Berlin pact signed by Big Four ambassadors
The Big Four signed a Berlin accord to ease tensions in the divided city. It grants Western access to West Berlin and allows passage from West to East Berlin while recognizing ties to West Germany. It restricts West Berlin's status and grants Russia a general consulate, with all details to be finalized in Berlin and Bonn talks.
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Berlin
UPI
Europe
Josef Stalin
East Berlin
Allied Central Authority
Americar
West Germany
East Germany
Russia
West Berlin
Bonn
Four Power Pact Details Free Passage and Checks in Berlin
The accord allows West Berlin residents to visit East Berlin as tourists under West German rules. East German traffic hindrances will end, with fastest routes and privileged crossing through East Germany. Freight shipments may be sealed and spot checked. Travel through East Germany requires only identity checks. border guards retain limited powers. East German tolls end. West Germany pays a lump sum. West Berlin remains distinct from West Germany and cannot be ruled by Bonn. The Soviet Union may open a consulate in West Berlin with limited political functions, not interfering with Western rights.
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Berlin
UPT
Wall
West Berlin
East Berlin
West Germany
East Germany
Travela
Bonn
West Berli
Soviet Union
Fatal shooting blamed on IRA near Irish border
In Kinawley near the border, a member of the Ulster Defence Regiment was killed by gunfire from a passing car, while a British major was seriously wounded in Londonderry. The attack marks the ongoing violence as internment widens and new blasts occur in Belfast and across the province.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPD
Ulster Defense Regiment
Irish Republic
Londonderry
Army
Kinawley
Fermamagh
Cavan
Batlalion
Irish Republican Army
Ulster
Clifford Loring
Robin N. Alers-Hankey
Bogeide
IRA
Oulawed
Very dangerous school chief's son sought in shooting
In Sturbridge Massachusetts a statewide alert targets Stephen M McDonough 28 son of Farmington Connecticut schools chief. He is linked to the Canton Simsbury bank robbery and Hartford bank heists. An armed robbery and murder warrants extend across Rhode Island and Massachusetts as officials pursue him. Trooper Francis J Reardon remains in critical condition after a traffic stop where he was shot by a man described as dangerous.
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Ricky Sherry
Lynn
Mass
Trixe
America
Ricky
Trixie
Tribe
Houston
Warwick
Sturbridge
UPI
Farmingint
Bizer
Reardon
Stephen M. McDonough
Farmington
Ford
McDonough
WRI
Indiana
Bleer
Robert 2. Murgia
Thi State Police
Reardan
Dream plan to rebuild the Navy with nuclear fleets
The Navy outlined a $50 billion decade plan including a new nuclear aircraft carrier every three years and 108 nuclear attack submarines. It envisions sea control ships and fast hydrofoil vessels with aims for ships at 100 knots plus, though no approval has been granted. Admiral Zumwalt presented the plan to Congress as a long-range budgeting guide, not a confirmed program.
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Adm
Bima BR
Zumbvall
Naval Operations
House Armed Services Committee
Navy
House Defense Appropriations
Hayal
Department of Defense
Zumivalt
House Armed Services
Cormittee
Zumwalt
Cariers
On- Zumwalt
Sents Defense
David Packard
Pentagon weighs Army division cuts amid Vietnam pullout
Washington AP reports Pentagon leaders expect a reduction in Army divisions from 13 to 11 or fewer as OMB officials urged downsizing. Melvin Laird backs Army position while a senior general warns of rock bottom strength. Final decision by President Nixon in January. Army manpower projected at 840,000 to 920,000, with Vietnam drawdown shaping cuts.
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Washington
Pentagon
Mun Ment
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Nixon
Congress
National Guard
Soviets Far Ahead in Missile Race, Says Institute
The British based International Institute for Strategic Studies reports the Soviet Union leads in land based ICBMs with about 1,510 and has 280 of the new 25 megaton L89 rockets, while SLBMs reach 440. U.S. progress adds guided warheads, Polaris and Poseidon, but SALT talks yield no response. China reportedly fields 20 missiles with 1000 mile range and enough fissile material for 120 nuclear weapons.
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London
UPI
Russia
United States
America
International Institute For Strategic Studies
Institute
International Strategic Institute
United States Missile Force
Wmer
U.S
Helsinki
Babate
Augela
United States - South
China
Japan
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Wyley G. Kitzmillar
Kitzmiller
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