Soviets Renew Arms Talks Bid
Moscow said it is ready for a serious exchange with the United States on reducing strategic nuclear missiles and defenses. The statement urged earliest entry into force of a treaty to curb the arms race while warning NATO powers to strengthen security against Western bloc aggression.
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Soviet Union
U.S
Nixon
Leonid Zamyatin
Foreign Ministry
Czechoslovakia
Zamyatin
U.S.A
Britain
FRG
West Germany
NATO
Area Ten costs $2.35 per student hour in 1966 67
State auditor Lloyd Smith released an audit showing Area Ten Community College spent about 1,350 dollars per student for 1966 67, the first year of operation. The audits cover 15 merged vocational technical schools and reveal wide cost variation across the system.
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Area Ten Community College
Lloyd Smith
Area Ten
Iowa
Richard Sydnes
Hickel Approved By Senate Interior Panel
The Senate interior committee voted 14 to 3 to approve Gov. Walter Hickel of Alaska as secretary of the interior in the Nixon administration. The endorsement came after five days of committee scrutiny just before Nixon's inauguration. The nomination was steered by Senators Nelson, McGovern, and Moss.
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Washington
Senate Interior Committee
Walter Hickel
Alaska
Nixon
Hickel
Senate
Gaylord Nelson
Wisconsin
George McGovern
South Dakota
Frank Moss
Utah
No School Today Tops TV Show Ratings Reveal
Current TV ratings crown the winter season with top spots going to no school today announcements. The brief notes widespread school delay coverage and audience interest in weather related closures.
Thousands in Prague march for student Jan Palach
Thousands of Czechoslovaks with ribbons over their hearts march silently in Prague to honor Jan Palach, 21, who burned himself to protest Soviet interference. Western observers say city tension is high. some rename Red Army Square in Palach’s memory as about 6,000 join the procession.
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UPI
Jan Palach
Sovet
Red Army Square
Palach
Nixon, Johnson Exchange Presidency Inauguration Parade
Nixon becomes 37th president after oath at the Capitol with Johnson, then rides in a bulletproof parade to the White House. The day features church services, a prayer vigil, and a counter protest after a turbulent eve. Johnson and family plan departure to Texas ranch later Monday.
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UPI
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Richard M. Nixon
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Nixon Inaugural Address Promises Peace and Healing
President Nixon opens his administration with a pledge to devote energy to world peace and national renewal. He calls for a cathedral of the spirit, urges humility and civility, and outlines goals of full employment, housing, education, and urban rebuilding while stressing limits of government. He advocates open world, cooperation, and restraint toward enemies, promising to help the left behind and to listen to the anguished voices.
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Washington
Nixon
Marines kill 23 Viet Cong in Batangan tunnel fight
Marines and South Vietnamese troops swept a two mile square Batangan peninsula and killed 23 Viet Cong while capturing 136. Tunnel rats entered a tunnel network uncovered during the weekend battle. Lance Cpl. William Cox of Jackson Mississippi described a Viet Cong reply from a tunnel opening.
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Saigon
UPI
Batangan
Lance Cpl
William Cox
Jackson, Miss
Cox
Marines Break Through Viet Cong Tunnel Complex
Marines launched the largest amphibious push on the peninsula since the Korean War, cornering diehards in a dug tunnel network. Officials reported 11 communists killed, 136 captured, and 3,785 guerrilla suspects rounded up, as clashes near Saigon and Ban Me Thuot left six U.S. troops dead and 17 wounded.
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South Vietnam
U.S
Saigon
Ban Me Thuot
Legislature’s Fast Change: Nixon Portrait Swaps in Des Moines
Iowa lawmakers, fresh a new governor, paused to view Richard Nixon sworn in as US president. At 11 19 a.m. Republicans replaced the Johnson portrait behind the speaker with Nixon’s black and white image, to be swapped for a color version when available. Rep William Huff moved the swap from a ladder as Speaker William Harbor and Ralph Lancaster steadied the scene.
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Richard M. Nixon
Earl Warren
Des Moines
Iowa
House
Nixon
Lyndon Johnson
Iowa Statehouse
William Huff
Urbandale
William Harbor
Ralph Lancaster
Lancaster
Johnson
Pueblo skipper says destruct system request deferred by Navy
Cmdr. Lloyd Bucher testified that no destruct system was on the U S S Pueblo when captured by North Korea because the Navy deferred his request due to time and money problems. He noted the ship’s conversion funding was cut by one million dollars per vessel, delaying several Pueblo improvements.
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Coronado
Calif
Lloyd Bucher
U.S.S. Pueblo
Pueblo
Washington
Navy
Bucher
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Palm Beach
Police Force Back Parade Protesters
Anti war demonstrators tried to reach Nixon's inaugural parade route but were repelled by police with nightsticks and tear gas. About 1,000 youths gathered near the White House before the ceremony, barriers formed, four arrests made with more expected.
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Washington
Nixon
Capitol
White House
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