast Asia
Cambodia
Laos
Thailand
South Viet Nam
West Germany
United States
Tibetan Plateau
South China Sea
Saigon
South
Luang Prabang
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Pa Mong
Bureau
Anglo-French Accord Near On Plane
Paris reports Harold Wilson and Charles de Gaulle close to joint Britain France production of a variable-sweep plane to rival the United States. London confirms abandonment of the costly independent TSR2 program, signaling a shift away from independent nuclear capability amid Vietnam War tensions.
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Charles de Gaulle
Harold Wilson
Britain
Paris
London
Viet Nam
Wilson
de Gaulle
Elysee Palace
Mekong River Irrigation Seen as Hope for Indochina
The Mekong committee meets regularly while ignoring military and political issues. The U.N. hopes irrigation will ease Indo China’s frustrations and hostilities, viewing the current war as temporary and the Mekong as eternal.
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U.N
Indochina
Volpe vetoes pay raise amid state funding needs
Gov John A Volpe vetoed a bill that would raise legislators pay from 5200 to 7500 dollars and expense allowances from 400 to 900 dollars claiming other needs for education hospitals and mental health require funding A two thirds vote to override is needed and the legislature signals it intends to pursue the measure despite the veto.
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Volpe
Boston
John A. Volpe
Senate
Maurice A. Donahue
D-Holyoke
House
John F. X. Davoree
Milford
Ways and Means Committee
William DB. Fleming
Worcester
Canadian Chief Urges Pause in Viet Strikes
Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson of Canada urged a pause in retaliatory air strikes against North Vietnam as a step toward peace. Speaking at Temple University, he said a limited suspension could allow Hanoi to adjust policy without feeling military pressure and urged a cease fire followed by negotiations to end the war.
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Philadelphia
Lester B. Pearson
Canada
Pearson
Temple University
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
South Viet Nam
Sargent Shriver
U.S. Peace Corps
Viet Nam
Johnson Puts Limit On Agency Secrecy
President Johnson informed a congressional freedom of information subcommittee that he will not allow subordinates to invoke executive privilege to withhold government information. He reaffirmed Kennedy’s policy that privilege can be invoked only by the President and will require his approval.
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Washington
Johnson
Congressional Freedom of Information Subcommittee
Congress
John F. Moss
D-Calif
House
John F. Kennedy
Moss
Sncommittee
Eisenhower
Executive Branch
Kennedy
Senate
Saigon Embassy To Be Replaced In Saigon
The House Foreign Affairs Committee swiftly approved a $1 million request to replace the U S Embassy in Saigon destroyed by terrorists. President Johnson said the new building would be dignified, economical, secure, and permanent, with completion expected in six months and a buffer zone outside downtown Saigon.
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Washington
UPI
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Johnson
U.S
Saigon
Steel Issue Still Unsettled In Fourth Week Of Talks
Pittsburgh AP report says Basic Steel negotiators ended their fourth week of renewed bargaining with both sides far apart. With a May 1 strike deadline near, only minor plant level issues have been resolved and no long term agreement appears close. U S Steel and United Steelworkers Union negotiators conveyed little progress.
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Pittsburgh
APY
Basic Steel
United Steelworkers
Sterl Corp
National
State Police In Conn Join Liquor Fight
Connecticut officials urged New York lawmakers to raise the state minimum drinking age from 18 to 21 as a highway safety measure. Connecticut Commissioner Leo Mulcahy cited 19 deaths on Connecticut roads linked to NY liquor sales to under 21 drivers. Critics warned New York’s 18-year minimum remains realistic and education is key.
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Albany
N.Y
Connecticut
New York
Leo Mulcahy
Rockefeller
Ned J. Parsekian
Richard J. Hughes
New Jersey
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