Agnew greeted by large Auckland protest during Asian tour
Vice President Spiro Agnew faced an anti American demonstration in Auckland as about 500 protesters clashed with police outside his hotel. Eight arrests were made for insults to police and disorderly conduct. Prime Minister Holyoake welcomed Agnew, who planned a vigil outside the hotel during his 42 hour stay before flying to Honolulu.
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New Zealand
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Honolulu
Keith Holyoake
Australia
Arthur Porritt
Washington
Spiro Agnew
Brandt Says West Won’t Bother East If Pledges Kept
West German Chancellor Willy Brandt urged rapid talks with East Germany with an open agenda to build a regulated relation. He said neither side should seek to alter the other's social structure by force and stressed mutual recognition of a single German nation within peaceful borders. Brandt plans direct approaches to East German Premier Willi Stoph and proposed pre negotiations on all issues before final details.
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West Germany
East Germany
Ulbricht
Germany
Federal Republic
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GDR
Soviet Union
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Bonn
War losses for U S rise to six week high in Vietnam
Saigon AP reports U S battlefield deaths last week reached 98 the highest in six weeks with Vietnamese deaths rising to 394 government troops and 2 552 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong. Overall 17 191 Americans and 271 791 Vietnamese killed since Paris talks began. 720 Americans wounded last week the largest since December. Helicopters downed three Americans killed and eight wounded. A major ground action near Saigon saw about 100 North Vietnamese attacked a base manned by South Vietnamese paratroopers and U S 11th Armored Cavalry. Twenty nine North Vietnamese killed. one American killed and seven Americans plus eight South Vietnamese wounded.
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Vietnam
Paris
da Nang
A Shaw
U.S. 11Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Easing of Marijuana Sparks Public Squabble in Boston
Boston lawmakers clash over policy as House and Senate chairs dispute legalizing up to two ounces of marijuana during a briefing on a 94 page report. Backman pushes broad easing, Cohen urges caution. The commission also nears a two month finish and plans hearings on marijuana.
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Legislative Commission
House
Senate
Jack H. Backman
Beryl. W. Cohen
Backman
Brookline
Gohen
Commission
Cohen
Massachusetts
Ronald MacKenzie
Burlington
Michael Flaherty
State Banishes DDT Supplies To Old Bunker
Boston AP reports thirty five tons of DDT and other pesticides from state stocks were deposited in a 75 by 21 foot ammunition bunker at the former Cohasset Naval Annex now Cohasset State Park. The bunker with two foot thick cement walls is to be welded shut while disposal plans are determined. The Pesticide Board may use high heat incinerators to destroy the chemicals, as restrictions on DDT follow a state ban effective January first.
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Boston
Cohasset Naval Annex
Cohasset State Park
State Department of Natural Resources
Arthur W. Brownell
Eban accuses France over Libyan arms deal
In Jerusalem AP report Foreign Minister Abba Eban accused France of trying to cover up its arms deal with Libya and said Paris has joined the Russians in disturbing Middle East balance. He told parliament that France policy was one sided and unjust.
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Israel
France
Libya
Middle East
Abba Eban
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