Kissinger Urges Strengthening UN Peace Keeping Role
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger told the United Nations General Assembly there can be no delay in strengthening UN peacekeeping operations. He offered broad praise for past UN efforts and urged a move from forced cooperation to genuine collective action while avoiding new bloc alignments.
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U S Plans Last Ditch Fuel Rationing Policy
Washington reports the Nixon administration nears a rationing threshold in a draft contingency plan for fuel shortages. The plan outlines four stages from voluntary restraint to full rationing and would only trigger if essential needs cannot be met. Officials say current shortages do not justify such measures yet.
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White House
Plan To Ask for 10 Cent Stamp
Postmaster General Elmer Klassen announced the United States Postal Service would seek broad rate increases effective next January. The proposal includes raising first class mail from eight to 10 cents and will be submitted to the Postal Rate Commission on Tuesday for recommendation. Final approval rests with the Postal Service Board of Governors unless the Cost of Living Council objects.
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Monday Fear Turns To Success Joke
A humorous quip notes that valuing Mondays over Fridays signals a shift toward success, with a warning about overenthusiastic anticipation and ambition.
Nixon Urges Fast Action on Gas Price Rise
President Nixon pressed the Cost of Living Council to speed a retail gasoline price increase this week. Amid station shutdowns over Phase 4 controls, officials said action would come soon, with protests spreading from California to Washington and Indianapolis as dealers demand relief.
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Dunlop
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California
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National Congress of Petroleum Retailers
Chicago
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Saturday Car Crash Claims Second Victim
Four year old Barbara Etringer died Sunday morning from injuries in a Saturday traffic accident that had already killed her mother Sandra A. Etringer 26 of Cedar Rapids. The girls sister Terri 2 remained in serious condition at St. Luke's hospital after the crash on Highway 151 near Springville.
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Le Minh Ranger Base in Central Highlands Reported Wiped Out
A battalion sized government ranger base at Le Minh 20 miles west of Pleiku near the Cambodian frontier reportedly lost radio contact and may have been wiped out after heavy Communist attack. The base housed 300 to 400 Montagmand tribesmen under South Vietnamese officers. Pleiku is 230 miles north of Saigon, and the base lies near infiltration routes into the Central Highlands.
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Executions Claim Faces Chile Coup Shock
American students say they witnessed 400 to 500 executions at the National stadium in Santiago during the coup. The junta dismisses the report as baseless while tightening control and rounding up suspected supporters and Marxist leaders.
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U. S
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Watergate scheme tied to Colson and plan to discredit Kennedy
Former White House aide Charles Colson approved the Gemstone intelligence plan including Watergate wiretapping, directed E. Howard Hunt to collect derogatory information on Ellsberg, and sought to frame the Kennedy administration for Diem’s assassination. Hunt testified as Senate hearings resumed after a break.
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Cedar Rapids civic center plan eyed with no tax hike
Mayor Donald Canney says a bid on downtown renewal land may include a 12 story hotel atop a five story civic center with no property tax increase. Bonds of about 5 million could be funded by hotel income and air rights, plus incidental use fees, potentially retiring bonds at favorable rates.
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Civic Center
Televised Watergate Hearings Schedule Across Networks
ABC aired live coverage Monday of the Senate Watergate hearings in New York with NBC set for Tuesday and CBS on Wednesday. No hearings are planned for the rest of the week.
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Record of forged cables tied to Saigon coup inquiry
Former aide Hunt testified before a senate panel that Colson urged him to craft fake cables to fill gaps in missing Saigon chronology. He showed the counterfeit cables to Life reporter William Lambert. Hunt also identified a contact named fat Jack relaying data from a Nixon campaign insider.
Peron Wins Argentina Presidency in Landslide Victory
Argentina celebrates as 77 year old Juan D. Peron wins the presidency with 61.68 percent of votes in 54,777 districts. Richard Balbin and Francisco Manrique trail, while Isabel Martinez de Peron becomes vice president designate. Peron signals possible early economic actions after political stabilization.
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Juan D. Peron
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Richard Balbin
Radical Civic Union
Francisco Manrique
Juan Carlos Coral
Socialist Workers’ Party
Isabel Martinez
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