Nixon aims to end the draft through volunteer army plan
President Nixon seeks to abolish conscription by advancing a lottery draft, cutting calls as Vietnam wind down, and pressing Congress for a pay raise to attract volunteers. Analysts foresee a two year extension to allow a 1972 shift to an all volunteer force if funding holds.
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UPI
Nixon
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U.S
Vietnam
Congress
Pentagon
Selective Service
Mat
Chile Drifts Left as Allende Adopts Cuba Ties
Chile under President Allende moves toward closer ties with Cuba and other communist states, while releasing prisoners and welcoming figures like Regis Debray. U S relations show strain yet remain limited by Allende's strong independent stance and substantial foreign reserves.
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Che Guevara
Cua
Santiago
Chile
Salvador Allende Gossens
American
Allende
Cuba
North Korea
Red China
Brazil
Giovanni Enrico Bucher
Regis Debray
Debray
Mexico
Algeria
Eduardo Frei
Bolivia
Senate Seats on Foreign Relations Attract Hopefuls
Washington UPI reports the bid to join the Senate Foreign Relations Committee heats up as a half dozen senators seek one of four seats on the 15 member panel. The allure lies in influence over treaties, foreign aid, and landmark actions like the Olympic delegation welcome, with Fulbright noting the panel’s role in shaping major policy and airing debates on Southeast Asia.
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United States
Allende
U.S
John Hall Washington
UPI
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Mexico
Trinidad and Tobago
S. J
Sen. J. William Fulbright
Senate
Trinidad and Pebago
Foreign Relations Committee
Fulbright
Southeast Asia
Sens
Edmund Muskie
D-Maine
George S. McGovern
I-S.c
Nixon
Asia
Thousand Islands
Khrushchev’s call for open borders meets Soviet immigration limits
The piece argues Moscow blocks emigration and travel for citizens, noting strict internal passports, detentions, and age restrictions. It recalls Khrushchev’s past plea and a high level intercession for Maya Plisetskaya to illustrate visa sensitivity within the USSR.
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Soviet Russia
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Cave-lady keeps U S alerted against space attack
Susan Breeden, a second lieutenant and NORAD orbital analyst, works from a cave carved into Cheyenne Mountain to monitor near earth orbit. Her team uses a 14 000 observation daily network and a powerful digital computer to track satellites and spot unidentified objects. She hopes women will join future space missions and envisions a moon voyage.
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Frank Macomber Ec
oSapley News Service
Cheyenne Mountain
Colo
Susan Breeden
Colorado Springs
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Susan
North American Air Defense Command
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Breeden
Norad Center
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Canada
Alaska
Los Angeles
San Francisco University
Mountain Fortress
Norad Espaématy
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