Nixon Pushes Broad Vietnam Pullout by 1970 Election
President Nixon indicated in a White House meeting with five Republican senators that he favors nearly complete U S withdrawal from Vietnam by the 1970 congressional elections. The plan aims to reduce American forces to a small contingency, while leaving South Vietnamese troops to carry the fight.
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Nixon
Vietnam
White House
Clark M. Clifford
U.S
South Vietnam
Charles H Percy
R-Nl
Richard S. Schweiker
William P. Rogers
Government sue Pfizer and Cyanamid over tetracycline patent
The U S government charges Pfizer and American Cyanamid with fraudulently obtaining the tetracycline patent and seeks more than 25 million dollars in damages and patent cancellation. The suit claims withholding that aureomycin was produced during antibiotic manufacture kept facts from the Patent Office and restrained competition.
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Pfizer
U. S. Patent Office
Justice Department
Patent Office
Reno Malls OK For More Gambling
Reno City Council refused three applications to expand gaming outside the Red Line boundary. Lee Francovich, Jack Austin and John Cladianos sought more than the allowed number of slot machines and table games outside the line. The panel upheld the line and asked for an August downtown redevelopment report before any boundary changes.
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Reno
UPI
Lee Francovich
Lee’s Hofbrau
Jack Austin
Colony Casino
John Cladianos
Sands Motel
Francovich
Reno Winner Pleads Guilty On Tax Report Failure
Louis C. Hansen admitted failing to report an $11 000 Reno gambling win on his 1944 tax return. The case, linked to his wife, stems from a Harrah's Club ticket on November 23. Hansen faces up to three years in prison and a $5 000 fine with sentencing set for August 4 in U S District Court.
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Sacramento
UPI
Louis C. Hansen
Internal Revenue Service
Hansen
Reno
IRS
Latin Return Probed at Auburn University Fall
Auburn University will reintroduce Latin in the fall after a 50 year absence and will offer a new masters degree program in Spanish for the first time. The land grant school emphasizes expanding classical language studies alongside agricultural programs.
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UPT
Auburn University
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Wheeler Visited Vietnam To Assess Deescalation Prospects
Gen Farle G Wheeler chairman of the Joint Chiefs flew to Vietnam to judge if conditions allow lowering offensive pressure. Defense Secretary Laird told the Senate that no policy change is decided, Abrams is ordered to keep casualties low, while a broader peace tilt remains uncertain. Laird noted a recent lull but warned against missing any new enemy moves.
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UPI
Farle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Vietnam
Wheeler
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U. S
South Vietnam
Laird
Johnson
Creighton Abrams
Nixon
Abrams
John ©. Stennis
D-Miss
Senate Armed Services Committee
Stennis
Army Revives Nerve Gas Manufacturing Plan
Rep. McCarthy says the U S Army plans to resume nerve gas production at Newport Indiana, ending caretaker status after years. He notes the move conflicts with a Nixon administration review and ties to disposal plans for nearly 15 thousand tons of excess nerve gas.
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APT
Army
Newport
Ind
Richard D. McCarthy
D-N.y
McCarthy
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Pentagon
Nixon
U.S
U.S. Army Ammunition Plant
Indiana
Illinois
Indianapolis
Terre Haute
Rocky Mountain Arsenal
Denver
United States
Laird
Long Urges Surtax Vote Before Summer Break
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Russell B. Long pressed to extend the 10 percent surcharge for the rest of the year and 5 percent for six months of 1970. He argued to keep fiscal integrity and aid inflation control, countering Mansfield’s plan to wait until September for tax reform linkage.
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Washington
UPI
Russell B. Long
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Congress
Long
Mike Mansfield
Agnew Defends AMA Medics
Vice President Agnew defended physicians before the AMA 118th annual meeting in New York saying most doctors focus on practicing medicine not politics. He opened with jokes about AMA's opposition to Dr. John Knowles' nomination to the health post in the Nixon administration.
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New York
API
Agnew
American Medical Association
AMA
John Knowles
Nixon Administration
Cats' Pause Wins Naming Contest for Culver Stockton Center
The old Cats' Pause student union was replaced by a new activities building at Culver Stockton College. Students voted to name the new center Cats' Pause, winning the contest.
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UPI
Culver Stockton College
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