Laos Policy pledge keeps Nixon from sending ground troops
Secretary Melvin Laird told Congress that Nixon would seek congressional approval before any American ground forces enter Laos. He defended Laos policy as unchanged while noting two American ground troops and Special Forces remain in Laos and air power targets the North Vietnamese supply lines into South Vietnam. Thailand's Thanat Khoman sought assurances that U S commitments to Thailand would endure despite congressional criticism.
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Secretary of
Melvin R. Laird
Nixon
Laos
Congress
Laird
Plain of Jars
Congressional
Pathet Lao
House Appropriations Committee
Congress of
United States
William P. Rogers
Thanat Khoman
Thailand
U.S
Rogers
Thanat
State Department
South
Vietnam
West Proposes Date To Start Berlin Talks
The United States Britain and France sent notes to the Soviet Union proposing a time and place for new Big Four talks to ease West Berlin's situation. All four governments have agreed in principle to hold such a conference, with arrangements to be settled. The allies prefer talks to begin within a month or so and would accept a deputy foreign ministers or ambassadors meeting in West Berlin.
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United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
West Berlin
Uotes
Blacks Sit In at Mt Holyoke and UMass Protests Stir Campus Action
Black students occupy seven buildings at Mt Holyoke College in South Hadley and Mills House at the University of Massachusetts, demanding more financial aid and Black cultural autonomy within the five college system. Five College Black Community members, groups at Mount Holyoke, Smith, Amherst, UMass, and the open Hampshire College, press for self-determination and a bridge program. Police report 25 to 30 arrests. several minor injuries but no severe harm.
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Umass
Mount Holyoke College
University of Massachusetts
Mount Holyoke
South Hadley
Mary Tuttle
Skinner Hall
Mt Holyoke
Amherst College
WAME
Aves
Smith
Amherst
Hampshire College
Ty Antherst
Amnherst College
Mills Mouse
Nixon Welfare Reform Wins House Committee Approval
President Nixon's plan to replace much of the welfare system with income maintenance won tentative committee approval. The Ways and Means Committee, led by Wilbur Mills, directed staff to draft the bill for a vote early next week and possible House passage, signaling a major administration victory amid party debates.
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Nixon
House
Ways and Means
Step
Wilbur D. Mills
Mills
Arkansas
John W. Gardner
Urban Coalition
House Committee
Drug addicted 12 year old testifies at New York hearing
A one year old narcotics addict Ralph de Jesus shocked a joint legislative hearing in New York by recounting his six month heroin history and street involvement. He described stealing to support the habit and selling buttons for Odyssey House funds as lawmakers debated Rockefeller's 265 million anti narcotics proposal amid criticism of its election year motives.
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New York Times Mews Service
New York
Ralph de Jesus
Joint Legislative Committee On Protection of Children
Broadway
P.S
Steihing Ave
South Bronx
Judianne Densen-Gerber
Odyssey House
Manuel Ramos
Ramos
Chester R. Hardt
Ralph
Nelson Rockefeller
Parochial Public School Sharing Experiment Continues
St. Mark's School built in 1963 shares 50-50 with Pittsfield public schools to ease overcrowding and funds strain. Public schools use eight of sixteen classrooms plus cafeteria, library, and other facilities while three public classes are federally funded. Superintendent Whalen supports expanding to ten classes next fall.
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Pittsfield
St. Mark's
Thomas J. Whalen
Sullivan
Neil V. Sullivan
Dr. Sullivan
Joel Ligeinst
Mark
Oil Floods St Johns River After Barge Freighter Crash
A barge and freighter collision on the St Johns River created a 7,000 gallon oil spill hitting both shores for about 10 miles. The Metro Burcancer freighter struck the Eastpet barge seven miles east of Jacksonville. no injuries were reported.
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Ancksonville
Fla
St. Johns River
Atlantic Ocean
Jacksonville
St. Johns
Coast Guard
Ocean
Metro Burcancer
Bahamas
Eastpet
Senate OKs HEW bill with 98% spending cap
The Senate Appropriations Committee backed a 19.4 billion HEW bill with a Cotton amendment limiting executive spending to 98 percent of appropriated funds. The move narrows the administration Congress gap to 232 million, aiming to avert a veto and test floor support amid education and civil rights dynamics.
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Senate Appropriations Committee
Norris Cotton
Executive Branch
Congress
Senate
White House
Cotton
Appropriations Committee
Fane
Senhiugh Scott
Mansfield
Dowb
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Calif
Gay
Ronald Heagan
New York Times News Service
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St. Mark’s Church
J. W. Connolly
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HEW
New York Times News
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