Saigon and Hanoi Stand Firm in Paris Peace Talks
US diplomats hoped talks would resume within two weeks but Saigon and Hanoi insisted on strict terms. Thieu rejects NLF parity, while Hanoi says recognition of the NLF would create three Vietnams. Nixon administration backing and possible envoys noted as talks stall over status.
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Paris
Vietnam
Saigon
Hanoi
U.S
Nguyen van Thieu
Richard M. Nixon
Johnson
W. Averell Harriman
Nixon
Henry Cabot Lodge
U,s
Bonn
Lodge
Thien
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Thieu
South Vietnam
Pham Dang Lam
NLF
Tong
United States
Xuang Thuy
Nguyen Thi Binh
Thuy
Ho Chi Minh
Nixon Frames Talks on Peace Before Inauguration
Nixon said discussions with Johnson and aides could yield progress toward peace before inauguration, with assurances that spokesmen would speak for the nation and not just the current administration, potentially shaping future policy beyond a lame duck period.
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Nixon
Johnson
North East Woman Competes In Wheelchair Olympics
Shirley Bindley of North East is among 78 U S entrants in the 17th International Wheelchair Olympics in Tel Aviv Israel. Aged 23 she is a lifelong North East resident and works as a bookkeeper at the Booker T Washington Center in Erie. She competes in shot put javelin and swimming events and previously medaled at London 1985. The U S team travels to Greece Rome and returns to New York after Israel. Britain leads in gold medals with 18 while the U S has 17.
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Shirley Bindley
North East
Tel Aviv
Israel
Shirley
George
Corry
William C. Bindley
Columbus
U.S
Booker T. Washington Center
Erie
Harrisburg
Boston
New York
London
Greece
Rome
Erie Airport
Great Britain
Carol Griesse
Cincinnati
Claus
Denver Branum
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Britain
Proponent of nonviolence slain in Memphis balcony attack
FBI said a cheap lodging house near the Sorphe Motel in downtown Memphis fired the fatal bullet that killed Martin Luther King Jr. Ray denied involvement. Look magazine cites Ray's jailhouse letter claiming he was drawn into plans by Raoul in Canada and Birmingham. Ray allegedly traveled across the border with packages for Raoul and was promised money and travel papers if he helped with a last job two to three months away. He said the job was unclear and he was urged not to ask questions. He later learned he was wanted in Selma and Birmingham for King’s murder, with King killed in Memphis two weeks later while a separate note notes a proposed Hudson River sewage plant funding.
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FBI
Ray
Look
William Bradford Hale
Memphis
King
United States
Canada
Raoul
Hale
Birmingham
Detroit
Los Angeles
Huie
Selma
Ala
Washington
Atlanta
Alabama
Polk State School Homicide Described At Mental Health Facility
Venango County coroner ruled strangulation as the cause of death of an inmate at Polk State School. Dr. McClelland estimated the victim Carter’s mental age around 444, while another patient was kept in a straight jacket. No charges were filed as investigators review facts with officials. The incident marks the third homicide at Polk State School recalled by the doctor, the prior cases dating to the 1940s.
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McClelland
Venango County
Maurice Dinberg
Dinberg
Harry W. Gent Jr
Gent
Ronald de Berti
Cpl
DeBerti
Dugan
Lightning Strikes Agnew Plane During Puerto Rico Stop
Vice President Agnew and family in Puerto Rico for a birthday vacation. The Convair 580 sustained a lightning strike shortly after takeoff from Patrick AFB but appeared undamaged. Agnew, unaware during a private birthday party onboard, said the incident caused no harm as Secret Service and family members relaxed. The plane landed at Aguadilla's Dora do Beach Hotel area after a brief 15 minute hop to the north coast.
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P.R
Agnew
Puerto Rico
Air Force
Dorado Beach
Patrick Air Force Base
Florida
Kennedy Airport
New York
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Deba
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Christmas Club
Wise Savers
Marine National Bank
Marine
Corry, PA
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Cherry Valley
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First Ave
Carry, Pa
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