Nixon address on Viet Nam draws mixed praise and criticism
President Nixon’s Vietnam speech drew cheers and protests from senators and the public. He signaled a timetable for withdrawal, with 100000 more troops to depart by December 1, while critics demanded a definite end date and questioned the strategy and Vietnamization.
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Nixon
Viet
Washington
Vietnam
U.S
Robert Byrd
Hugh Scott
Senate
Robert Griffin
Nixon Aims to Withdraw as Vietnam War Moves to 1972
Officials say 1972 may test progress against Vietnam with Saigon taking greater defense responsibility. Cambodia Laos offensives and North Vietnam bombing were designed to disrupt supply lines and signal resolve, while planners debate Hanoi’s willingness to incur heavy casualties for a country-wide push. Security zones around Da Nang Cam Ranh Bay and Tan Son Nhut are being hardened to limit American exposure.
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Laos
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Vietnam
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Camranh Bay
Tan Son Nhit
Nixon Speech Frames Vietnam Drawdown Strategy in Laos Context
President Nixon outlined a measured increase in American troop withdrawals from Vietnam, announcing about 1,500 soldiers leaving per month to reach roughly 365,000 total withdrawn. He argued the move would give South Vietnam a fair chance to survive as a free nation while avoiding a fixed withdrawal date that could aid the Communists.
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Frank Church
Didaho
Nixon
Vietnam
Church
Congress
Saigon
U.S
Harold Hughes
George McGovern
South Dakota
America
Laos
South Vietnam
Berkeley Radical Candidates Win Seats In Narrow Council Race
Berkeley voters elected four radical council members in a 9 man field. Kallgren led with 27,777 votes while Widener and Sweeney narrowly lost. coalition winners included D Arny Bailey Hancock and Simmons. Police reform proposal failed 33,712 to 16,142 with Brown calling the result a mandate for change.
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Charter Review Commission
D’army Bailey
Dana Hancock
Ira Simmons
Widener
Wilmont Sweeney
Kallgren
Ilona Hancock
Simmons
Brown
Allen Leggett
Sweeney
Bailey and Simmons
Hancock
Grumman Faces Cost Pressures on F14 Flight
Jerry W. Friedheim confirmed the letter from Grumman detailing potential future cost problems. Navy sources noted the March 31 letter received by Rear Adm. Edwin D. McMorries and said rising costs, a December F14 crash, and inflation drive the strain. Friedheim linked Grumman’s issues to fixed price development contracts, while the Navy weighs options to buy fewer planes or renegotiate terms as development and production separate under new procedures.
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Grumman
Friedheim
Edwin D. McMorries
Naval Air Systems Command
Washington
Lockheed’s
Bethpage
U.S
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Pentagon
How Defoliants Are Shipped To Vietnam
An Air Force spokesman explains defoliants are shipped in tightly sealed containers on tankers with leak monitoring. Lethal types may have biologists aboard and antidotes on hand. Tankers avoid regular lanes, may be escorted, and spill consequences are uncertain though some are weak enough to dissipate quickly. Military transport has diminished in recent months.
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Action Line
Long Beach
Air Force
Los Angeles
Military Sea Transportation Service
Rent Hike Stirs Welfare Recipient Housing Dilemma
A Garden Grove woman confined to bed, on welfare and a VA widow’s pension, faces a rent increase from 165 to 200 as her landlord buys a new home. Action Line connected her with the Orange County Welfare Department to arrange housing assistance and moving support.
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C.H.P
Garden Grove
West
Orange County Welfare Department
Westminster Ave
Action Line
John Tabor's Ride Scrimshaw Story in Ivory
The tale, carved on ivory by Southwest Instrument Co in San Pedro, recounts John Tabor the whaling man whose fevered night led him to a harpoon bearing stranger and a whale that carried them around the world. Tabor dismissed the voyage as no fever dream.
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Southwest Instrument Co
San Pedro
John Tabor
C.S.S
Long Beach
New England
Tabor
Lana
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