Kissinger Opens Talks With Top North Viet Officials
Kissinger held a four hour opening session with North Vietnamese leaders in Hanoi. He and Le Duc Tho began with a one hour meeting, then three hours with Pham Van Dong Nguyen Duy Trinh and Nguyen Co Thach. Dinner followed hosted by Tho. Agnew reported to Nixon on an eight nation Asian tour showing a shared desire for a lasting peace.
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San Clemente
Calif
Henry Kissinger
Hanoi
White House
Vietnam
le Duc Tho
Ronald Ziegler
Kissinger
Pham van Dong
Tho
Nguyen Duy Trinh
Nguyen Co Thach
Ziegler
U.S
Tho. Ziegler
William Sullivan
Richard Kennedy
Herb Klein
Nixon Administration
Agnew
Nixon
Indo-China
Southeast Asia
Thieu
Vientiane
Laos
Indochina
Pathet Lao
Souvanna Phouma
Thakhet
Federal control urged for Penn Central and Northeastern lines
A senate staff study urges federal operation of Penn Central and seven other distressed railroads. Senator Hartke notes the Northeast Transportation Authority would manage the system without full nationalization and confirms forthcoming hearings. The report criticizes subsidies and incomplete federal aid as insufficient to revive the network.
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Washington
Penn Central
Senate
Commerce Committee
America
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Commerce Subcommittee
Northeast Transportation Authority
Chuckle Quote About the Average Man
A humorous line notes that the average man is a fellow who spends a lifetime trying to prove to others that he is not. Copyright not provided.
Fear 43 Dead in Explosion on Staten Island
An explosion collapsed the top of a 8 story high volcano shaped gas storage tank on Staten Island trapping 43 workers inside the empty cone. Fire officials said there was no sign of life and it could take days for the blaze to abate before rescue attempts. The 600000 barrel facility owned by Texas Eastern Cryogenic sits on a 53 acre marshland opposite a nearby area.
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Staten Island
New York
John O'Hagan
O’hagan
Edward Cooper
Cooper
Texas Eastern Cryogenic, Inc
Texas Eastern Transmission Co
Houston
Nixon
Evers
Richard Hatcher
Gary
Ind
POW Releases Begin with Iowans Named Among First Group
Four Iowa natives are listed among 142 POWs to be released by North Vietnam and Viet Cong. The first group includes Michael Krome Decorah Larry H Spence Earlham Charles G Boyd Rockwell City and Edison W Miller Clinton. An 18 member medical team will fly to Hanoi to prepare for evac. Viet Cong to release 27 in South Vietnam at Quan Loi. Clark Air Base in the Philippines alerts to receive prisoners. A 2000 member medical group ready to care for POWs during their 12 000 mile journey home. Officials call it the long awaited Homecoming.
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U.S
Michael Krome
Decorah
Navy
Larry H. Spence
Earlham
Air Force
Charles G. Boyd
Rockwell City
Edison W Miller
Clinton
Hanoi
Gia Lam
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Quan Loi
Saigon
Clark
Indo- China
Cape Kennedy
Black Mayors Seek White House Audience Over Budget Cuts
Twenty five black Southern mayors meeting as a group ask for a White House audience with President Nixon to voice concerns about proposed 45 billion dollar cuts to anti poverty programs. Mayor Charles Evers of Fayette leads the drive, while Stanley Scott defends the budget plan. The conference notes many communities benefit from federal aid though some argue the changes target middlemen, not the poor.
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Fayette
Miss
White House
Nixon
Charles Evers
Scott
South
Ades
Atlanta
Years of Waiting Nearly Over for Decorah Family
Decorah couple faces long wait as son Michael Hugh Kjome 36, listed among eight civilians to be freed as POWs in South Vietnam. Father recounts five year gap since missing notice and hopes for reunion after state department confirmation. Michael, a civilian employee of Pacific Architects and Engineers, was reported missing January 31, 1968 and identified as POW by an escapee in 1972.
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Decorah
Michael Hugh Kjome
George Kjome
South Vietnam
Kjome
State Department
Michael Kjome
Pacific Architects and Engineers
Grass Roots Fray Over Women's Caucus Leadership
In Houston the National Women's Political Caucus debated its future as retiring founders Gloria Steinem Betty Friedan and Shirley Chisholm prepare to bow out. Bella Abzug resisted stepping aside, proposing a policy council with mixed representation while opponents pressed for stronger grass roots control. a 2-1 straw vote backed Abzug's plan amid a four hour, heated session.
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Houston
National Women’s Political Caucus
Gloria Steinem
Betty Friedan
Shirley Chisholm
U.S
Bella Abzug
New York Democrat
Rep
Abzug
Expanded Policy Council
Policy Council
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