Sentinel ABM program put on hold for review
Defense Secretary Laird ordered a halt to major work on the 5.5 billion Sentinel antiballistic missile system pending a high level review of antimissile plans. Congress critics press to learn Nixon and Laird stance before approving site plans. The pause delays land purchases and construction while the review progresses, with March slated as a potential completion target.
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Rain Revives Mud Threat In California
Southern Californians evacuate hillside homes as new storms threaten floods and mudslides. In Glendora, 10 families seek shelter in a church while authorities reinforce barricades and mobilize county and city crews. Malibu roads flood and Tons engage in evacuations as four feet of mud covers Topanga Canyon roads. gale winds lash the 1000 mile coast and rain persists.
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FCC weighs varied reaction on cigarette ads
Washington AP The FCC plans a notice of proposed rule making to ban cigarette advertising on radio and television if authorized. The move drew strong criticism from tobacco and broadcasting groups but was welcomed by the American Cancer Society. Comments invited through May 6 with a July 7 reply deadline.
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GI Combat Deaths for Week Sets Record High Enemy Toll
In Saigon the U.S. and South Vietnamese commands report 198 Americans and 242 South Vietnamese killed in action last week, with 3,190 enemy troops killed. Wounded totals reached 1,549 Americans, 614 hospitalized, while enemy counts were tallied from field body counts as the week’s highest enemy toll to date.
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Sirhan Sirhan Jury Completes Test. Alternates Start
In Los Angeles a jury of eight men and four women sworn to try Sirhan Sirhan for the Kennedy murder. Selection of six alternate jurors began immediately after.
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Sirhan Sirhan
Robert Kennedy
Thieu says South Vietnam can replace sizable U.S. units
President Thieu told a Saigon views conference that South Vietnam now has the capability to replace sizable American combat troops. He confirmed talks with U.S. officers on plans for a withdrawal this year but gave no timetable or figures. He added he hopes to meet President Nixon this year and plans trips to South Korea Formosa and Thailand.
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Nixon to tour Europe for NATO talks and possible Soviet summit
President Nixon announced a February 23 departure for a weeklong European mission visiting Brussels London Bonn West Berlin Rome and Paris. He aims to strengthen NATO ties and left open a future summit with Soviet leaders after careful prep. He will meet Pope Paul in Paris and discuss nuclear nonproliferation. He cautioned against instant summitry and plans to obtain Lodge’s report before any new initiatives. He will be joined by Rogers and Kissinger and did not rule out later Vietnam troop adjustments.
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A quip notes that modern matchmaking via computer contrasts with the past when a girl relied on a mother as her informal calculator for marriage.
Oil Blackens Beaches as Well Spouts Off Coast
A runaway underwater well six miles off Santa Barbara, California, pours about 21 000 gallons of oil daily, fouling 40 miles of sea and 800 square miles of the Pacific. Wind shifts drive the slick toward beaches, with 60 residents evacuated from about 700 harbor boats and hundreds of birds dying as cleanup scours the area.
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Garrison argues JFK murder a conspiracy in Shaw trial
District Attorney Jim Garrison told an all male jury in the Clay Shaw case that Kennedy was killed by a conspiracy and fell forward from a front shot. He said Oswald helped, but did not fire the fatal shot, and he asserted multiple guns from different locations were used.
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Deadlock at Vietnam peace talks persists in Paris
Four delegations met for six hours and twenty minutes but made no progress toward breaking the deadlock. U S Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge urged both sides to address basic issues while North Vietnam and the NLF demanded a political settlement by South Vietnam. Saigon officials signaled no concessions harming sovereignty as talks continue with a renewed focus on military questions.
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