India Sets Up Diplomatic Ties With North Vietnam
India and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam establish full diplomatic relations, raising representation to embassies in Hanoi and Saigon. New Delhi cites strengthened ties while Saigon protests, warning the move harms neutrality and ICC leadership as Canada and Poland react to potential policy shifts.
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India
North Vietnam
New Delhi
Hanoi
Saigon
International Control Commission
Vietnam
U.S
Washington
State Department
South Vietnam
Tran van Lam
ICC
Lam
United States
Pakistan
Canada
Poland
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Hijacked PSA Jet Heads Toward Havana From Los Angeles
A Pacific Southwest Airlines Boeing 727 was hijacked by a gunman and a woman with a baby in Los Angeles and diverted toward Havana after refueling in Tampa was interrupted. The plane carried 10 PSA employees and 134 passengers were removed. FBI and local authorities prepared roadblocks as negotiators sought a larger aircraft for an Africa bound flight.
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Tampa
Fla
Pacific Southwest Airlines
Los Angeles
Havana
Africa
FBI
PSA
MacAllister
Major sewer break under Cache Creek threatens east Lawton
City Administrator Henry Nabers announced a major break in an inverted siphon beneath Cache Creek, affecting all east of the creek and feeding the Lawton treatment plant. Three lines 24, 20, and 12 inches are involved. repairs will be costly and a contractor may be hired after council action.
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Cache Creek
Lawton
Henry Nabers
Nabers
Don Whitaker
State Health Department
Bomb plot strikes nine banks in three cities
Police found electrically timed bombs in safe deposit boxes at banks in New York Chicago and San Francisco after anonymous warnings to news outlets. In San Francisco explosions were reported last September with minor damage and no injuries.
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Chicago
New York
San Francisco
Christopher Hayes
William Suchoski
Marine Midland Trust Company
New York City
Bank of America
Crocker Citizens National Bank
Wells Fargo Bank
Lower Manhattan
Marine Midland Trust Co
Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co
First National City Bank
First National Bank of Chicago
Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust
Northern Trust Co
Kenneth O'Neill
Marine Midland
Broadway
Robert Daly
Continental Illinois National Bank of Chicago
Nixon seeks reelection in New Hampshire primary
President Nixon announced he will run again and keep his name on the ballot for New Hampshire's March 7 primary. He said he wants to complete the work begun.
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Concord
N.H
Nixon
New Hampshire
Pentagon to cut 113000 troops over six months
The Pentagon announces a 113000 reduction in armed services over six months due to congressional budget cuts. Draft calls may drop further with no January draft and possibly no February or March calls. Civilian workforce will shrink by 41000 to 1,041,000 by June, the smallest since 1965.
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Ashington
Pentagon
Armed Services
Secretary of Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Jerry
W. Friedheim
Friedheim
Defense Department
Nixon
Congress
Nixon Sato Move Toward Okinawa Settlement
Nixon and Japan's Eisaku Sato expected to announce a final Okinawa settlement with a date for transfer to Japan. Talks hint at a trade-off with Japan conceding on economics and the U S easing political questions. Japan seeks April 1 flag-raising while the U S eyes a July transfer after removing nuclear weapons.
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San Clemente, Calif
Nixon
Eisaku Sato
Japan
Okinawa
William P. Rogers
United States
Sato
Powell and Rehnquist Sworn In to Supreme Court
Powell and Rehnquist take oaths as first double swearing in in 60 years. Chief Justice Burger welcomes them as Nixon appointees, court doors close to general public, two separate receptions held for friends and families, court reaches nine justices for first time since summer.
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Lewis F. Powell Jr
William H. Rehnquist
Supreme Court
Powell
Virginia
Rehnquist
Goldwater
Warren E. Burger
Burger
Nixon Administration
Mem‘oray
Hugo L. Black
John M. Harlan
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Presi
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