Mansfield Proposes Cease Fire in Vietnam Debate
Senate majority leader Mike Mansfield urged a cease-fire and stand-fast in Vietnam calling for troops to fire only if attacked. He favored coalition talks with rival South Vietnamese groups and elections open to all, while criticizing timed troop withdrawals as counterproductive. Senator McCarthy backed antiwar action and a withdrawal timetable amid debate over Nixon policies. The piece also notes Shirley MacLaine winning damages in a film breach case and Tennessee Williams' brother reporting hospital treatment for sleeping-pill effects.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Vietnam
United States
Montana
Cortier
Eugene J. McCarthy
D-Minn
Nixon
Johnson
Mansfield
McCarthy
Charles E. Goodell
Rn.y
South Vietnam
Paris
Army generals tied to probe of alleged NCO looting
Senate testimony described a clique of top sergeants accused of currency manipulation influence peddling liquor smuggling and multimillion dollar thefts from Army service clubs. Gen Turner allegedly blocked investigators and Wooldridge faced removal from files amid a broader cover up. Johnson defended Wooldridge while acknowledging the case's sensitivity.
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Washington
Senate
Army Service Club
Carl C. Turner
Jack Pruett
Turner
William O. Wooldridge
Army
Pruett
Wooldridge
Gen. Turner
Nixon
Defense Department
Harold K. Johnson
Johnson
Gen. Johnson
Pructt
U.S. Customs
Hawaii
United States
Creighton Abrams
U.S
Vietnam
Amchitka Test Yields No Quake Despite Nuclear Blast
The AEC will conduct two more detonations on Amchitka Island after Thursday's one megaton underground blast produced a ground roll but no earthquake or tidal wave. International protests cited seismic disturbance fears. No radiation escaped. no damage to the 4,000-foot hole or surrounding structures.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Atomic Energy Commission
Amchitka Island
Aleutian
Soviet Union
Japan
Canada
U.S
AEC
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Izvestia
Earth
Aleutians
Edward B. Giller
Keith Miller
Amchitka
Miller
United States
U.s.-Canada
British Columbia
Washington
35 Arrested In Drug Raids In West Mass
About 35 people in Holyoke South Hadley Amherst and Northampton were arrested after Thursday night drug raids coordinated by state police. Police said roughly $1000 in heroin and LSD was seized and most arrestees were in their late teens or early twenties including several juveniles. Police described many as drug sellers.
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Holyoke
Mass
South Hadley
Amherst
Northampton
Nixon Proposes Welfare Plan with $25 More a Month
President Nixon sent his welfare bill package to Congress detailing national minimum payments across programs and a new family assistance plan. It doubles as aid for aged blind and disabled, with work requirements and state shares. Finch noted a federal minimum of $63.75, funded partly by a Social Security boost reducing public aid costs.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Robert H. Finch
Mississippi
California
Finch
Hoffa and Wolfson Lose Parole Appeals
James R. Hoffa and Louis E. Wolfson saw parole denied by the eight member federal parole board after review of their records at confinement. Hoffa, serving an eight year term for jury tampering, faced possible release in March 1971, while Wolfson, serving a one year term for securities violations, will not be reconsidered. Wolfson faces additional charges and pending appeals, with time to be freed only after good behavior.
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New York Times
Washington
James R. Hoffa
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Louis E. Wolfson
George J. Reed
United States Board of Parole
Parates
Hoffa
Federal
Lewisburg
G. Wolfson
Abe Portas
Supreme Court
Asglin Air Force Base
Fla
Wolfson
Clark R.mollenieff
Des Moines Register and
Tribune
Nixon
Jimmy Hoffa
Teamster
Molienhoff
Parole Board
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Til
Sai Williams
Edwina Dakin Williams
Clayton
NCO
Gations Division
Gol
William E. Homan
Reader's Digest
Berkshire Eagle
Focal Post Office
Pittsfield
Massachusetts
Adak
Kodiak
Juneau
West Mass
Summer St
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Main Street
Dalton
Easton
Eagle Classified
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