Daley calls for end to Vietnam War in re election speech
Chicago mayor Richard Daley urged ending the Vietnam War, calling it a waste of resources and inflationary. He pitched a fourth term plan amid support from We Care, listing national priorities and noting past calls for ending the conflict.
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Daley
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Vietnam
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Cook County Democratic Organization
We Care
Most Crucial Time For Viet Policy Seen
The article argues the Vietnam War era shifts as U.S. troop levels drop and South Vietnamese forces take a larger share of security. Washington and Saigon face increasingly divergent views, risking criticism and strain on Nixon's Vietnamization. Laos assault outcomes raise questions about Thieu's reliance on U.S. military advice and the future of allied cooperation.
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U.S
Saigon
South Vietnam
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Thieu
End War Plea Signed by 43 Iowa Legislators
A petition signed by 43 Iowa lawmakers from both parties urges President Nixon and Congress to halt the war promptly. Rep. William Gluba says funds now spent on military actions should be redirected to domestic needs such as health education pollution and city rebuilding. The effort involves 11 Republicans and 32 Democrats and will be delivered to White House officials and lawmakers after strategy talks with 25 other state legislatures.
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Des Moines
UPI
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White House
William Gluba
Davenport
Nixon
Congress
Gluba
Washington
Iowa economy fared better than others despite slump
Iowa's economy showed resilience amid national downturn with unemployment at 3.5 percent in 1970 versus 5.75 percent nationally. Personal income rose about 5 percent to an estimated 10.7 billion, and cash farm marketings climbed five percent. Manufacturing earnings averaged 150 per week, about 14 above the national average, as urbanization shifted population and labor toward industrial sectors.
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ES Moines
Plains
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Life Saving Medical Supplies Out of Reach for Holt Siblings
Gary Holt 20 and his 17 year old sister Paula face death if a $20,000 debt to a medical supplies company is not paid. They rely on a dialysis machine consuming costly saline solutions, with Travenol offering no more supplies until the bill is settled. Southwest Texas State students plan an emergency fundraiser as the family seeks aid.
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UPI
Gary Holt
Paula
Gary
Artificial Organic
Travenol Laboratories, Inc
Holts
Southwest Texas State University
San Marcos
Austin
H. V. Holt
Holt
Mansfield blasts Railpax as fraud and outrage
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield denounces the government backed rail service overhaul Railpax as a fraud and an outrage saying it will increase unemployment cut local revenue and fail to meet surface transportation needs He questions funding and warns he will not support further appropriations while Republican Hugh Scott calls for much larger Railpax funding amid debate over a 40 million initial appropriation.
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UPI
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
National Railroad Passenger Corporation
Railpax
Mansfield
Sen
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Congress
Nixon Honors Goldwyn With Medal of Freedom Surprise Ceremony
President Nixon met Sam Goldwyn at his Beverly Hills home after presenting the Medal of Freedom to the 89 year old film pioneer. Nixon had flown from the Western White House at San Clemente to attend the ceremony.
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Rift at 1, 500 Feet Dangerous
Polk county deputies blamed a domestic dispute for a private plane crash in an orange grove. The couple, at 1500 feet, argued over ignition keys and were treated for cuts and bruises after the powerless aircraft crashed.
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Lakeland
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Polk County
Chuck Keeney
Train Derailment Haunts Ringgold County Town
Thirteen cars of a Chicago and North Western freight train derailed near the Ringgold county town on Saturday, with about half of the cars carrying new automobiles.
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