Senate approves 23 percent cut in overseas land forces
The Senate by voice vote backed a 23 percent reduction in U S land based troops overseas, a move seen as potentially weakening leverage in talks with the Soviet Union. The amendment also orders a 40 000 troop cut by next June 30 and 70 000 by December 31 1975, affecting 487 000 personnel in 34 countries. Sea based forces are exempt. Debate continues on a $21 billion military procurement bill.
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Jim Luther
Associated Press
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Senate
U.S
United States
Soviet Union
Israel
John G. Tower
Texas
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Asia
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NATO
Europe
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Bomb blast hits ITT Latin American offices in Manhattan
A powerful explosion damaged ITT Latin American operations in a midtown skyscraper. no injuries or fire. An anonymous call claimed Weather Underground responsibility. Separate blasts occurred in Rome and San Francisco with no linked evidence.
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Aios
ITT
New York
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Midtown Manhattan
New York Post
Weather Underground
Conglomerate
David Kiernan
Federal
San Francisco
Rome
Clyde Blount
Blount
Proper baby shower plan with mother and friend
The Enterprise advises in Action Line that hosting a baby shower for your mother is fine if a close friend is invited to share expenses, provided the friend can decline without hard feelings if funds are tight.
How to keep a home fish tank from smelling bad
Do not keep in direct sun bake the tank use glass top loosely allow air exchange use adequate surface area and proper filtration. Maintain oxygen with plants and a filter avoid shellfish metals paints or detergents and feed sparingly to prevent rotting waste.
Gymnastic lessons informal inquiry in High Point
A reader asks if anyone in High Point offers gymnastic instruction after contacting the YWCA. The reply notes the YMCA runs a class open to both boys and girls, suggesting it as the local option.
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YWCA
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Secret Nixon donor list to be revealed under court order
Acting under a court order, Nixon campaign committee prepared to disclose the list of contributors who gave $20 million in secret to the 1972 re election effort. Common Cause had fought to secure public release before the April 7 1972 disclosure law took effect.
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H.L. Schwartz
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
Common Cause
Citizens’ Lobby
U.S. Dist
Joseph C. Waddy
W. Clement Stone
Chicago
Richard Mellon Scaife
Pittsburgh
Nixon Committee
General Accounting Office
Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Gulf Oil
Ashland Oil
Phillips Petroleum
Airliner Disappears With 11 Aboard Over Arkansas
A Texas International airliner carrying eleven people vanished Thursday night during a torrential storm over southwest Arkansas. Fog and ceilings below 300 feet hampered search efforts. an Arkansas National Guard helicopter en route to assist crashed, killing three crewmen. The Convair turboprop carried eight passengers and three crew. three passengers were identified as colonels from the Red River Army Depot in Texarkana.
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EL Dorado
Ark
Texas International
Arkansas
Arkansas National Guard
Civil Air Patrol
Convair
Red River Army Depot
Texarkana
Tex
Arabs Seize Train and Hold Hostages at Vienna Border
A train carrying 37 Soviet Jews was seized by two Arab gunmen near Marchegg, Austria. Five Jews plus an Austrian customs official were taken hostage and driven toward Vienna Airport where negotiations were under way. One police account claimed a death and two injuries while officials said only one person was injured.
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Vienna
Soviet Union
Bratislava
Czechoslovakia
Schonau
Israel
Marchegg
Israelis cancel New Year holiday as Vienna attack echoes
Israeli officials cancel observances in Tel Aviv amid reports of a seizure, while Jerusalem closes for Rosh Hashana. The note mentions 1,000 Soviet Jewish emigrants flown from Vienna to Israel for the holiday and ongoing Soviet arrivals totaling about 32,000 in the past year.
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Tel Aviv
Vienna
Foreign Office
Jerusalem
Israel
Moscow
Soviet Union
Europe
New York
Athens
Jewish Agency
Napsburt
Schoenau
Austria
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Agnew injunction hearing set with judge in Norfolk
Attorneys for Spiro Agnew and the Justice Department plan to meet Judge Walter E. Hoffman at 3 p.m. to discuss a temporary injunction to halt the grand jury probe of the vice president. Agnew and his family travel to Palm Springs for a weekend of rest.
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Spiro Agnew
Henry Kissinger
Dave Riley
Associated Press
Norfolk, Va
Spiro T. Agnew
Justice Department
Walter E. Hoffman
Hoffman
Agnew
Calif
Frank Sinatra
Federal Grand Jury
Baltimore
United States
Mondale Weighs Possible 1976 Presidential Bid
In a cautious early stage Mondale says he may decide sooner than rivals. he notes Kennedy as a dominant possibility and Humphrey supports but does not run. He plans more speaking tours through 1974 elections and has not hired staff or raised funds yet.
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Washington
Walter F. Mondale
Mondale
Minnesota
Sen
Edward M. Kennedy
Mas
Sachusetts
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Board votes against ECU med school in Chapel Hill
The UNC Board of Governors voted 22 to 8 to reject East Carolina University's bid for a four year medical school, following a consultants' report. ECU supporters vow to continue the effort, while Dr. Leo Jenkins signals plans to seek further action with campus trustees.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
University of North Carolina Board of Governors
East Carolina University
ECU
Leo Jenkins
Jenkins
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