Pleas for PWs Rejected and Laos Plot Uncovered at Paris Talks
At Paris peace talks the United States and South Vietnam pressed for a Christmas prisoner exchange and a ceasefire, but both sides rejected the proposals. In Saigon the government hinted at another unilateral release of disabled North Vietnamese prisoners. In Vientiane officials said Laotian officers plotted a coup with mass arrests expected.
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U.S
South Vietnam
David K. E. Bruce
Saigon
Pws
Tran van Lam
Hanoi
Laos
Vientiane
Earthquake Devastates Peru Ecuador Killing Dozens
A powerful quake struck northern Peru and southern Ecuador killing at least 81 people. government sources said the death toll may rise as remote areas remain unreached. Peru reports 31 fatalities as coastal residents fled in panic.
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Lima
Peray
Peru
Ecuador
Peru-Ecuador
Andes Mountains
Congress Approves $9.5 Billion Job Training Bill
Congress passes a $9.5 billion job training program to create public service jobs. The House 177 159 sends it to Nixon who may veto over cost, while Senate had approved 6 to 13. Conferees cut $2.5 billion to appease a veto threat. The plan earmarks $2 billion for public service employment with rising spending projections.
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Washington
Congress
House
Nixon
Senate
Howard Hughes Letter Targets Aides and Critics
A long hand letter attributed to Howard Hughes surfaced in Las Vegas criticizing two Hughes Tool Co executives for failing to resolve the Maheu dispute and accusing the press of bad publicity. The document, possibly bearing Hughes’s fingerprint, was obtained by Don Digilio, editor of the Las Vegas Review Journal, amid Nevada power-struggle tensions over casino operations and security chiefs.
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Howard Hughes
Las Vegas
Maheu
Hughes
Don Digilio
Las Vegas Review- Journal
Digilio
Nevada
Chester
Bill
Chester Davis
Frank William Gay
Hughes Tool Co
Robert Maben
Jack Hooper
Hooper
Paul Laxalt
George Franklin Jr
Howard R. Hughes
Cour
Tool Company
Absent Russian Hailed at Nobel Ceremonies
Solzhenitsyn, unable to attend Stockholm due to Kremlin pressure, was celebrated as absent with a long ovation. The ceremony honored winners from the United States United Kingdom France Argentina and Sweden. King Gustaf VI Adolf distributed diplomas and $20 000 prizes.
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Moscow
Stockholm
Swedish Academy
Gustaf VI Adolf
United States
Britain
France
Argentina
Sweden
Solzhenitsyn
Kremlin
Juling Axelrod
U.S. National Institute of Mental Health
Bethesda
Paul Samuelson
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Norman Ernest Borlaug
Oslo
Cosby to Quit TV and Study Education at UMass Springfield
Bill Cosby told David Frost on television he will leave his NBC series to pursue a master's degree at the University of Massachusetts at Springfield. He said he plans to return to school to become a high school teacher, continuing TV work only as a secondary pursuit.
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Bill Cosby
David Frost
Cosby
University of Massachusetts At Springfield
NBC
Frost
Navy
Paulette Desell Nominated as First U.S. Senate Girl Page
Sen Jacob Javits of New York nominated Paulette Marie Desell a 16 year old auburn haired student to be the first girl page in the U S Senate. Desell said she can perform the duties and get along with 26 Senate pages, 5 House pages and 4 Supreme Court pages. Javits chose her from more than 100 applicants after announcing the plan a month earlier.
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Nancy
Stephen Rice
Edith Fitzpatrick
Walter Winchell
The
Daily Mirror
New York
Robert Farrell
the Mirror
Winchell
Paul VI
China
U.N
Vatican
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Rn.y
Capitol
U.S. Senate
Paulette Marie Desell
Sais
Senate
House
Javits
Paulette
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