Britain Plans All-Party Talks for Northern Ireland Peace
Britain proposed an all-party conference to promote a political settlement in Northern Ireland and offered a plebiscite on uniting Ulster with the Irish Republic if there is broad support. Ulster leaders urged the IRA to halt violence and two Social Democratic Labor Party figures backed engagement. Whitelaw tied reform to proportional representation for upcoming provincial elections and rejected IRA ultimatums while noting potential future ties to eventual reunification if widely desired.
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London
Britain
Northern Ireland
Ulster
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Willian’ Whitelaw
Irish Republic
Whitelaw
RAF
John }Ume
Londonderry
Paddy Devin
Belfast
Social Democratic
Labor Party
William Craig
Militant Vanguard Movement
House of Commons
Labor
Multinational Cathay Pacific jet crashes in Vietnam
The airliner with a multinational crew and 71 passengers is feared to have broken up over the highlands near Cheo Reo Vietnam after crossing the Cambodian border. Initial reports of a collision were discounted by officials as radar showed a single blip before disappearance.
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Cathay Pacific
South Vietnam
Cheo Reo
Saigon
Hong Kong
Convair
Vietnam
Crash claims airline victims from Tokyo to London flight
Flight from Tokyo to London via Hong Kong and Bangkok crashed near Jaitnur after contact with a control tower was lost. Among the dead are Br. K P N Rao and Dr Matsuki Miyazaki, with relief efforts under way and temporary mortuary at a nearby school. Canadian diplomat Wayne Hubbell died, Patsy Phillips to be memorialized, while investigators probe accidental versus possible sabotage.
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Br. K. P. N. Rao
India
Matsuki Miyazaki
Hongang
Wayne Hubbell
New Delhi
Myers
A . Curtis
J. Curtis
E. Weatherly
Marquardt
Namel
F. Weishaupl
A. Weishaup
R. Weishaupt
B. Weishaup
L. Meydorm
A. Hennessy
Hennnessy
H. Hennessy
F. Hennessy
Tokyo
London
Hong Kong
Bangkok
Jaitnur
Japan Air Lines
Yasumoto Takagi
Peace Corps
Die
Andrew Hennessy
St. Augustine
Fla
International Labor Organization
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Hanoi War News and Air Strikes Reported Across Vietnam
Monitoring in Saigon showed no mention of Podgorny visit or talks duration. US resumed bombing North Vietnam April 6 and intensified with 230 strikes across Hanoi region and Dong Hoi. Bridges, depots, warehouses damaged. B52 raids continued. casualties listed with several Americans killed or missing. South Vietnamese siege of An Loc proceeds as forces push north along Highway 3.
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Radio
Hanoi
Podgorny
United States
North Vietnam
Dmz
South Vietnam
Paris
Nixon
U.S
Navy
Red River
Corsair
Vinh
Dong Hoi
Nam Dinh
Thanh Na
U.s.air Force
Ant Loc
U.S. Command
House OKs 28.6 Billion HEW and Labor Bill
The House passed a 28.6 billion appropriation for the Labor Department and the Health Education and Welfare. The measure, larger than last year and administration requests, would boost education, health, and safety programs. It includes 1.27 billion above requests and a 364 million increase for K-12, with various add ons for hospitals health centers and education aid.
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Washington
House
Senate
Labor Department
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Gerald R. Ford
Hale Boggs
Nixon
Appropriations Committee
National Institutes of Wealth
Committee For Health Services and Mental Health Programs
Q Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Paul Findley
William Do Uathaway
D- Maine
Novelist 71 Plans to Marry Florida Developer
Buffalo AP report says novelist Taylor Caldwell 71 applied for a marriage license in Amherst to wed William E. Stancell 72, a Florida real estate developer. Caldwell, widow of Marcus Reback, met Stancell on a round‑the‑world cruise and he confirms the license filing but no wedding date is set. Caldwell, author of 30 novels including Captains and the Kings, resides in Eggertsville.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Taylor Caldwell
Amherst
William E. Stancell
Florida
Stancell
Miss Caldwell
Marcus Reback
Jacksonville
Fla
Eggertsville
Godwin opposes McGovern as Virginia liberals take control
Former Virginia Governor Godwin says conservatives will not yield their political convictions to a Democratic party controlled by ultra liberal elements and will use all avenues to support sound government. He criticizes the liberal takeover led by George C. Rawlings Jr and Joseph Fitzpatrick, noting their influence in Roanoke and Norfolk. He visits the White House for a Nixon dinner but plans no discussion of Nixon’s re election.
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Godwin
Richmond
McGovern
National Party
Miami Beach
White House
Nixon
Mexico
Secon
Roanoke
George C. Rawlings Jr
Fredericksburg
Joseph ‘I, Fitzpatrick
Norfolk
Howell
Lavelle accused of ordered unauthorized strikes on Vietnam
Lavelle, ex-commander of the 7th U.S. Air Force, testified before Congress that he ordered end to unauthorized strikes after learning three false reports had been sent up. Proxmire claimed as many as 20 raids occurred during delicate peace talks. Pentagon noted a court-martial risk but not planned. Defense defines protective reaction as strikes on missile sites and radar in response to attacks. A Navy pilot aboard the Wancock alleged a deliberate mission to draw fire.
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North Vietnam
Lavelle
7Th U.S. Air Force
Vietnam
House Armed Services Committee
Senate
Proxmire
Pentagon
Jerry W. Friedheim
Defense Department
U.S
Clifford P. Case
R N
Navy
Wancock
Hudson hostage drama ends after tax dispute standoff
In Tennessee a tax agent Don Duncan is held hostage at BHK Cleaners in a tense confrontation with black city leaders including Patterson Jr and Fred Davis. Spectators cheer as the agent and Hudson are escorted away. Duncan is freed after being bound and clothed. Police surround the cleaners as talks continue to resolve the standoff.
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Patterson Jr
Hudson
Fred Davis
Dunn
Mr. Hudson
Tennessee
Patterson, Davis
Isaac Hayes
Memphis
BHK
Don Duncan
State Revenue Department
Lhe
WLOK
Orange Mound
Shelby County
Nixon Brezhnev Summit Weighs European Force Reductions
At the Moscow summit President Nixon and Soviet leader Brezhnev discussed a block to block approach for reduced forces. They proposed reciprocity in Central Europe and a special forum to negotiate troop cuts while Brezhnev pushed for the European security conference project.
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United States
Soviet Union
Nixon
Brezhnev
Nixon-Brezhnev
Europe
Moscow
Kissinger’s China Visit Tied to Vietnam Peace Talks
Kissinger’s trip to China amid speculation on a Vietnam peace breakthrough. The White House did not deny Vietnam would loom larger in talks with Premier Chou En-lai while denying any link to Soviet leader travel. Nixon summit talks with Soviet leaders will be reported in Moscow. Kissinger, after a Hawaii layover, will reach China late Monday U.S. time and return to Washington next Friday. He is joined by one State Department aide and five National Security Council staff.
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Ger
Peking
Vietnam
White House
Kissinger
Chou En-lai
Nixon
Moscow
II Kissinger
Hawaii
China
U.S
Washington
State Department
National Security Council
Pilots Group Weighs Reconsidering Hijacking Strike
The International Federation of Airline Pilots Associations said it would reconsider a 24 hour worldwide strike over hijacking after UN Secretary General Waldheim indicated the Security Council would address air piracy. Pilot leaders met Waldheim seeking enforcement measures and council action, with a Tuesday/Friday decision pending.
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United Nations, N.Y
Worldwide Federation of Airline Pilots
Kurt’ Waldheim
U.N. Security Council
Ola Forsberg
Finland
Waldheim
al Council
International Federation of Airline Pilots Associations
Forsberg
New York
James O'Grady
Ireland
Federation
Charles’ Blyth
International Transport Workers Federation
International Air Transport Association
Mexican leader presses U S on tariff delays and bold policy
Mexico criticizes the United States for not applying bold problem solving to friends and demands a general tariff-preference scheme Nixon promised over 124 years ago. Officials note U S flexibility toward the Communist Nowers contrasts with Latin America policy, while Senate Leader Mansfield applauds Echeverria’s frankness. Echeverria and Nixon met for 1 hour 40 minutes in a cordial, direct discussion ahead of a final Friday meeting.
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United States
Nixon
Third World
Latin America
U.S
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Echeverria
Mansfield
White House
Dowald Ziegler
Kissinger and Nixon Praise SALT Pact Outcomes
Kissinger says neither side won nor lost by the SALT agreement, noting both sides gained by limiting the nuclear arms race. He repeats the president’s stance that the deals serve U.S. security, arms control, and world peace amid cordial floor questions.
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Nixon
Kissinger
United States
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