Thieu foe hauled to prison after police beat newsmen
In Saigon, Deputy Tran Ngoc Chau, an anti Thieu figure, was dragged from the National Assembly building to a satirical 20 year prison term for pro communist activity. Police attacked at least a dozen newsmen and Chau appeals to President Nixon drew no comment from Washington. The trial followed a military court verdict amid international criticism and U.S. reaction.
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Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Tran Ngoc Chau
Nationsal Assembly
Chau
Nixon
Washington
South Vietnam
Ron Ziegler
Thieu
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Sen. J. Wy Fulbright
D-Ark
U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Bunker
Manila clashes as riot police fire teargas in embassy rout
Riot police in Manila battled students and other demonstrators using tear gas and gunfire after dispersing anti American protesters before the U S Embassy. Twenty six people, including two officers, were injured and treated in hospitals, with about 30 arrested. Damage was mainly broken windows and debris. Mayor Villegas blamed hoodlums for most trouble and warned police to shoot if necessary to restore order. Officials stressed most of the city remained calm. The embassy demonstration drew about 1,000 youths from militant groups opposing feudalism and U S involvement.
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Manila
U.S
Antonio Villegas
Philippines
Henry Byroade
Uoti
Supreme Court
People's ‘Congress
Plaza Miranda
Nelson Navarro
Subic Naval Base
Wallace Campaigns In Alabama Fights Education Policy
Wallace reiterates pivot to governor's race urging public schools be "put up or shut up" while decrying current education crisis and social experimentation. Brewer promotes a freedom of choice school bill with courts and Congress as gatekeepers. Separately, Philippine protests erupt after a Feb. 18 embassy clash as a "people's congress" rally is moved from Plaza Miranda, amid a fatal Clark Air Base shooting.
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Wallace
Nixon
Alabama
Brewer
Iow
Carl of
New York
Congress
Holton Pushes Welfare Funding and Election Law Revisions
Virginia Governor Holton advocates a $15 million appropriation to cover 90 percent of federal welfare costs for six months of the biennium and seeks July 1 availability. He labels the 2 cents gas tax talk a mystery and warns against broad mail ballots, preferring restricted absentee voting to curb potential fraud.
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Holton
House Finance Committee
James M. Thomson
Election Laws Study Commission
Thomson
Virginia
Virginia Legislature tackles water, tax, and insurance Bills
During a lengthy afternoon session, lawmakers moved to form a commission on economic opportunity, reshape water pollution laws, and expand the State Water Control Board from five to seven members. A Senate-finance panel advanced a plan to tax Blue Cross and Blue Shield at 2 percent, while delaying action on competitive insurance pricing, urged by the Virginia Association of Insurance Agents noting 19 states already allow open competition.
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Commission On Economic Employment Opportunity
State Water Control Board
Senate
Virginia
Virginia Association of Insurance Agents
Nixon outlines broad cuts to welfare and federal programs
President Nixon proposes trimming federal aid for Medicaid nursing and hospital costs and sets plans to end direct hospital grants. He urges major changes including reducing veterans benefits, raising GI life insurance policy loans to commercial levels, self funding crop insurance, and selling the Alaska Railroad. He says he has made hard domestic spending cuts and asks Congress to approve further steps.
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Nixon
Alaska
Congress
HEW Bill Advances as Cotton Seeks 15 Percent Cut
The HEW related bill faces a 15 percent reduction push by Cotton with Finch authorized to say none of the two major social programs Hill Burton hospital aid and impact area school aid would be cut. Magnuson aims to start floor debate Monday and finish by Tuesday night amid 324 million above Nixon’s target. If Cotton amendment stands or anti desegregation provisions are dropped, a House Senate conference will resolve the differences.
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Tan
Cotton
Finch
Hill-Burton
Nixon
Departments of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare
Office of Economic Opportunity
Magnuson
House
House Appropriations Committee
Senate
Senate House Conference
Patrol continues in Que Son Valley amid arrests and doubts
Marines report patrols beyond Landing Zone Ross to probe for enemy forces as five men are held on charges. Officials say identities and units will be released after family notification, with Maj. Gen. Wheeler to decide on court martial. Que Son Valley features rice paddies and hedgerows as Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces operate nearby.
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Ross
1St Division
Edwin B. Wheeler
Nane
Que Son
U.S
Tea tasters in major cities push for quality rules
Federal tasters in Boston San Francisco and New Orleans sample 138 million tons of tea mostly from Asia. Head taster Robert Dick in New York estimates 20 000 cups yearly. FDA officials and officials from the tea association debate the move to end batch by batch tasting and switch to spot checks under a 1897 Tea Importation Act framework.
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Boston
San Francisco
New Orleans
Asia
Robert Dick
New York City
Sam Fine
FDA
Tea Board
Congress
Formosa
Japan
Court convicts Chicago 7 case defendants for contempt
Federal Judge Julius Hoffman sentenced all defendants and their lawyers to prison for contempt after the Chicago 7 conspiracy to riot trial. The judge cited not knowing the case posture but relying on press reports. William Kunstler criticized the courtroom approach used in the Panthers hearings and noted his role in Panthers defense though not in Murtagh's courtroom.
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Chicago 7
Julius Hoffman
Hoffman
Panther
Murtagh
William Kunstler
Chi- Cao
Panthers
Laird cites increased North Vietnamese supply flows
North Vietnam has stepped up movement of massive supplies into South Vietnam and U S officials expect hard but scattered enemy attacks in the South. Laird and Mahon spoke after a closed appropriations subcommittee session, Mahon saying atrocities in Vietnam will be studied but noting too much has been made of the allegations.
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Laird
Mahon
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
U.S
Appropriations Subcommittee
Vietnam
Supplies left by retreating forces near Laos border
North Vietnamese forces reportedly withdrew toward the Laotian border about 35 miles west, leaving behind roughly 1,000 blood plasma kits made in Tokyo, surgical instruments from the United States, and medicines from France, Hungary, and Communist China.
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Tokyo
United States
France
Hungary
China
Government wholesale index rises to 116.3 percent base
The government's wholesale index advanced to 116.3 percent of the 1957 59 base, up 4.7 percent from last year. Industrial commodities posted only a small increase since July despite higher prices for metals fertilizers and most paper products. Prices fell in lumber wood products leather and baseline.
Coal Production Shortage Growing Threatens Power
Coal operators warn of a lag in national production that could cause power brownouts as early as July. They cite coal shortages tied to weather and strikes and say enforcement delays for new safety and dust rules will worsen the gap. Utility spokesmen dispute the forecast, noting 58 days of coal reserves at Appalachian Power and deeming current levels acceptable.
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Charleston
W. Va
Electric Utility
Appalachia
United Mine Workers
Joseph A. Yablonski
Herb Foster
National Coal Association
Washington
Tive
Bill Curry
Appalachian Power Co
Virginia
West Virginia
Curry
Consolidated Edison
New York
Toledo-Edison
Ohio and Consumers Power Co
Jackson
Mich
Foster
Violence sparks debate over Vietnam bitterness in New York area
A New York radio host quoted by WNEW portrays violence as a misnomer and a product of Vietnam era bitterness. Governors and officials discuss emergency measures as coal shortages flare, with utility demand rising and National Guard readiness outlined amid fuel and power concerns. Police and patrols prepared to enforce emergency actions.
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Nareneck
N.Y
New York
WNEW
Kunstler
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