Nigerians Still Lacking Trucks for Aid Effort
Port Harcourt reports show relief workers lacking enough trucks to move food to refugees as federal units in Biafra areas have limited vehicles. Gowon defends relief progress, announces $28 million extra funding, and probes missionaries while observers note army indifference and widespread asset seizures.
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Port Harcourt
Nigeria
Radio Nigeran
International Observer Team
Biafra
Guard
Lagos
P Hnic
Yakubu Gowon
Gowon
John Aggey
Morning Post
William
Rogers
Africa
United States
France’s Libyan Mirage Sale Undermines Regime Credibility
Paris reports reveal France sold Libya 100 warplanes rather than a limited number, triggering near-universal media condemnation. Officials defend informing the United States while defense ministers and journalists question the embargo on arms to the Middle East. Israel denies arms purchases but faces scrutiny over alleged covert support.
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Paris
France
Libya
Gaullist
la Nation
Michel’ Debre
Paris-Presse
U.S
Foreign Ministry
United States
State Department
Debre
Middle East
Unu
Orly
Eal
Israel
Josses
Georges Pompidou
Viet Cong accuses U S of 700 civilian deaths in Vietnam
At the peace talks in Paris Mrs. Nguyen Thi Binh charges that American, South Vietnamese, and South Korean troops killed more than 700 civilians in November in Quang Nam province villages. She says over 1,000 houses burned, crops destroyed, and civilians confined to camps.
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Paris
Viet Cong
Vietnam
My Lai
Nguyen Thi Binh
Provisional Revolutionary
Quang Nam
Nixon
Binh Duong
Binh Giang
Binh Trieu
Binh Hoa
Binh Dav
Thang Binh
United States
South Vietnam
Massachusetts League of Women Voters names new president
Mrs. Errol Jacobson a 52 year old grandmother from Arlington has been chosen to succeed Mrs. Lotte Scharfman as president of the Massachusetts League of Women Voters. Scharfman who helped lead the Jeanne 13 1 000 member effort to reduce the state House of Representatives died last week.
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Arlington
Mass
Errol Jacobson
Lotte Scharfman
Massachusetts League’of Women Voters
Scharfman
Jeanne
State House of
Represent‘atives
Latte
Public skeptical as France urged to put country first
In debates and media commentary, calls for France to prioritize national interests face growing public doubt. Opinion pieces question whether strategic aims align with citizens’ concerns and long term security.
Sargent set budget promises no new taxes this year
Massachusetts Governor Francis W. Sargent stated the 1971 budget will exceed last year’s record $1.5 billion but will require no new taxes to balance. He emphasized protecting environment, mental health, and education while noting reordering of priorities to live within forecasted figures. The plan anticipates higher overall expenditures with capital outlay and supplements to follow.
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Boston
Francis W. Sargent
Sargent
Massachusetts
AFDC
General Electric Co.l
Congressmen Rebut Nixon On Walking Streets Alone
Congress members defend walking home at night in Washington despite President Nixon’s State of the Union claim of a capital crime problem. Burdick, Proxmire, Eckhardt, Jordan and others recount personal incidents and fears, noting attacks and burglaries near the Capitol. A Commerce Department credit union also reports a $128,600 robbery hours before Nixon’s address.
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Nixon
Washington
Contary
Congress
Sen. Quentin
Burdick
N.C
State of the Union
Capitol
Sen
William Proxmire
Wisconsin Democrat
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
George Aiken
R-Vt
Texas
Ralph W. Yarborough
Proxmire
Jordan
Frank M. Clark
D-Pa
William B. Saxbe
Ohio
Shirley Chisolm
New York City
Bedford-Stuyvesant
Commerce Department
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Adams, Mass
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Statehouse
Public Safety
William F. Powers
Committee On Public Service
James B. Oteri
State Police Association
Oteri
Maurice DA ‘Holyoke
Worcester
Springfield
Donahue
Massachusetts Council On “Crime and Correction
Charles Street
Dpgrading
John A. Gavin
Commissioner of Correction
Committee On Social Welfare
Lawrence’ A. ~ Quinlan
Juvenile Bureau
Boston Police Department
Drug Board Boston
James Germano
Public
Bard
Germany
David A. Works
Topsfield
Vernon D. Patch
Duxbury
Howard A. Miller Jr
Franklin
Sidney Edelberg
Longmeadow
Dennis 5. Arendwitz
Brookline
Boston University
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Greeman
Fieldcrest
NEW England Furniture
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