U N Security Council rebuked over Vietnam UN bid
The General Assembly passed a 124 to 1 resolution urging admission of Vietnam to the United Nations amid U.S. veto threats. Britain, West Germany and Israel abstained as the U.S. warned Hanoi must share missing in action data and recover remains before any new vote.
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N.Y
United States
Vietnam
Britain
West Germany
Israel
General Assembly
U.S
Security Council
Hanoi
U.N
Sri Lanka
T.D. Kanakaratne
William W. Scranton
Dinh Ba Thi
Paris
North
South Vietnam
South Korea
Land Reform Truce Delays Mexican Peasant Land Takeover
In Sinaloa hundreds of campesinos who hoped for land were slowed by a truce between farm workers and landowners. 33 345 acres are to be allotted immediately, easing tensions as Jose Lopez Portillo takes office. 20,000 plus peasants seek the fertile valley lands and protests include strikes and court actions.
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Culiacan
Mexico
Jose Lopez Portillo
Sinaloa State
Arizona
Gilberto Franco Felix
Sinaloa
Alfonso Calderon
Carlos Sparrow
Sonora
Mexico City
Andres Macelo Sada
Sada
Civil liberties group seeks probe of Fred Hampton death
A civil liberties group urged the House committee on assassinations to examine the FBI's role in the December 4 1969 raid that killed Black Panther leader Fred Hampton in Chicago. The release cites documents suggesting FBI involvement and questions the raid details.
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Washington
House Committee
John F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King Jr
Fred Hampton
Morton H. Halperin
Project On National Security and Civil Liberties
FBI
Hampton
Illinois
Black Panther Party
Chicago
Mark Clark
American Civil Liberties Union
Center For National Security Studies
Hampton and Clark
Liggett Admits Paying Questionable Money
Liggett Group Inc disclosed voluntary to the SEC that two subsidiaries made questionable foreign payments totaling 99000 dollars tied to sales to the companies. The payments violated local laws and have been stopped. The board authorized the probe last June, conducted by outside counsel and independent auditors under the audit committee.
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Liggett
Liggett and Myers Tobacco Co
Steel firms raise prices amid auto steel demand worries
Five steel producers boosted prices on December 1 amid Ford administration skepticism and industry division. Armco, Wheeling-Pittsburgh, Youngstown Sheet and Tube, and Inland Steel joined earlier hikes by National Steel and Jones & Laughlin, lifting sheet steel prices by 15 to 20 dollars per ton and about 6 percent. Flat-rolled steel affects auto and appliance makers, with no auto industry comment yet.
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Pittsburgh
U.S. Steel Corp
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Armco Steel
Middletown
Ohio
Wheeling
Strategists warn pact may weaken Europe defense stance
Western strategists say a pledge not to use first in nuclear war could undermine NATO deterrence in Europe. The Warsaw Pact proposal contrasts with U S leaders who distinguish first use from first strike and warn of uncertain future Soviet moves.
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Brussels
Belgium
North Atlantic Alliance
Fred K. Skie
U.S
Rhine River
Leonid I. Brezhnev
West
United States
Ikle
America
International Institute For Strategic Studies
London
CBers Help Register Philadelphia Voters
CBers assist in Philadelphia by guiding late voters to election court for certification and back to polling places. The piece notes CB use in voter access, market trends, and a Q&A on rules, repairs, and marine radio interference.
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Cbers
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