U S speeds arms to South Vietnam before cease fire
UPI reports defense officials say the United States races to ship arms to South Vietnam ahead of any cease-fire that would halt reinforcements. Pentagon spokesmen stress the program is not slowed, but there are concerns about time to deliver aircraft to bolster South Vietnam’s air force before limits take effect.
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Henry A. Kissinger
South Vietnam
Hanoi
United States
Congress
Saigon
Friedheim
Rockets Hit Da Nang Pleiku Cu Chi Bases in South Vietnam
Soviet rockets struck Da Nang air base area and Pleiku Cu Hanh airport wounding a civilian and a soldier. UPI reports Da Nang saw multiple impacts near the terminal. no American casualties. Eight rockets hit the Cu Chi base camp as Communist forces press the conflict.
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Saigon
UPI
South Vietnam
da Nang Air Base
Pleiku
Cu Hanh
Ed Bassett
da Nang
Cu Chi
Nixon vetoes nine costly bills ahead of election
President Nixon announced he would veto nine bills approved in the final days of the 92nd Congress, including a HEW Labor Department appropriation vetoed earlier for the same reason. He warned the action could be politically damaging just before the November 7 election.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Labor Department
White House
Congress
Sen
Harrison A. Williams Jr
Dn.j
Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee
Carl Albert
John D. Ehrlichman
Ehrlichman
PUC to rule on water rate hike in Vandenberg Village
Residents await California Public Utilities Commission action on two proposals from Vandenberg Utilities Co. one for a water rate increase tied to a new filtration plant and another for a system without it. Current bills range from 3.75 to about 30 dollars monthly with average around 12, plus looming sewer charges tied to a Valley wide waste disposal plan and a Lompoc bond issue.
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Vandenberg Village
California Public Utilities Commission
PUC
Vandenberg Utilities Co
City of
Lompoc
Village Utility Company
McGovern blasts Nixon vetoes on veterans aid
Senator George S. McGovern denounces President Nixon for vetoing nine major bills, including veterans benefits and cemetery funding, accusing him of inflationary wartime spending while neglecting veterans. He campaigns in California, urging support as Vietnam peace talks unfold and cease-fire prospects rise.
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Los Angeles
UPI
George S. McGovern
Nixon
California
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Vietnam
McGovern
Alan Cranston
Dcalif
Waldheim offers U.N. help in Vietnam ceasefire plan
United Nations Secretary General Kurt Waldheim told US Ambassador George Bush that the UN has the machinery and experience to supervise a ceasefire or rehabilitation in Vietnam, a UN spokesman said. Bush’s briefing touched on Kissinger’s Vietnam peace moves, with Thieu proposing a UN supervised referendum to allow Vietnamese people to express their will. North Vietnam and the Vietcong oppose UN interference, and Waldheim had not offered direct assistance to either government.
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Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Indochina
Thieu
Soviet Union
United States
North Vietnam
Vietnam
South Vietnam
London
U. S
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
U.S
Hanoi
Haiphong
United Nations
Kurt Waldheim
George Bush
U.N
Paris
Hostilies
UPI
Washington
Bush
Waldheim
Henry A Kissinger
Vietcong
Nguyen Huu Chi
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Bill Schuyler
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