Vietnam's Outlook Grim Despite The Cease-Fire
In Saigon two years after the January 1973 Paris cease-fire, Western diplomats report morale at its lowest in decades as fighting, displacement, and casualties rise. U.S. involvement continues in limited technical ways while North Vietnam and the Viet Cong press for political change and repudiation of the accord.
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Paris
Vietnam
Indochina
George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
South Vietnam
Hamburger Hill
Con Thien
Dak To
Song Be
Highway 13
United States
North Vietnam
U.S
North
Washington
Nguyen van Thieu
Southietnam
Phuoc Binh City
Phuoc Binh
Hanoi
International Commission of Control and Supervision
Joint Military Commission
Viet Cong
Thieu
UN Critic Wiggins Blasts Security Council Seating Rules
James Russell Wiggins former U S ambassador to the United Nations told the Maine Bar Association that the UN wields little power to prevent nuclear war and that major powers must act. He said the General Assembly passes unenforceable resolutions and the Security Council rarely passes anything beyond moral reproach in a speech that praised minimal UN efficacy yet noted its economic efforts.
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Portland
United Nations
James Russell Wiggins
U.S
Wiggins
United States
Soviet Union
Wig
General Assembly
New York
Hearst hopeful Patty Hearst may be alive in U S
On the first anniversary of her kidnapping Patricia Hearst remains missing. Randolph Hearst, president of the San Francisco Examiner, says he believes she is alive in the United States and would not face a jail term if she surfaced. He notes the anniversary is sad but holds to the belief she is alive in this country.
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Mrs. Hearst
Patty
Randolph A. Hearst
Hearst
The
San Francisco Examiner
Patricia
United States
Symbionese Liberation Army
SLA
Los Angeles
Miss Hearst
Vietnam Aid Seen Urgent as Congress Debates Funding
Washington officials told the House Appropriations Committee that rejecting the extra 300 million dollars for South Vietnam could push Hanoi to widen military pressure. Pentagon and State Department aides urged approval of Ford’s 522 million dollar request, warning of looming Saigon shortages and ongoing Paris negotiations. The panel questioned an end to the funding dispute as Habib admitted uncertainty about Vietnam’s near term behavior.
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Washington
Ford Administration
Congress
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Pentagon
State Department
House Appropriations Committee
Ford
Clemency Offer Extended for Viet Nam Era Deserters
President Ford extended the clemency program for thousands of Vietnam era deserters and draft evaders until March 1. About 120,000 can apply to the Presidential Clemency Board. roughly 3,000 have signed up. Critics from the American Legion and churches urge broader amnesty and job support for veterans.
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Washington
Ford
James M. Wagenseller
The
American Legion
National Council of Churches
American Civil Liberties Union
Central Committee For Conscientious Objection
Presidential Clemency Board
Charles E. Goodell
Clemency Board
Justice Department
Canada
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D-Tex
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