Nixon seeks $2 billion in annual cuts across 57 programs
President Nixon asks Congress to end or revamp 57 federal programs, including school district aid for government workers, school milk subsidies, hospital grants, and the U.S. savings stamps program. He calls for a unified committee review and projects savings of $1.1 billion from executive actions plus $1.2 billion from new legislation.
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Nixon
Congress
U.S
Board of Federal Tea Tasters
Abandoned North Vietnamese Hospital Found in Jungle Sweep
South Vietnamese infantrymen uncovered an abandoned North Vietnamese hospital in a jungle valley capable of treating up to 800 patients during a sweep. The complex, used by the 2nd Division near Tam Ky in Quang Tin Province, included a training center for sappers and a small POW compound.
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Saigon
Tam Ky
Quang Tin
North Vietnam
U.S
Five GIs Arrested For Viet Nam Murders
Five enlisted Marines were arrested on murder charges for the deaths of 16 Vietnamese civilians, including five women and 11 children, during a night patrol near Son Thang village south of Da Nang. The investigation continues as the 1st Marine Division reviews the case.
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DA Nang
Vietnam
1St Marine Division
Son Thang
My Lai
U.S
Ross
1St Division
Edwin B. Wheeler
Telegraph President Nixon Plans for World Peace
President Nixon argues world peace will succeed if all use reason and goodwill. He urges ample supply of both, noting they have been scarce recently.
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Nixon
Wholesale Price Rise Rate Dips
The February wholesale price index rose at a 3.6 percent annual rate, less than half January's pace. The Commerce Department noted broader inflation signals weakening with several leading indicators showing declines. unemployment claims rose, durable goods orders fell, building permits dropped, stock prices slid, and the overall index fell 1.8 percent from December.
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Washington
Labor Department
Commerce Department
Laird says Laos war use limited to air power
Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird testifies that no U.S. ground forces are in Laos to protect Vietnam, tying air strikes to aiding the South Vietnamese effort. General Mahon notes bombing aims to thwart enemy supply lines on the Ho Chi Minh Trail. 193 U.S. air personnel are reported missing or captured in Laos.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Laos
U.S
Vietnam
Laird
George H. Mahon
D-Tex
House Defense Appropriations
North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Lyndon B. Johnson
Mahon
Appropriations Subcommittee
State Department
Carl Barthh
Department
Senate
Lens
Thailand
Pentagon
South Vietnam
UMW Opens Murder Probe After Yablonski Slayings
United Mine Workers President W A Boyle says a union commission will investigate the killings of Joseph A Yablonski his wife and daughter. The commission may hire outside counsel and investigators and will share information with authorities. Yablonski supporters in Clarksville urge boycotts of Boyle hearings amid a Cleveland grand jury probe.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
W. A
Tony” Boyle
UMW
Joseph A. Yablonski
Boyle
Clarksville
Yablonski
Tony Boyle
Kenneth
Joseph Yablonski
Star Chamber
Cleveland Grand Jury
Grand Jury
Silous Huddleston
la Follette
Tenn
Huddleston
Annette Gilly
Virginia House panel approves bill liberalizing abortion law
The House General Laws Committee 12-5 backed a subcommittee substitute to loosen Virginia abortion rules. The measure allows therapeutic abortions in licensed hospitals after a unanimous three doctor review, and in cases of certified rape or incest, arguing current law is effectively unenforceable due to court rulings.
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Richmond
House General Laws Committee
Virginia
Vel. A. Nm. Richardson
Dinwiddie
Richardson
del. Ford Quillen
Gate City
Washington D. C
California
Carriger Admits Forgery Amid Police Denial of Agent Tale
Albert C. Carriger admitted forging a doctor's excuse for a Bluefield State College student and claimed he acted as an undercover police spy. Mercer County authorities denied any collaboration or approval of the forged document or Carriger’s alleged patrol involvement.
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Bluefield State College
Carriger
House of Delegates
Mercer County Board
F Education
S” College
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield Police Department
Andrew
Dodson
Mercer County Prosecuting Attorney
Concord College
Sam Payne
Payne
BSC
Wallace Confirms Bid For Governorship Of Alabama
Wallace announces he will seek Alabama governor's office again and aims to pressure Nixon on school integration. He forecasts concessions if he runs and frames the race as a two man fight with Governor Albert Brewer amid other candidates. He cites public education as the key issue and says he runs only for governor unless schools and taxes worsen.
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Montgomery
Ala
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Nixon
Wallace
Albert Brewer
Brewer
House of Representatives
Lurleen Wallace
James E
Big Jim’ Folsom
Charles Woods
Dothan
Asa Carter
Oxford
Citizens Council
George Wallace
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