Nixon Urges Prompt Senate Action on Nuclear Treaty
President Nixon pressed for rapid Senate ratification of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty, favoring negotiation over confrontation with the Soviet Union. Senate GOP Leader Dirksen will push the measure, with Fulbright predicting approval after hearings set to begin February 18. The Foreign Relations Committee aims to bring the treaty to the floor later this month. Nixon also signaled plans for electoral and tax reforms and executive-branch reorganizations once Congress extends his authority.
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Washington
Nixon
Soviet Union
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
GOP
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Fulbright
Foreign Relations Committee
William P. Rogers
Glenn T. Seaborg
Atomic Energy Commission
Czechoslovakia
Dirksen
House
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Congress
Executive Department
U.S. Embraces Four-Power Talks on Middle East
The United States agreed in principle to a French plan for four power talks with France the USSR the United Kingdom and the United States to discuss Arab Israeli dispute but favors preliminary bilateral discussions to craft a workable framework. The note was delivered to French envoy Charles Lucet by Secretary of State Rogers.
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Washington
United States
Middle East
U.S
Charles Lucet
William P. Rogers
France
U.S.S.R
United Kingdom
U.N. Security
Council
Robert J. McCloskey
State Department
McCloskey
United Nations
Congress Hands Itself Pay Boost Sparks Senate Vote
Congress approved a 41 percent pay hike for members and sizable increases for Cabinet officials and federal judges despite critics urging moderation. The House Rules Committee blocked a floor vote on a veto resolution as the Senate previously rejected a veto. the boosts take effect 30 days after the president proposes them under a 1967 law.
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Washington
Congress
House Rules Committee
Supreme Court
House
Senate
Gross
French Give Borman Hero's Welcome in Paris
In Paris crowds greeted astronaut Frank Borman and his wife on their first day in France. He met Jules Verne’s grandson Jean Jules Verne, presented a framed Apollo splashdown engraving, and recalled Verne as a space pioneer. Borman reassured about cosmic radiation and prepared for talks with President de Gaulle.
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Paris
Col
Frank Borman
Jules Verne
Borman
Verne
Jean Jules Verne
Earth
Moon
Apollo
Pacific
Ameri- Lovell
Maj
Anders
Susan
Charles de Gaulle
French National Institute For Space Research
Tet prep leads SAIGON forces to halt leaves
South Vietnam order cancels all military leaves on Monday ahead of Tet to ensure ready forces if North Vietnamese and Viet Cong strike again. U.S. officers report new enemy movements and uncover two large underground bases near Saigon with bunkers, hospitals, and a command post. Security caches found include weapons and ammunition from prior offensives.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Central Highlands
U.S
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S. 25Th Division
Sai
Vietnam Peace Talks Move Into Third Full Session
Four delegations gather in Paris for the third full scale session of Vietnam peace talks. The United States and South Vietnam demand military de escalation as a first step while the NLF and North Vietnam press for acceptance of their five point program, including immediate U.S. troop withdrawal.
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PAK
Vietnam
United States
South Vietnam
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
North Vietnam
U.S
Tran Buu Kiem
South
NLF
le Monde
Kiem
NLP
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge
North
Suspected American Spy Freed In Iraq Release
Paul Bail, an American engineer tied to a radiotransmitter charge, was freed by Iraqi authorities and spoke at a Baghdad Museum telecast. Belgian diplomats dispute the spy claim, saying the radio was a simple short wave receiver. Bail then reunited with his wife at the Belgian Embassy after the release.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Paul Bail
Bail
U.S
Iraqi Information Ministry
Shazel Taqaa
Ministry
Elizabeth Mayes
Huntington
W.va
Monroe Teachers Vote to Quit If Levy Fails Again
All 96 Monroe County teachers voted to resign at June 30 if the five year 650000 levy is rejected again. The resignations were locked in a bank safe after a teachers meeting in Union as schools remained closed following the levy defeat. The board of education may again place the proposal on the ballot around March 20.
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Monroe County
Leonard Houchins
Union
Monroe County Board of Education
James D. Frazier
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Iowa
Lyndon B. Johnson
Capitol Hill
John J. Williams
R-Del
Rules Committee
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Stalin
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Yorktown
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