U S Blasts Israel and Guerrillas at United Nations
U S ambassador John Scali urged the Security Council to end cross border attacks and terrorism by all sides. He warned that the cycle of violence harms innocent bystanders and urged condemnation of Arab terrorism alongside Israel. He did not name states specifically.
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United Nations
U. S
Israel
Middle East
John Scali
Security Council
Lebanon
Egypt
Council
U. N
U N Security Council Debate Over Beirut Raid
The United Nations Security Council chamber echoes with Beirut protest and old grievances as Lebanon calls for action after Israel's raid in Beirut. Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed el Zayyat accuses Israel of state terror linking to Deir Yassin while Britain condemns both sides.
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U.S
Lebanon
U.N
Edouard Ghorra
U.N. Security Council
Israel
Ghorra
Mohamed el-Zayyat
U. N. Security Council
Beirut
Cairo
New York
Irgun
Deir Yassin
Palestine
Common Cause Chief Praises Iowa Legislature
Des Moines Iowa Common Cause chairman John Gardner praised Iowa for open committee meetings and public access laws while urging reforms in campaign finance and conflict of interest rules. He cited federal reforms including reapportionment and revenue sharing as enabling states to reclaim duties from Washington.
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Des Moines
Common Cause
Iowa
John Gardner
Drake University
Gardner
House of Representatives
Washington
Congress
Gen. Kleindienst
Cost of living up again in humorous note
In a light editorial aside the piece jokes that rising costs may soon be met with sarcasm about taxes becoming a bargain. The quip reflects a wry take on economic pressures and public sentiment.
Nixon to Explain Watergate Admission Possible
Los Angeles Times reports President Nixon may announce soon that one or more high level officials directed or condoned espionage in Watergate. The plan aims to blunt disclosures from a grand jury and the Ervin committee and could include resignations and Easter recess timing. Martha Mitchell seeks a chance to testify before the Ervin panel.
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Los Angeles
Nixon
White House
Los Angeles Times
the Times
Nixon wins House OK to extend wage price controls
The House approved a one year extension of Nixon economic control powers by a 293 to 114 vote. Administration aides say Nixon may tighten or alter the largely voluntary system, while Treasury Secretary Shultz signals possible announcements this week. Rent controls near city housing shortages are discussed for metropolitan areas, though a general across the board freeze was rejected.
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Washington
Nixon
House
Treasury
George Shultz
Shultz
Organized Labor
Senate
Conference
Ruckelshaus urges easier 76 auto pollution rule
EPA head William Ruckelshaus told a Senate subcommittee that the 90 percent nitrogen oxide cut required by the 1976 standard should be loosened. He said new EPA research shows nitrogen oxides are not the major problem and proposed an EPA set standard rather than congressional action.
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Senate
Clean Air and Water
Ruckelshaus
EPA
Congress
Nixon to Launch Strikes as Laos Battles Escalate
President Nixon orders U S warplanes back over Laos signaling a tougher stance after a seven week lull in bombing. North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao forces seize Tha Vieng as B 52s resume targets. Hanoi warns of potential wider war in Indo China and demands US responsibility. Kissinger denies Paris trip plans.
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Washington
U.S
Laos
Nixon
Henry Kissinger
White House
Paris
Hanoi
Pathet Lao
North Vietnam
U. S
Cambodia
Indo-China
United States
Inmate Found Hanging In Linn County Jail Cell
Donavan L. Young, 39, of 5544 Klinger Street SW Cedar Rapids, hanged himself in a Linn County jail cell Tuesday morning after being brought in on intoxication charges. A jailer found him at 5:50 a.m. after a 4:40 a.m. check showed him alive. He died at a Cedar Rapids hospital. He was a 19 year Wilson and Co employee and member of several local groups. He is survived by his wife Helen and three daughters.
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Cedar Rapids
Donavan L. Young
Klinger Street
Linn County
Linn
Young
Wilson and Co
First Church of Nazarene
AMC
Army Reserve
Helen Salsberg
Independence
Kan
Michael Kolsrud
Bertha
Pamela
Indian cease fire broken by gunfire at Wounded Knee
Indians occupying Wounded Knee fired on an FBI helicopter and three government roadblocks in the first violations of the cease-fire. U.S. marshals at the roadblocks returned fire as AIM leaders Russell Means and Clyde Bellecourt pleaded innocent in Pierre to charges from the Takeover.
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Pine Ridge
S. D
UPI
Wounded Knee
FBI
U.S
AIM
Russell Means
Clyde Bellecourt
Pierre
Ellsberg Says Copy of Pentagon Papers Aimed to End War
Daniel Ellsberg testified he copied the Pentagon Papers while Americans fought in Vietnam to give Congress the self confidence to end the war. He said release would not injure national defense and it would not kill soldiers, though jurors were restrained from stating motive. Ellsberg and Russo are on trial for espionage conspiracy and theft for copying the study.
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Los Angeles
Daniel Ellsberg
Pentagon
Vietnam
Congress
Ellsberg
Anthony Russo
Rand Corp
U. S
National de
Congress of the
United States
Cambodia Reshapes Cabinet for Peace Talks
Senior Cambodian officials and Lon Nol confidants reached a cabinet reshuffle plan to open peace talks with anti-government forces. Lon Nol stays president while loyal opposition figures join, a deal reportedly worked out with Gen. Alexander Haig during a Phnom Penh meeting last week.
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Phnom Penh
Lon Nol
Alexander Haig
Nixon
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Herbert Kalmbach
Washington Post
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