Nixon Visit to Thieu Expected in Vietnam War Talks
President Nixon planned a brief trip to South Vietnam to confer with President Nguyen Van Thieu amid tight security. In Saigon top officials headed to Bangkok to discuss regional security with Thailand and other Southeast Asia allies as Nixon weighs troop withdrawals and future U.S. roles. He met Thai leaders and Philippine Southeast Asia Treaty Organization secretary general, while White House aides stressed no combat troops would be deployed unless a nation is attacked. Nixon urged American diplomats and embassy staff to uphold dedicated service as Washington considers next steps in Asia.
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Bangkok
Nixon
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
White House
Vietnam
Saigon
Thailand
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Creighton Abrams Jr
Jesus M. Vargas
Southeast Asia Treaty’ Organization
Government House
Thanom
Thanal Khoman
Dawee Chullasapya
United States
Asia
Washington
Seizure of Privately Owned Handguns Urged by Violence Panel
Washington AP. President Nixon’s violence commission urged near total removal of concealable handguns from American life. It cites 24 million pistols in private hands and calls for federal and state licensing with four year compliance, penalties for illegal possession, and gun buybacks funded by about 500 million dollars. The panel also backs nonlethal weapon development and notes NRA skepticism.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Millon
Eisenhower
National Commission On the
Panel Pictures Armed Camp In U S Homes
Washington AP report outlines restrictive gun licensing and gun ownership. In 1968 civilians owned 90 million guns including 35 million rifles 31 million shotguns and 24 million handguns. About half of 60 million U S households own at least one gun. Gunfire caused 63 percent of 12 100 homicides in 1968. In 1964 murders totaled 9 250 with firearms in 55 percent. In 1967 firearms crimes show handguns used in 32 percent of homicides 60 percent of aggravated assaults and 60 percent of robberies.
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U.S
Get-Tough Welfare Bill Passes House Despite Opposition
The Massachusetts House approved by 168 to 65 a measure to stiffen public welfare standards. The bill faces a Senate hurdle, with debate centered on enforcement costs and staffing needs. Key amendments were adopted, removing some provisions while preserving most strict changes.
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House
Bolton
Sargent
Ways and Means Committee
Ways and Means
Joel 5. Greenberg
Thomas C. Wojtkowski
Pittsfield
Frank M. Matranga
North Adams
Senate
Prison drug tests tied to Stough profits exposed
Washington confronts a wide scandal as prisoners in three states suffer illness and some die from plasma and drug tests run by Austin Stough and affiliated firms. Federal inaction, industry ties, and lax oversight enabled operations across the 1960s, with cases of contamination and misadministration noted in various prisons.
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New York Times
Washington
Austin R. Stough
Fio
United States
Stough
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Alabama
Dr. Stough
How
Birmingham
Dallas
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Congress
Cutter Laboratories
University of Tennessee Medical College
Oklahoma City
McAlester
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
Moon Crew Views Films Of Landing
Apollo 11 astronauts watched 70mm stills and 16mm film of the Moon landing in quarantine, including Armstrong's first step and footprints. Aldrin and Collins studied desantid film as decontamination continued. first film batch to be released to the press.
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Space Agency
McLeaish
Moon
Armstrong
Aldrin
Moon Dust Tests Delayed As Lava Flow Theory Gains Ground
Researchers delayed until Wednesday the first treatment of grem-free mice with moon dust to test lunar organisms. Apollo 11 rock handling was paused due to a torn glove. scientists meanwhile report lunar rocks mostly hardened lava with glasslike spheres from meteoric condensation, and suggest rocks are under 500 million years old.
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Lunar
Clifford Frandell
Harvard University
Moon
Eugene Shoemaker
California Institute of Technology
Don Morrison
Manned Spacecraft Center
Earth
Fabulous Vox electric guitar with wah-wah effects
An ad promotes a 1969 semi hollow Vox electric guitar with Wah Wah, two pickups, WII fuzz, and case. It notes a 15 year old guitarist shifting from rock and jazz to classical folk and offering the model for sale seeking a proper replacement, with contact number 409-0400 for Jagle Ad Visor assistance.
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William I. Kitterman
D-Pitotsfield
Anthony P. McBride
D-Adams
Sidney Q. Curtiss
R-Sheffield
Curtiss
John J. Desmond
Lowell
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Manned Space Center
Cliff Prandell
Harvard
Roald Fryxell
Washington Univ
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