U.S. Presses North Viet Nam for Serious Peace Talks
United States and Viet Cong North Viet Nam negotiators met in semisecret sessions for the 50th time without progress. Philip Habib condemned the talks as sterile and accused Hanoi of propaganda while pressing for prisoner talks and humane treatment of POWs.
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Paris
UPI
North Vietnam
United States
U.S
Philip Habib
Vietnam
Saigon
Nguyen
Habib
South Vietnam
Armistice Signed as Biafra Pledges Loyalty to Nigeria
The secessionist state of Biafra signed an armistice with Nigeria and pledged total loyalty to the federal government after a three hour meeting at Dodan barracks. Gen. Gowon and Maj. Gen. Effiong led the talks with a five member Biafran delegation. Ojukwu had fled the country last weekend.
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Lagos
Odumegwu Ojukwu
Biafra
Gowon
Hawaiian Islands Storm Damage Reaches 5 Million
Officials pegged damage at 5 million after 100 mph winds swept the Hawaiian Islands destroying homes and military facilities. In Oahu 150 people evacuated to Red Cross shelters as roofs blew off and six people were injured.
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Honolulu
UPI
Hawaiian Islands
Oahu
Red Cross
Castle Memorial Hospital
Schofield Barracks
Budget cuts cripple atom energy use
Rep. Chet Holifield says Nixon Administration slashed Atomic Energy Commission funding for the Plowshare program by about 14.5 million dollars for 1970, crippling peaceful nuclear energy projects like oil and gas reclamation, earth moving, harbor work, and a potential interoceanic canal. He spoke to 600 scientists at a symposium, urging reality over a balanced-budget goal amid the cuts.
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Myram
Las Vegas
UPI
Nixon
Joint Committee On Atomic Energy
Chet Holifield
D-Calif
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Central America
Holifield
Mystery airplane disappearance near Cebada Canyon remains unsolved
An Air Force helicopter and ground teams failed to locate a reported twin engine plane seen veering into Cebada Canyon with a smoke trail. Searches extended across Lompoc Santa Ynez Santa Maria and Santa Barbara air ports. The craft was not found and authorities reported no missing or overdue planes.
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Air Force
Cebada Canyon
Paul Yenney
N. Seventh St
Lompoc
Federal Aviation Agency
Santa Ynez
Santa Maria
Santa Barbara
L. R. Gonzales
Douglas May
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Kings Birthday Observed Across Nation Honors MLK Jr
Across the nation governors declared Martin Luther King Day marking the 41st anniversary of his birth. New York and other cities closed schools while Mayor Lindsay offered city workers a day off. In Atlanta the Martin Luther King memorial center inauguration was planned near his crypt and Ebenezer Church.
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United Press International
Martin Luther King Jr
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Kenneth Curtis
Maine
Frank Lucht
Rhode Island
Martin Luther King
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Kansas City
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Harrisburg
John V. Lindsay
Martin Luther King Memorial Center
Atlanta
King’s New Crypt
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Demonstrators clash with police during Agnew visit in Auckland
Anti-Vietnam War protesters clashed with police outside the Intercontinental Hotel in Auckland as Vice President Spiro T. Agnew arrived for a three day visit. Ten arrests occurred in a prior scuffle with 150 demonstrators. police dispersed 80 officers and 150 protesters later with taunts as Agnew stayed safely inside.
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Auckland
New Zealand
UPI
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Keith J. Holyoake
Intercontinental Hotel
The
Progressive Youth
Pill Criticized For Feeding Breast Cancer Risks In Pill Use
A Senate hearing hears warnings that estrogens in birth control pills may promote undetected breast cancer. Dr. Hertz warns that one in twenty may develop cancer, while other experts defend safety and criticize drug-company ties and AMA positions.
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Washington
UPI
Roy Hertz
Senate
Edmond Kassouf
Cranford
N. J
American Medical Association Ama
Robert W. Kistner
Harvard Medical School
Kistner
Hertz
National Cancer Institute
Rockefeller University
New York
Gaylord Nelson
Kassouf
AMA Journal
U. S
Victor Drill
David Calhoun
G. D. Searle Co
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Drill-Calhoun
AMA
Nelson
D-Wis
The
Younger Announces for Attorney General Nomination
Los Angeles County district attorney Evelle J. Younger 51 announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for state attorney general. He heads the Presidents Task Force on Crime and Law Enforcement and spoke at news conferences in Los Angeles San Diego Newport Beach San Francisco and Oakland.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Evelle J. Younger
Younger
San Diego
Newport Beach
San Francisco
Oakland
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Schofield
U.S. Army Hawaii Supply and Maintenance Center
Post Exchange Toyland
Yorty
Jesse Unruh
Sam Yorty
Unruh
Reagan
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