U.S. Proposes Private Vietnam Peace Talks. Reds Reject
The United States urged private sessions at Vietnam peace talks to tackle core issues, but North Vietnam dismissed the move as a Nixon tactic to hide aggression. Habib outlined two paths, including Viet Namization with a U.S. withdrawal and South Vietnamese replacement, while the talks continued without progress.
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Paris
United States
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Nixon
Philip C. Habib
U.S
Habib
Viet Cong
North
South Vietnam
Henry Cabot Lodge
Republic of Vietnam
Five women testify again at Chappaquiddick inquest
Edgartown Massachusetts AP five young women who accompanied Mary Jo Kopechne to a Chappaquiddick Island reunion cookout testified at the Dukes County courthouse as the inquest into her death continued. They worked for Robert F. Kennedy during his 1968 campaign and were joined by local resident Anthony Bettencourt who runs a town dump. The inquest weighs whether any act by the Kennedy car driver warrants criminal action as the judge reviews testimony and possible air-pocket survival theories.
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Mass
Mary Jo Kopechne
Chappaquiddick Island
Reunion
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Mary Jo
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Sen
Edward M. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Anthony Bettencourt
James A. Boyle
John Farrar
Kennedy
Boyle
Farrar
Kopechnes barred from inquest into Mary Jo Kopechne death
The mother Gwendolyn Kopechne and her husband expressed distress after being barred from the Massachusetts inquest into their daughter Mary Jo Kopechne s fatal auto crash on Chappaquiddick Island. They denied plans to sue Senator Edward M. Kennedy and maintained their support for his honesty.
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Berkeley Heights
N.J
Mary Jo Kopechne
Sen
Edward M. Kennedy
Gwendolyn Kopechne
Massachusetts
Mass
Kennedy
Raney Drug Dept Prescriptions Highlighted in Ad
An advertisement fragment urges customers to bring prescriptions to Raney Drug Department and notes doctors prescriptions are honored regardless of location.
Kopechne Denies Lawsuit Over Mary Jo's Death
Joseph Kopechne rejected a Hartford Courant report that he and his wife planned to sue Senator Edward M. Kennedy. He said there is no basis for a suit and that any settlements would come from the car’s accidental death policy handled by their attorney.
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Berkeley Heights
N.J
Mary Jo Kopechne
Sen
Edward M. Kennedy
Hartford Courant
Kennedy
Joseph Kopechne
Kopechne
Joseph Flanagan
Wilkes-Barre
War Deaths Top 40 000 Toll In Vietnam Week
Sixty five Americans were killed in combat in Vietnam last week, the second lowest weekly toll in three years, pushing total U.S. combat deaths to 40,044 since January 1961. U.S. wounded reached 263,003. Vietnamese casualties rose with 304 killed and 796 wounded. allied forces reported 1,999 enemy killed last week. Cease fires for New Year and Christmas complicate casualty assessment.
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U.S. Command
Dow Jones Closes Up As Industrials Edge Higher
The Dow Jones Industrial Average finishes at 802.07, up 0.26 points as trades end. Investors monitor early gains and small rises across major components amid cautious market mood.
Haskell Seeks Dormitory Complex to Ease Crowding
Haskell Institute proposes a new dormitory complex on the southwest campus to house 963 students 488 men and 475 women. The project aims to relieve overcrowding in five dorms, support growth to about 1,440 students, and accommodate shared facilities and future expansion.
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Victoria Nakai
Gallup
N.M
Diane Loce
Santa Fe
Journal-World Photo
Wallace Galluzzi
Haskell
Galluzzi
Tinker
Osceola-Keokuk
Winona
Minoka
Pocahontas Hall
BIA
Nation Endures Record Cold Nationwide Amid Deep Freeze
The Weather Bureau reports record cold across 47 of 48 states with subzero readings from the Rockies to the Great Lakes and into New England. Temperatures fell to 34 in West Palm Beach and 21 in Houston, while Chicago saw an exposure death and Florida citrus growers rushed to protect crops.
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Great Lakes Region
New England
Mississippi Valley
Frigid six below zero grips Lawrence as pipes freeze and buses run late
A bone chilling minus six degree morning with minus forty wind chill froze water lines and cars in Lawrence. The Topeka weather bureau says frigid conditions will persist with only slight warming possible into Friday.
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Topeka Weather Bureau
John C. Postlewait
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