Pompidou Explains Plane Sale To Libya During Visit
French President Georges Pompidou told the National Press Club that peace in the Middle East is vital for world peace and emphasized France did not take sides in the Arab Israeli dispute. He defended selling planes to Libya as filling a strategic vacuum and noted ongoing talks with Nixon on broader Middle East issues. Pompidou and Nixon conferred at the White House after their earlier meetings at Camp David.
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Georges Pompidou
Middle East
Israel
National Press Club
Pompidou
France
Libya
Press Club
Nixon
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Middle Eastern
Britain
Russia
United States
William Rogers
Maurice Schuman
Ziegler
Camp David
Maryland
Europe
House
Deadly Slides Again Hit In Alps
In Reckingen Switzerland a deadly avalanche struck a Swiss military barracks and seven houses as two more avalanches hit Lans le Villard near Grenoble. At least 29 believed dead in Reckingen and six killed at Lans le Villard with many missing. Rescue efforts hampered by blizzard and limited air support.
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Reckingen
Switzerland
European Alps
Grenoble
France
Lans-le- Villard
Les Glaciers
Lans-le-Villard
Val d’Isere
Leo Mueller
Pentagon Urges ABM Expansion Amid Cold War Tensions
The Pentagon asked Congress to expand the Safeguard antiballistic missile system to cover a third ICBM base and begin five additional sites. Melvin Laird cited Soviet and Chinese threats and SALT negotiations, proposing one new complex at Whiteman AFB and preparatory work for sites in the Northeast, Northwest, Michigan-Ohio, D C sector, and Wyoming.
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Washington
Pentagon
Congress
U.S
Nixon
Laird
Whiteman Air Force Base
Missouri
New England
Pacific Northwest
Michigan-Ohio
Washington, D.C
Warren Air Force Base
Wyoming
Minuteman
United States
Grand Forks Air Force Base
North Dakota
Malmstrom Air Force Base
Montana
David Packard
Spartan
Northwest
Michigan- Ohio
Pentagon Map Shows Safeguard Sites Across Nation
The Pentagon released a map for Melvin Laird's congressional testimony outlining Modified Phase II Safeguard defense plans. It highlights one added site at Whitman AFB Missouri and four southern areas to complete a 12-site system with some recommendations lacking deployment commitments.
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Pentagon
Secretary of Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Congress
Administration
Whiteman Afb
Court To Rule On Warrants For Poverty Area Searches
The Supreme Court agreed to decide if welfare workers need a search warrant to conduct house to house investigations. Atty. Gen. Louis Lefkowitz of New York seeks review of a federal ruling that warrants are required to enter a welfare recipient’s home. Welfare lawyers urge preservation of the lower court decision.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Atty
Louis J. Lefkowitz
New York
New York City
District Court
California
State Supreme Court
Thomas C. Lynch
Lynch
Kenneth R. Jones
Tennessee A&i State University
North Vietnam Starts Major Trail Supply Offensive
Allied sources report North Vietnam launched its largest Ho Chi Minh Trail supply operation in eastern Laos, with 12,000 to 15,000 trucks sighted in December and January. The U.S. answered with an intensive B52 bombing campaign from bases in Thailand Guam and Okinawa, targeting Laos routes as 50,000 troops reportedly operate in Laos.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
United States
U.S
Strategic Air Command
Thailand
Guam
Okinawa
South Vietnam
Cam
Ted
Plain of Jars
U.S. 4Th Infantry Division
Governor Nunn urges Assembly to solve teachers strike
Governor Louie B. Nunn told more than 20 000 strikers that only the General Assembly can address teachers demands for more money. He called the two day stoppage a tragedy and kept a hands off policy as parents and teachers swarmed the Capitol urging a $300 raise to match the budget.
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Louisville
Louie B. Nunn
General Assembly
Legislative Branch
Frankfort
Nunn
Assembly
Kentucky Education Association
Berkeley Busing Proves Effective Amid Mixed Opposition
In Berkeley California after 18 months of desegregation busing officials report declining resistance from both races. Superintendent Foster cites surveys showing opposition dropping from 50 percent before 1968 to about 30 percent now while costs run roughly 200000 annually with half paid by the state. A local critic questions expense and social aims.
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Berkeley
Calif
Richard L. Foster
Hills
Huey P. Newton
Bobby Seale
Foster
Thomas E. Farris
Edward
Berkeley Citizens United
Herbert Blasdale
Blasdale
Curfew in Hebron as hunt for American tourists killers widens
Israel imposed a curfew on Hebron and two nearby villages to hunt Arab terrorists who machine gunned a bus carrying American tourists. An American woman, Mrs Theodore Ertle, 31, from Michigan, was killed. two others were wounded.
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Israel
Hebron
Jordan
Tarqumiya
Beit Kahil
Theodore Ertle
Grandville
Mich
Holy Land
Tebea Damico
Ventnor
N.J
Lucille Draper
Buffalo
N.Y
Jerusalem
Josef Klaus
Austria
Vienna
Switzerland
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Minutemen
Minot
N.D
Malstrom
Southern
Central
Texas
Paign
Nashville
Bath County
Virginia
Appalachia
National Education Association
Afl-Cio
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Urban Coalition
Ramsey Clark
Xieng Khouang
Vientiane
Associated Press
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