Troop strength falls to 10000 as Vietnam pullout proceeds
The U S military in South Vietnam nears the end of Paris cease fire terms with about 10 000 troops remaining. The 1st Aviation Brigade and the 716th Military Police Battalion still in country each number about 350 men as ships move down the Saigon River carrying trucks guns helicopters and planes toward U S ports. Cargo planes and freighters have removed 61 percent of the homeward cargo with three weeks left in the pullout.
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Southeast Asia
South Vietnam
U.S
Paris
Korea
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Uncle Sam
Nixon
United States
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Vung Tau
Qui Nhon
Qui Nhon Bay
Vietnam
New Orleans
China Sea
Singapore
da Nang
Newport
Mayberry Nepotism Ruling Lets DPS Chiefs Keep Posts
Oklahoma Attorney General Larry Derryberry ruled that the states Merit System Law allows Public Safety Commissioner Bill Mayberry his son Eddie and son in law Jerry Matheson to retain their jobs. The decision hinges on the merit system pre dating terms and the 1907 nepotism act.
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Oklahoma City
Public Safety
Bill Mayberry
Oklahoma Department of Public Safety
Larry Derryberry
Derryberry
David Hall
Public Safety Department
Mayberry
Eddie
Highway Patrol
Jerry Matheson
The
Safety Department
Patrol
Atty
Mac Q. Williamson
Henry Bellmon
State Highway Department
Bellmon
Charles Nesbitt
Secretary of
Jim Bullard
State School Land Commission
Bullard
State Supreme Court
Dorothy Bernice Hall
State Health Department
Hall
Dewey Bartlett
Oklahoma House OKs petition rule change and school board talks
The Oklahoma House approved a bill to remove the Secretary of State from judging petition sufficiency and have the State Supreme Court validate signatures. The chamber also considered a closed meetings bill for schools and a highway patrol study resolution by Rep Twidwell amid troop dissatisfaction.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma House
Senate
Secretary of State
State Supreme Court
Carl Twidwell Jr
D Spencer
House
Twidwell
Department of Public Safety
Devaluation policy defended by Volcker amid fiscal clash
In Washington the undersecretary of the treasury for monetary affairs Paul Volcker rejected a new devaluation of the dollar. He urged continuation of the February realignment as a basis for balance of payments and promised swift coordination with the European Community and other partners to solve the crisis. Senate action on shifting funds to education was defeated 18-23.
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Washington (Ap
Paul A. Volcker
The
Treasury For Monetary Affairs
United States
Volcker
Nixon
Treasury
George P. Shultz
Paris
Parity ratio seen as bright spot for 1973 farm income
USDA economists say 1973 may be the best year for the farm price parity ratio in a decade with January at 80 percent and February at 82 percent, the highest monthly reading since 1966. All of 1972 averaged 74 percent as livestock and grain prices rose in the second half.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
USDA
Nixon
Allende’s Coalition Strengthened by Chilean Election
In Santiago supporters celebrated as Allende’s Leftist coalition won control of the Chamber of Deputies and a Senate edge. Final counts show Allende at 43.39 percent, opposition 54.70. Christian Democrats rose to 50 deputies, National party 34. inflation hit 163 percent last year, with food shortages and rationing looming.
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Chile
Salvador Allende
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Ton
Allende
Christian Democrats
National Party
Socialist Party
Communist Party
Sena
Tors
Rogers Sees Near Settlement on Vietnam Commission Clash
Secretary Rogers told the House Foreign Affairs Committee the North Vietnamese boycott dispute over the Joint Military Commission in South Vietnam is nearing a settlement. He noted impasse over prisoner releases and cited reports of a demand for about 5 000 prisoners, with broader Paris talks failing to unite on economic aid.
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William P. Rogers
Congress
Joint Military Commission
South Vietnam
Rogers
House Foreign Affairs Committee
North Vietnam
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Saigon
New York Times
Vietnam
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Oklahoma
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Military Property Disposal Office
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Ralph T. Browning
Orlando
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