Wilson says hawks blocked 1967 Vietnam peace bid
Harold Wilson says Johnson aides blocked a chance for peace in 1967 by hardening terms as Kosygin offered to mediate with Hanoi. The plan collapsed when Rostow altered the text to require a public halt to infiltration before a bombing pause, ending a potential Tet settlement.
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Alexei N. Kosygin
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Life Magazine
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Walt W. Rostow
Vietnam
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Cooper
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State Department
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Senator Pushes Repeal of Some Nixon Emergency Powers
U S Senator Charles Mathias of Maryland urged Congress to repeal parts of the 1933 emergency powers law that allow a president to declare a national emergency at any time. He called for a commission to study ending the Truman 1950 emergency and argued emergencies should be brief and tied to Congress inaction.
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Charles MacMathias Jr
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Maryland
Publican
Harry S. Truman
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Four Arrested in $1 Million Bond Theft Probe
Four New Yorkers were arrested in a Midtown Manhattan hotel by FBI agents who recovered over $1 million in stolen corporate and municipal bonds. Stephan B Salvaggio and Michael A Salvaggio aged 50 and 41. Robert J Cohn 44. William Silverman 42 faced arraignment on charges of transporting stolen securities across state lines. Bonds were stolen March 17 1971 from Pershing Co brokerage.
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Stephan B
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Robert J. Cohn
William Silverman
Pershing & Co
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