Lodge: Enemy Distorted, Vetoed Everything Said
The United States urged a return to the 1954 Geneva accords to end the Indochina conflict, while Hanoi and Viet Cong negotiators demanded a full and unconditional U.S. withdrawal. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge accused the communists of misrepresentation. Talks lasted five and a half hours with a next session set for next Thursday.
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Paris
UPI
U.S
Geneva
Vietnam
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
Hanoi
Xuan Thuy
Tran Buu Kiem
Nixon names Beam Annenberg Eisenhower to posts abroad
President Nixon appointed Jacob Beam to Moscow as ambassador to the Soviet Union and Walter Annenberg as ambassador to Britain, with John Eisenhower named envoy to Belgium. Beam will replace Llewellyn Thompson. Annenberg replaces David Bruce in London. Eisenhower succeeds Ridgeway Knight in Brussels.
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Washington
Nixon
Jacob Beam
U.S
Soviet Union
Walter H. Annenberg
Britain
John Eisenhower
Belgium
Beam
Foreign Service
Czechoslovakia
Llewellyn Thompson
Moscow
Thompson
Annenberg
Triangle Publications, Inc
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Inquirer
The
Philadelphia Daily News
Daily Racing Form
Envoy
David K. E. Bruce
London
Eisenhower
Ridgeway Knight
Brussels
Ronald Ziegler
Senate
Europe
Poland
Biafran Welfare Clinic Hit in Raid Claims 45 Dead
A crowded welfare clinic in Umuahia was struck by a sudden raid killing 45 people, mostly women and children. Officials say a federal Nigerian plane carried out the attack. several buildings were destroyed and rescue workers recovered bodies, including a woman with a baby on her back.
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Umuahia
Biafra
Draft call for 33,000 in April for Army and Marines
The defense department announced a draft of 33,000 men for April 30,500 for the Army and 2,500 for the Marine Corps. This quota is slightly below March's 33,100 and follows February inductions totaling 33,700.
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Washington
UPI
Defense Department
Army
Marine Corps
Iowa Draft Call Drops to 473 for April
Iowa Selective Service reports the April draft call at 473 men, down from 519 in March. The drop reflects upcoming exemptions and eligibility changes affecting registrations and classifications.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Selective Service
Let your thoughts go to seed chuckle sign
A garden supply store displays a humorous sign reading Let your thoughts go to seed. Copyright notice accompanies the witty phrase as a lighthearted product caption.
Sirhan Seemed Sober Says Witness at Kennedy Viewing
Los Angeles AP reports officer Travis White testified Sirhan Sirhan appeared sober and alert after the Kennedy shooting. White said Sirhan was frightened and in terror but showed normal pupil response and no odor of alcohol or staggering. Defense pressed on intoxication during cross examination.
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Los Angeles
Sirhan Sirhan
Sen
Robert Kennedy
Travis White
Kennedy
Sirhan
White
Grant Cooper
Laird Backs ABM Plan While Citing Review
Secretary of Defense Laird said he personally leans toward approving an ABM system to defend the United States amid growing Soviet and Chinese missile capabilities. He stressed no decision yet on deployment and not prejudging the review of the Sentinel system, noting potential use of missiles if needed even during disarmament talks.
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Washington
Laird
U.S
Soviet Union
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Fulbright
Louis Carole
Shaw
Bureau of Identification
Carole
Haggerty
Habighorst
Texas
Six organs from single donor transplanted in New York bid
Surgeons removed heart liver and both kidneys from a 57 year old donor and transplanted to four recipients in New York at Memorial Hospital and New York Hospital. Two corneas were held for later use as the organs are shipped between hospitals. The donor’s family agreed to donation to extend lives.
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NEW York
Memorial Hospital For Cancer and Allied Diseases
New York Hospital
East River
Memorial Hospital
Memorial
68Th Street
York Avenue
C. Walton Lillehei
New York Post
Lynne Varney
Court weighs motion in Shaw Kennedy conspiracy case
New Orleans judge Edward Hagerty took under advisement a defense request for a directed verdict of innocence for Clay Shaw in the Kennedy assassination case. He planned to rule Friday morning after reviewing transcripts, as state witnesses including Perry Russo testified about alleged plotting with Shaw, Oswald, and Ferrie.
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New Orleans
Clay Shaw
Kennedy
Edward Haggerty
Haggerty
Perry Russo
Russo
Shaw
Lee Harvey
Oswald
David Ferrie
F. Irvin Dymond
Dymond
James Alcock
Jim Garrison
Supreme Court
Aloysius Habighorst
Bowen Warns of Possible $500 Tuition Increase at UI
Des Moines reports that University of Iowa President Howard Bowen told a joint appropriations subcommittee that tuition may rise by about 500 dollars a year if Gov. Ray's budget proposal for the school is not increased. They noted this would be a break from the long-standing low tuition policy backed by state support.
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DES Moines
University of Iowa
University
State Board of Regents
Marines Considered to Guard Airliners Against Hijacking
Government weighing use of Marines to guard against hijackings after Sen. Clifford Hansen released a letter from a top Marine officer stating a Defense Department study is underway. Hansen cited 1920s Marines guarding U.S. mail against train robberies as historical precedent.
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Washington
UPI
Clifford Hansen
R-Wyo
Defense Department
Hansen
Marine Corps
U.S
Marines seize two 152 mm guns in Dewey Canyon fight
UPI reports 200,792 American wounded since Jan 1961 and 31,759 U.S. deaths to date. In Dewey Canyon operations near A Shau valley, Marines gain two heavy artillery pieces after heavy combat, with Col. Robert Barrow praising the feat as snipers and air strikes aided their advance. Tet truce talks continue amid renewed air pounding northwest and northeast of Saigon.
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Saigon
Vps
U.S. Command
U.S
Shau
Laos
UPI
David Lamb
Virginia
Lamb
Robert Bar
St. Francisville
U.S. Air Command
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