New Era Emerges From Talks Between Rogers And Gromyko
United States and Soviet Union pursue serious negotiation on negotiable issues while keeping hard disputes from escalating. President Nixon framed the shift to negotiation, with Rogers and Gromyko conducting private talks in New York to test the approach.
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United Nations
N.Y
William P. Rogers
Andrei A. Gromyko
United States
Soviet Union
Nixon
Gromyko
General Assembly
U.S.S.R
U.S.A
U.S
Nixon seeks 1970 peace timetable tied to 1970 election
President Nixon frames a 1970 peace timetable to shape the Republican future in the 1970 elections. He aims to end U.S. combat in Vietnam by end of 1970 or mid 1971, asserting accountability if goals fail. Some senators push for faster withdrawal.
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Washington
Nixon
Vietnam
Senate
GOP
U.S
Congress
Senate to Open Hearings on U S Treaties and World Commitments
The Foreign Relations subcommittee led by Sen. Stuart Symington begins closed sessions in Southeast Asia with the Philippines and Laos to review treaties. It will expand to a global scope covering the North Atlantic Treaty Southeast Asia Treaty Inter American and pacts with Australia New Zealand Korea Japan and Nationalist China. Fulbright says aim is to craft recommendations on U S armed forces overseas commitments and military capacity to meet them. Economic aid to 73 countries and military aid to 48 are noted, with about 3.5 billion dollars annual cost abroad representing roughly 32 percent of U S military forces.
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Stuart Symington
D- Mo
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Vietnam
Philippines
Laos
Symington
Australia
New Zealand
Korea
Japan
China
United States
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Foreign Relations Committee
U. S
Czechoslovakia’s Communist Party Purges 1968 Officials
The ruling party reshuffles the federal government in Prague as premier Oldrich Cernik survives and is asked to form a new cabinet. Seven ministers expected to be replaced and Dubcek ousted from top party posts as Husak consolidates power after the Prague spring purge.
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Czechoslovakia
Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek
Oldrich Cernik
Cernik
Ludvik Svoboda
Pressdzar Jaroslav Havelka
Belgrade
Tanjug
Dubcek
Central Committee
Dub Dubcek
Gustav Husak
Freedom
Josef Smrkovsky
Smrkovsky
Svoboda
Former Bluefield man plots plan to save Venice
Sue Alford narrates a feature on a Bluefield area resident devising a scheme to preserve Venice from sinking into the sea. Jim Caffee adds notes on local culture and a separate item about the Bluefield Virginia Children’s Temple Mission receiving support from the United Fund of Greater Bluefield. A closing item observes that forgers can cash checks more easily than honest men.
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Bluefield
Venice
Italy
Sue Alford
The
Telegraph
Jim Caffee
Childrens Temple Mission
United Fund of Greater
House Committee Sets Hearings on Draft Reform Shift
The House Armed Services Committee will open hearings on Nixon's basic draft reform, a sudden shift seen as a victory for Nixon and Melvin Laird. The bill would repeal a 1967 ban on a lottery style draft, moving toward age 19 eligibility and random selection with college deferments ending after graduation.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Nixon
L. Mendel Rivers
D-S. C
Rivers
Melvin R. Laird
Congress
Lyndon B. Johnson
Armed Services Committee
Johnson
Speedup Seen In Troop Cutbacks
Nixon administration officials anticipate a faster withdrawal of VA troops from South Vietnam next year without fixed dates. President Nixon aims to meet Thieu's arms needs to bolster South Vietnamese forces while Thieu cautions against a full American replacement next year. Thieu expects careful U.S. management of troop shifts to fit Vietnamese requirements despite domestic pressure for a deadline.
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Washington
Nixon
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
U. S
Thieu Sees Slower U.S. Troop Withdrawals Through 1970
President Thieu said further American troop reductions next year are possible but full U.S. withdrawal remains years away. He urged continued equipment and training support, noting replacements require heavy American help and a prolonged timetable.
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Thieu
U.S
Paper Gold May Help Fix Global Finance Says IMF
Pierre-Paul Schweitzer, IMF managing director, says Special Drawing Rights could mimic a higher gold price by increasing international liquidity. He dismisses radical exchange-rate reforms and notes SDRs totaling 9.5 billion will be issued over three years after fund governors approve. SDRs are usable for inter nation settlements and non exchangeable for gold.
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Washington
International Monetary Fund
Pierre-Paul Schweitzer
Schweitzer
World Bank
Evdhae Apeling
United States
How to Stop Smoking and Lose Weight Explored
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph runs a 14 part series and a 112 page illustrated book by Julius Fast. It outlines a dual approach to quitting smoking and losing weight with diet planned from day one, emphasizing calorie deficit and avoiding fad diets.
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Fast
Frank
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