Thant urges U.S. to declare unilateral Vietnam Ceasefire
UN Secretary General Thant urged the United States to declare a unilateral ceasefire as the first step in his three stage plan for Vietnam. He backed a Clark suggestion for an April 15 standstill, peace talks, and a Geneva conference. Gold berge replied the U.S. remains committed to its prior response to Thant.
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United Nations
N.Y
J. VY Thant
United States
Vietnam
Clark
Thant
Arthur J. Goldberg
U.N
Goldberg
Sen. Clark
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Congress Debates Debt Ceiling And Economic Reforms
The article notes party line votes on a $6 billion debt ceiling rise and a 5 percent cut proposal for the Treasury Post Office budget. Southern Democrats shifted in favor of the debt increase, while Republicans solidified opposition to amendments. Thant discusses cease fire diplomacy amid Vietnam war tensions, and Ford praises Republican gains hoping to attract Democratic support on upcoming money bills.
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House
Treasury Post Office
Johnson envoys host goodwill visit before Pan American talks
U S officials staged a ranch visit and river parade in San Antonio for Johnson envoys ahead of a Punta del Este meeting with Latin American presidents. The events featured music bands and a wine of hospitality while Washington announced up to three million tons of grain for India. Pan American Day and Pan American Week were proclaimed to advance social justice and economic progress within inter American unity.
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Uruguay
San Antonio
Horseshoe Bend
Chamber of Commerce
Hemusfair
Washington
Johnsons
Johnson
Luci Nugent
United States
India
U.S
Organization of American States
Escapees Flee Hopemont As Armed Convicts Take Hostages
Four inmates from Moundsville State Penitentiary overpowered a guard at Hopemont State Hospital and fled in the guard’s car after seizing three pistols. They held Mr and Mrs James P Lewis and 13 others at gunpoint until Wilson Lewis and his family arrived with a pickup used for the exit. No injuries reported.
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Barker
Hosey
Gardner
State Penitentiary
Moundsville
Maryland
West Virginia
James P. Lewis
Hopemont
Wilson
Lewis
Humphrey Holds Private Vatican Talks With Pope on Viet Nam
Vice President Humphrey met Pope Paul VI in a 30 minute Vatican studio audience to discuss accelerating a Viet Nam truce. More than 100 police guarded St. Peter's Square as no demonstrators appeared. The talk covered Pope Pauls encyclical Populo rum Progressio and U.S. admiration for peacemaking efforts, with autographed copies given to Humphrey.
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Florence
Humphrey
Vatican
St. Peter’s Square
Vatican Secretariat of State
Paul Marcinkus
Chicago
Vietnam
Pontiff
U.S
South Vietnam
Papal
Pope Paul
St. Peter’s
Amleta Cardinal Cicognani
Cardinal Cicognani
Washington, D.C
United States
Raphael
Vietnam War Updates and Casualty Reports
The report notes U S and allied actions in North and South Vietnam with aircraft losses totaling 2 039 since the war began and a downed 499th plane. It cites a 105mm shell hitting a sampan, injuries to a U S officer in Saigon’s Chinatown, and political developments including a new constitution and amnesty for 451 prisoners. Premier Nguyen Cao Ky reports terrorist killings of candidates amid village elections planned across South Vietnam.
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North Vietnam
Vinh
South Vietnam
U.S
Cholon
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Nguyen Cao
Little Progress Seen In Network Strike Talks
Washington AP report notes executives from NBC CBS and ABC walked past cameras to meet federal mediators and the striking network news staff. A spokesman said no comment as the four day labor dispute continued with the union, the networks, and mediators pursuing a resolution.
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Washington
George Fuchs
NBC
NBC Television News
Chet Huntley
David Brinkley
Brinkley
Huntley
Donald Conaway
Federation of Television and Radio Artists
CBS
ABC
Conaway
James Simons
Richard Freund
William &. Simkin
Mutual Broadcasting System Radio Network
Hepe
Leukemia Research Sparks Debate On Treatment Claims
A Newsweek based discussion notes remission in cancer can occur without therapy and cautions that early cure claims are premature. It covers Dr Old and Texas case remarks, NBC CBS ABC strike talks, and a methotrexate treatment theory as leukemic cells gain tolerance rather than resistance.
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Old
Newsweek
New York
Texas
Djerassi
American Cancer Society
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