US raids North's missiles for second time in a week
SAIGON AP reports American fighter bombers attacked SAM missile sites and antiaircraft guns in North Vietnam for the second time in less than a week. No U.S. planes were lost. The operation followed a Jan. 28 incident in which an F-4 and a rescue helicopter were shot down and eight Americans were missing.
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Seoul protests North Korea germ plot over cholera bids
Nearly 200,603 South Koreans rallied in Seoul to denounce a reported North Korean attempt to obtain cholera germs from Japan. Tokyo denied germ smuggling but left open the possibility of orders from a Japanese company. A Japanese firm refused to discuss the matter, while Japan's Maritime Safety Agency started an investigation. North Korea accused Japan of slander.
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Nixon asks Congress for large Latin aid in budget call
President Nixon sent a message to the Inter-American Economic Conference stating he had asked Congress for substantial new funds to aid Latin American development. The budget request totals 556 million for development through international agencies and a further 356 million in Latin American aid, with a one year advance for increased U S capital in the Inter-American Development Bank. The plan drew mixed reactions from Latin American ministers and U S delegates who questioned the final amounts and allocations.
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Charles A Meyer
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Wnixen
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Group Seeks Ouster of SMU President Gaining Backing
A student faculty coalition pressing for the ouster of Southeastern Massachusetts University President Joseph L. Driscoll won support from Wesleyan University Chancellor Richard Ohmann and other academics. Ohmann, joining rally speakers, said he conveyed charges against Driscoll and spoke of solidarity for academic freedom. The coalition cited violations of academic freedom, disruption of education, authoritarianism, and misuse of funds for detective hires, with support noted from figures at MIT Brown Princeton Yale and Boston College Law School.
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Southeastern Massachusetts University
Joseph L. Driscoll
Wesleyan University
Richard Ohmann
Driscoll
Ohmann
Middleton, Conn
Noam Chomsky
Louis Kampf
John McDermott
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Michele
Robert Drinan
Boston College Law School
Richard Falk Milbank
Princeton University
William Sloane Caftin
Yale
State University
American Association of University Professors
Russians Airlift Arms Amid Middle East Tensions
The United States and Britain seek a constructive Russian response to past arms proposals as discussions with the Soviet Union proceed. Israel may request around 100 fighter planes on favorable terms while Nasser hints at a possible trip to Moscow to push for more arms amid intensified fighting and Israeli bombardments.
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Middle East
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Russia
Nixon
Kosygin
State Department
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Israel
London
Britain
William Wolff
London Daily Mirror
Nasser
Talks Between West Germany and Poland Open
Warsaw reports the first signs of steps toward talks between West Germany and Poland on postwar borders and potential arms limits within 30 days. U S efforts to secure a UN ceasefire continue, with no clear impact on the ongoing conflict as of now.
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Israel
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U.S
United Nations
Georg Ferdi
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Jozef
Sargent proposes flat welfare grant to replace current payments
In Boston Governor Sargent unveils a flat grant plan to replace the AFDC style payments. The reform aims to eliminate distortions and allow budgeting dignity. A family of four would rise from 3232 to 3760 annually, with $30 million redirected for special needs in fiscal 1971. Local reactions vary with welfare groups calling the amounts inadequate.
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Boston
Francis Sargent
Sargent
Welfare Coalition
Massachusetts
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Grandmother Gibbon Kidnaps Baby in Zoo Incident
A gibbon grandmother abducted her infant grandchild at a San Francisco zoo. Zoo staff describe the mother as distraught while the grandmother, herself a recent mother, remains watchful over the baby. No injuries reported and the infant clings to the grandmother as officials assess the bizarre scene.
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Tom Huff
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