Nixon Sees Progress In Pompidou Talks At White House
President Nixon met with French President Pompidou at the White House amid hopes for progress on Middle East, NATO, and U.S. policy. Pompidou tours Cape Kennedy facilities before visiting Chicago and New York, with further talks on arms sales and peace efforts.
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France
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Lester L. Wolff
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Middle East
Libya
Great Britain
Soviet Union
United Nations
Israel
Jacob Javits
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Abraham Ribicoff
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Laos War Criticism Mounts Over Vietnamization Policy
Senators assail Nixon Laos actions amid Vietnamization debate. Mathias urges not to expand U S involvement in Laos to back South Vietnam, warning of a broader war. Mansfield and Cooper join calls for negotiated settlement with Britain and Soviet Union as Geneva framework reference.
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Cooper
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Marines charged in Son Thang massacre near Da Nang
Five enlisted Marines from the 1st Marine Division 7th Regiment face murder charges for allegedly killing 16 Vietnamese civilians, including 11 children and five women, in Son Thang village south of Da Nang on February 19. The men are detained at the Marine brig while an investigation proceeds and will be referred to Maj. Gen. Edwin B. Wheeler for possible court martial.
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Son Thang
Edwin B. Wheeler
Nixon Seeks Broad Budget Cuts Across Agencies
President Nixon called for sweeping reductions in federal spending, estimating a 235 million savings in the 1971 fiscal year and proposing oversight by a House-Senate committee. He urged cuts in space, veterans benefits, agricultural programs, and stockpile sales, framing it as vital to curb rising living costs and secure a balanced budget.
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Statehouse notes patch Medicaid overcharges and police age debate
Boston AP reports the Massachusetts Department of Public Welfare recovered 40000 in Medicaid overcharges from three Eastern Massachusetts drugstores with audits showing no fraud. The state also pursues seven more stores. Lawmakers heatedly debate cutting police officer minimum age to 18 with opposition from police groups and MDC. support exists for cadet hiring. Also discussed are insurance for female crossing guards, East Brookfield’s Podunk milestone, education aid for learning disabilities, NE Telephone rate hike, and lobsters’ legal size debate with industry warnings of extinction.
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Robert F. Ott
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Metropolitan District Commission
James J. Grimaldi
Springfield
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Boston Police Patrolmen's Association
John W. Sears
Sears
Newton
William R. Delaney
Midc Patrolmen’s Association
William’ Q. MacLean
Dfairhaven
Rhode Island
Louis Orsilla
Atlantic Loobsterman's Co-op, Inc
All-White Jury Frees 4 In Algiers Motel Incident
An all white jury acquitted three white policemen and a Black private guard in the Algiers Motel incident during Detroit’s 1967 riots. Jurors deliberated about nine hours in U S District Court before clearing Ronald August Robert Paille and David Senak of conspiracy and Melvin Dismukes of felonious assault.
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U.S. District Court
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Robert Paille
David Senak
Melvin Dismukes
Nefro
Aubrey Pollard
Dismukes
Michigan
Paille
Fred Temple
U S War Toll Drops Slightly as Viet Nam Losses Rise
U S casualties for the week show 3 Americans killed in action and 657 wounded, down from 96 dead and 589 wounded the prior week. South Vietnamese reports note 38 government troops killed and 112 wounded, while allied commands tally 2,469 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed.
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