Soviet raises defense spend to 17.7 billion rubles in 1969
Moscow reports a record 17.7 billion rubles defense budget, a rise of 2.2 billion from last year. Western observers doubt the official total, suggesting substantial funds are hidden in other budgets. The figure mirrors Western plans for bigger military spending and reflects broader economic targets for 1969.
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Middle East
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Johnson Eyes Rapid Vietnam Withdrawals and Talks
Defense Secretary Clark Clifford said the Johnson administration seeks a mutual Vietnam troop withdrawal with North Vietnam within 40 days and aims to start substantive peace talks this week. He noted a potential supplemental war funding bill and stressed early nuclear arms talks before the administration ends.
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North Vietnam
Nixon
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Congress
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Bluefield Christmas Tree drive nears one third goal
The Bluefield Community Christmas Tree fund reached 34 percent of its $6,000 target with $421.50 collected, bringing the total to $2,068.50. The drive, aiding 1,500 underprivileged youngsters for a Dec 24 party, seeks almost $4,000 more with 18 days left to raise funds.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Blard St
Three Held In Bombing Out On Bond
Three people charged in the bombing of the Physical Education Building at Bluefield State College posted $25,000 bonds and were released. Shannon Banks and William Travis posted bonds Tuesday afternoon, while Nathaniel Johnson had been released Monday. Edgar James and Paul Crockett remain jailed, with efforts under way to raise $25,000 bonds for Banks and Crockett through property deeds as security.
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Mercer County Circuit
Shannon Dwight Banks
Bluefield
William Cecil Travis
Willow Grove
Nathaniel B. Johnson
Crumpler
Mercer County
Princeton
Edgar James
Paul Crockett
Kingsport
Tenn
Crockett
Peace prospects cited as Scranton ends Middle East tour
TEL AVIV AP William W. Scranton said he leaves the Middle East more encouraged about peace prospects after talking with leaders in Israel and five Arab nations. He noted widespread desire for a peaceful settlement though hostilities continue as Israeli aircraft engage Egyptian MIG17s over the Tiran Strait. The envoy, future president Nixon’s appointee, visited leaders across the region and will report recommendations to Nixon, planning to fly home Wednesday.
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Iran
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Nixom
Enemy poised for quick southward strike near Saigon
Enemy buildup along the Cambodian border north of Saigon measures 15 000 to 25 000 troops as U S forces push to block an invasion route. Fierce skirmishing has continued with U S 1st Air Cavalry and 25th Division units fighting near the border 60 miles north of Saigon and northwest of the city where an armored column and infantry killed 14 enemy troops while suffering two American dead and two wounded.
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Paris
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U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Vietnam
U.S. 25Th Division
1St Air
25Th Division
North Vietnam
Four Railway Unions Merge Forming UTU
Chicago reports a 280000 member United Transportation Union formed by a four way merger of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen Switchmen's Union of North America. Charles Luna of Cleveland named president at a news conference. 97728 in favor 15067 opposed in a month long referendum. Missing from the merger was the 40000 member Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. The UTU becomes AFL CIO's 17th largest group focusing on safety, service and a mass transportation bill. Three assistant presidents named and John H Shepherd serves as general secretary treasurer.
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Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
Order of Railway Conductors
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Charles Luna
Cleveland
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Luna
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Engineers Union
The
Clyde Lane
Order of Railway
H. E
Gilbert
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
N. P. Spiers
Nixon selects Rogers for secretary of state in new admin
President elect Nixon picked William P. Rogers to serve as secretary of state with Gov. George Romney cited as housing and urban development secretary. Romney, 61, led a climactic urban tour during the campaign and GOP sources noted his appointment. Nixon also announced Daniel Moynihan as urban affairs adviser and outlined a new White House council modeled on the National Security Council to tackle urban problems. Moynihan, a Harvard scholar, has been warned as controversial for his findings on Negro family life.
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Re-Trial of Viet Vet Questioned in Double Jeopardy
The Marine Corps faced a double jeopardy claim from attorney Myron Ehrlich over Pfc. Charles Keenan 22 of Nitro West Virginia who faced a second conviction for the deaths of two elderly Vietnamese civilians during a Viet Cong patrol near Chulai. Ehrlich argued a name variance in the slain woman entitles Keenan to retry, while Marine Captain William Foss insisted the cases referred to the same events.
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Pfc
Charles W. Keenan
Nitro
W. Va
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William Foss
Stanley J. Luczko
Negotiators Clash Over Table Shape At Vietnam Talks
Paris AP North Vietnam proposed four separate tables with drawing of lots to set speaking order. United States rejected both ideas saying no progress. Two hour session between Cyrus R. Vance and Ha Van Lau discussed a square table for equality, while U S and South Vietnam favored a two sided approach. Lau condemned U S acts of war and called for an immediate end to violations of North Vietnam’s security and sovereignty.
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Vietnam
United States
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Ha van Lau
Munique
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Coun
One Killed In Freeman Wreck
Mercer County woman Katherine Louise Griffith age 22 of Princeton died at Bluefield hospital after a single car crash on U S Route 52 near Freeman two miles north of Bramwell. The 1967 car left the curve toppled an embankment and hit a tree at about 9 p.m. She was coming from Welch and was pinned in the wreck with head injuries. Cpls James A. Harsh and John L. Tryall investigated.
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