Nixon and Ike discuss Middle East crisis at Walter Reed
President Nixon conferred for 50 minutes with Dwight D. Eisenhower at Walter Reed Army Medical Center on defusing the Middle East situation and NATO matters. Nixon planned to brief Lyndon Johnson by phone and praised Eisenhower’s advice while noting no change in the crisis.
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Israel warns Iraq of reprisals over Jewish harm
The Associated Press reports Israel warned Iraq that further harm to Iraqi Jews would trigger reprisals by Israel against the Baghdad regime. Maariv quotes officials saying Israel will not tolerate executions or attacks on Jews, amid ongoing tensions after 14 Iraqis were executed on spy charges.
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Reds May Test Long Range Missile
Western intelligence and diplomats estimate China could test a 6000 mile ICBM in 1969 with stockpiling possible by 1972 and deployment by 1975, signaling major shifts in US and world military strategy and China’s pace since its 1954 atomic bomb.
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Commercial Military Satellites to Launch This Week
Two satellites are due to launch this week from Cape Kennedy. The commercial Intelsat 3 Pacific will double satellite telephone and television channels across the Pacific. The military craft tests a tactical link system for field units, ships, and aircraft, enabling wide area communications and search and rescue support.
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Groundhog Sees Shadow Forecasts More Cold Weather
The Associated Press reports groundhog watchers gathered at Punxsutawney Pennsylvania and Sun Prairie Wisconsin as Punxsutawney Phil and a four year old groundhog named Jimmy cast shadows at dawn. Tradition holds shadow means six more weeks of bad weather, while no shadow suggests spring.
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Bucher details cup throw during Pueblo conflict
In court testimony Lloyd Mark Bucher recalls tossing a coffee cup at the North Korean gunboat alongside the USS Pueblo. He described booting pipes and cursing as the ship was boarded, and spoke of his decision to confess only after Koreans threatened to shoot his crew.
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Hanoi Seen Ready For Long Deadlock
Paris dispatch says Hanoi may be prepared for a prolonged stalemate in Paris peace talks. Diplomatic sources report the position on both sides appears frozen after last week’s 72 hour session. North Vietnam demands US withdrawal and recognition of the NLF as an equal party, with direct U S dealings with the NLF.
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B52s Hit North Vietnam Base in Major Strike
U S B52 bombers demolished a four square mile North Vietnamese base 53 miles northwest of Saigon. Twelve aircraft dropped 360 tons of explosives in box formations while ground troops assessed damage and possible missed targets.
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