Nixon Defends Aid to Hanoi as Essential Stake in Peace
President Nixon argues foreign aid to North Vietnam is essential to give Hanoi a stake in peace despite opposition. He says funds would come from foreign aid and defense budgets and predicts eventual congressional support. Nixon also plans a April meeting at San Clemente with South Vietnam’s Thien and discusses dollar devaluation, amnesty for Vietnam veterans, wage controls, and Watergate fallout.
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San Clemente
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Thien
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Japan
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Marty Truman
Europe
Far East
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Vietnam
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Gray
Senate
L. Patrick Gray
FHT
FBI
Cray
Democratic National
Niven
Fe Coarrlaht Bage Cart Trade Tale
A quirky historical note reports a trade involving Ian and a group called Tyee with carts in a lighthearted exchange. The fragment hints at a local barter or social stunt without full context or names.
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Ian
Tyee
McGovern Reports Armed Truce at Wounded Knee
Senator George McGovern said AIM forces at Wounded Knee have not left the town and an armed truce exists. Negotiations with AIM leaders spanned hours as federal marshals ringed the area and hostage terms were discussed. No surrender plan was announced, and conditions for abandonment were to be sorted with Justice Department officials.
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George McGovern
Wounded Knee
McGovern
South Dakota
James Abourezk
Woundell Knee
Abourerk
Sen J. William Fulbright
Ark
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Uo McGovern
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FBI
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Aaron Deserca
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Ion
Addi
Hostages Tell of Wounded Knee Takeover Rising Violence
Residents describe a three day siege at Wounded Knee as armed Indians use a widow's house as a command post. Newsmen and senators visit, while stores are raided and supplies hauled to a church basement. The event centers on a clash with authorities and displaced villagers.
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Wounded Knee
Mary Pike
Irish Unseat Lynch's Party After 16 Years
In Dublin the Cosgrave coalition won a parliamentary majority ending Fianna Fail's 14 years in power. Final counts show Cosgrave's bloc with 73 of 169 seats, Lynch's Fianna Fail with 69, two independents also elected. Cosgrave becomes Ireland's fifth prime minister after a protracted bargaining period.
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Tanta Fail
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Eamon Deltlark
Amelia
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Three Earthquakes Felt in Managua Read
Unconfirmed reports say three strong earthquakes struck Managua late Thursday night into Friday. A church heavily damaged and a dawn town area partly collapsed with tremors causing damage to a souvenir shop. A local resident warned residents not to leave their homes as they are reportedly hostages.
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Nicaragua
Iowa Mothers Read News of Return of Prisoners of War
Tears and relief swept Iowa as eight prisoners with local ties were named for release. Parents and wives waited anxiously after long uncertainty about whether their loved ones would come home, with many recalling the prior delays and the strain of the wait.
Churches Shun Abortion Stand
Pittsburgh The National Council of Churches board avoided adopting a policy on abortion and sent the issue to member churches as a study paper. Two versions were defeated. churches will report their views at the February 1974 meeting. The Greek Orthodox Church opposes abortion and warned withdrawal if the statement passed.
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National Council of Churches
Iebruary
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Ins
Greek Orthodox Church
Dbate
Release of Viet Cong POWs Hits New Snag
United States and Viet Cong exchange talks faltered over timing of POW releases. U S officials announced 106 American and two Thai POWs would be released in Hanoi while Viet Cong groups insisted on delaying dates and withholding a list of 34 detained for release. Fighting and ceasefire violations continued across Vietnam and Cambodia with Khmer Rouge activity near Phnom Penh.
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Joint Military Commission
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Gla Lam
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Provisional Revolutionary Government
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Bul Tin
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Southeast Asia
Phnom -Penh
Envoys Sign Viet Peace Agreement
Twelve governments endorsed the Vietnam peace settlement in a Paris signing by foreign ministers of the Big Five, the rival Viet Cong and North Vietnam, with four powers supervising. A four page declaration commits outsiders to quit meddling in Indo China and allows reports on ceasefire violations to be circulated among signers and the UN. If serious violations occur, six signatories may reconvene the power conference for action.
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North Vietnam
Ton
South Vietnam
Canada
Fianets Gla Lam
Britain
Rogers
Andrei Gromyko
Nguyen Duy Tinh
Nguyen Thi Min
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Waldheim
Hostages Held in Saudi Embassy Terror Standoff
Palestinian Black September gunmen seized the Saudi embassy in Khartoum during a reception for the departing U S charge d affaires and held Ambassador Noel, the Jordanian and Belgian charges, and the Saudi ambassador with family. They released the woman and children. Noel was reported shot. National and Egyptian agencies conflicted on a deal to fly hostages to the United States and on Sudan's cabinet ministers. President Nixon vowed to pursue release without yielding to blackmail as Under Secretary Macomber moved to Khartoum to negotiate.
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Guy Eid
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