Administration Plan Gives Reds Minority Role in Saigon
The Nixon administration seeks a political settlement in South Vietnam that would grant the Viet Cong a secure minority voice, including local authority in districts they control, with internationally supervised elections to reflect realities of power and a federal style constitution to preserve regional autonomy.
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Max Frankel
New York Times News Service
Washington
Nixon
South Vietnam
Saigon
North Vietnam
South
United States
Viet Cong
Siagan
Question and Answer on Job Rights and Beech Nut Radio
A reader asks why a TVA Brown's Ferry job went to a Birmingham man despite Alabama Right to Work laws. The answer directs writing to the National Labor Relations Board in Washington for guidance or legal counsel if warranted. The page also mentions a reader sending 200 gum wrappers to Beech Nut for a transistor radio with no reply.
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TVA
Brown’s Ferry
Florence
Birmingham
Alabama
E. F. Adams
Athens
National Labor Relations Board
Washington, D. C
Beech Nut Company
Officials watch signs of Viet Cong willingness to discuss political arrangements
Officials in Hanoi monitor any indication of Viet Cong interest in negotiating with Saigon leader Nguyen Van Thieu. They plan to act on any evidence in the coming weeks, seeking signs of possible political talks or settlement terms.
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Hanoi
Viet Cong
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Action Steps Up Again In Buffer Zone
The DMZ battles resume with Allied infantry, dive bombers, and artillery striking North Vietnamese positions. In 24 hours 237 enemy soldiers were killed, 13 more by air and artillery, while 30 American troops died and 71 were wounded. Two fresh regiments, the 57th from Laos and the 36th infiltrating toward Con Thien, join the fight as U S forces announce plans to pull out 25,000 troops by August.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
Dmz
Vietnam
Nixon
9Th Marines
U S. Army
1St Brigade
5Th Mechanized Division
South Vietnam
57Th
Laos
Khé Sanh
36Th
Con Thien
Dinner honors Hill who brought TVA to Athens
About 300 friends of former Sen. Lister Hill will attend a Wednesday night banquet at the Athens College cafeteria. Gov. Albert Brewer and former governors Jim Felson and John Patterson will be present to honor Hill for sponsoring and introducing the TVA act. Sen. John Sparkman will introduce Hill alongside guests from North Alabama.
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Athens
TVA
Lister Hill
Athens College
House of Representatives
Hill
Albert Brewer
Jim Felson
John Patterson
George Wallace
John Sparkman
North
Alabama
Sparkman
Nebraska
George Norris
Franklin Roosevelt
Barrett Shelton Sr
Hill Burton Act Sponsors and Event Leaders Named
Wednesday Hill served as co sponsor of the Hill Burton Act which distributes millions in federal funds for hospital construction nationwide each year Other event leaders include Circuit Judge Dave Archer Huntsville general chairman Beasley Thompson Athens publicity chairman Frank P Turner Athens finance chairman and Judge Newton B Powell Decatur arrangements chairman
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Hill
Hill Burton
Dave Archer
Huntsville
Beasley Thompson
Athens
Frank P. Turner
Newton B. Powell
Decatur
Rockefeller in Uruguay as student protests flare in Montevideo
Gov. Nelson A Rockefeller met Uruguayan leaders at Punta del Este amid student riots in Montevideo protesting his Latin America fact finding tour. Troops guarded the beach resort and city as windows were smashed and firebombs hurled at a Mormon church bank and factory. Rockefeller called the mission at a turning point and pressed for a new U.S. policy toward Latin America.
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Montevideo
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Punta del Este
Rockefeller
Latin America
U.S
Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
New York
Jorge Pacheco Areco
United States
Argentina
Caribbean
Alliance For Progress
Nixon
Carrasco International
Asuncion
Paraguay
Names of Vietnam War service members published in Daily
The Daily publishes the names and addresses of more than 100 soldiers sailors airmen and Marines serving in Vietnam as the nation nears its anniversary. The list appears on B6 with a preceding page detailing the Spirit of America Festival and a partial events schedule for next month.
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Vietnam
Daily Today
Abernathy Back In Jail After Charleston Riots
Rev. David Abernathy head of the SCLC was jailed again in Charleston on a $50,000 bond as a city curfew aimed to curb clashes between lawmen and hospital worker supporters followed Friday’s riot. Police charged Abernathy and three others with inciting to riot after 300 demonstrators challenged police lines. Six officers and a firefighter were injured. several cars overturned. A second skirmish Saturday led to about 40 arrests for disturbances.
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Charleston
S. C
David Abernathy
Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Chickens Comin to Roost and Wallace Movement Office
A Wallace campaign story from 1969 describes The Movement headquartered in Montgomery with 22 staffers, led by James Taylor Hardin. It covers Wallace’s denials of seeking office, the Richmond political action arm under T Coleman Andrews Jr, and the monthly Wallace Newsletter asking for at least 12 dollars annually.
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Homer Bigart
York Times
Momery
Ala
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Movement
Alabama
Richmond
Coleman Andrews Jr
American Party
Democratic National
James Taylor Hardin
Alabama National Guard
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THE
Decatur Daily
Ale
Delano Park
American Legion
Dennis Unpingceo
Becky Byars
Tony Morris
Patty Ordway
Chip Lentz
Lonnie McDaniel
Robert Dohman
Associated Press
Newsletter
Warren, Fortes
Rocky
Frigidaire Sales and Service
Robinson Furniture
Second Avenue
Pacheco Areco
Lafayette Hotel
Latin-American Free Trade Association
Rive Plate
South Carolina
Montgomery
South Side
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