Paris Talks Drifting As North Offensive Reshapes War
North Vietnam presses a three prong offensive while Paris talks stall in year five. The plan aims to end Vietnamization and install a Liberation Front regime in the south, raising questions about Saigon’s future if U S troops withdraw. Hanoi signals readiness to push negotiations but relies on battlefield gains to force a political settlement.
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William L. Ryan
Paris
Indochina
Vietnam
United States
Saigon
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Liberation Front
Hanoi signals new phase in Vietnam war strategy
Pham Van Dong outlined a three front plan to end the war. He described diplomatic efforts to sway world opinion in Paris and political moves to destabilize Saigon while pressing a military tack. The two sides faced stalemate after four months of talks.
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Exco
United States
Winnipeg
National Council On Culture
Cuba
Hanoi
Winnipeg Ballet
Pen
Paris
Pham van Dong
Company to tour Cuba and Mexico City in July August
A company will perform in Havana Matanzas and Cienfuegos from July 24 to August 5. It will stage shows in Mexico City for the week beginning July 17 and likely visit one or two additional Mexican cities.
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Havana
Matanzas
Cienfuegos
Mexico City
Angela Davis Trial Witnesses Place Her at Scene
In San Jose witnesses testified that Angela Davis was outside the Marin County Civic Center 24 hours before gunfire killed four men. Prosecutors seek to link her to the Soledad violence, claiming motive amid arguments she aided the shootings with four used guns. Davis denied the charges in court.
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San Jose
Calif
Angela Davis
Albert Harris Sr
Miss Davis
Marin
New York
Harris
Rogers Heads to Bonn for Talks on Moscow Trip
Secretary of State William P. Rogers arrived in Bonn to meet West German officials amid a treaty ratification crisis in Bonn over eastern treaties. He will discuss a possible U S Soviet arms pact and European security with Foreign Minister Walter Scheel and Chancellor Willy Brandt, then proceed to Paris.
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Bonn
Germany
William P. ‘Rogers
Nixon
Moscow
Rogers
Willy Brandt
United States
Federal Republic
Walter Scheel
Brandt
Paris
Brussels
North Atlantic Council
Europe
Philadelphia officials charged in cigarette smuggling case
The patronage chief of the Philadelphia Democratic City Committee and three other men from Philadelphia were arraigned on charges of conspiring to smuggle $630,000 in untaxed cigarettes from North Carolina. They face counts of extortion bribery and conspiracy with a June 28 hearing set.
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Philadelphia
Democratic City Committee
North Carolina
Pennsylvania Department of Revenue
John R. Sills
Rocco Framento
Bureau of Cigarette and Beverage Taxes
Andrew Millhouse
LeRoy J. Wade Jr
State Justice Department
J. Shane Creamer
Creamer
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