Westmoreland Says Bombing North Vietnam Could End War
General Westmoreland testifies before a House subcommittee that continued bombing North Vietnam would likely have ended the war by now. He notes that nuclear options were not ruled out and discusses the Vietnamization plan with Melvin Laird while acknowledging possible escalation if peace talks fail. Laird and officials indicate the war could drag on if policy shifts occur.
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William Westmoreland
Vietnam
United States
North Vietnam
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32 Dead Found In Ruins Of Nursing Home
AP reports 32 bodies recovered by late Tuesday in the fire at Repos de Vieillard, a three story wooden home for the aged in Notre-Dame-du-Lac Quebec. Police say between 40 and 58 killed. 21 survivors at hospital, with up to 29 others possibly escaped. Officials cite possible causes as electrical system furnace or laundry boiler. The building operated under Welfare Department permit since 1957 and had required exits and extinguishers, though fire spread rapidly.
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Cyrille Charron
Maine
Charron
Social Welfare Office
Cabana
Old People's Home
Charles Tardif
Repos de Vieillard
Welfare Department
Jean-Paul Cloutier
Quebec City
Andre Canell
$5,500 minimum income demanded at hunger conference
At the White House hunger conference delegates pressed for a guaranteed $5,500 yearly income for the poor and immediate food shipments. Critics called Nixon’s anti poverty plan inadequate while supporters urged broader action and food program expansion as the three welfare bills move through Congress.
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Nixon
White House
Congress
Peter Edelman
Washington, D.C
la Raza
Partment
Boston College
Stanley Gershoff
Haynsworth asks Furman to keep Bayh speaking invite
Judge Clement F. Haynsworth Jr urged Furman University not to withdraw the invitation to Sen. Birch Bayh to speak on campus next spring. Haynsworth, a Greenville resident and chief judge of the U.S. Fourth Circuit, said he hoped supporters would not push cancellation of the talk after Bayh led the drive that helped reject his Supreme Court nomination.
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S.C
Clement F. Haynsworth Jr
Furman University
Senate
Haynsworth
Supreme Court
Furman
Gordon W. Blackwell
Birch Bayh
U.S. 4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Bath Maine tied to shipbuilding since early 1600s
The Bath shipyard tradition dates to the early 1600s, yielding more than 5,000 ships built in Bath, Maine, marking a long historic industry rooted in the city's coastal economy and maritime heritage.
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