Laird Defends Prisoner Release Link to Vietnamization
Secretary Laird told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that U S Vietnamization hinges on freeing North Vietnamese prisoners. He pledged to stay as long as Americans are in captivity and signaled future rescue efforts if possible. He criticized Senator Fulbright for hostile charges about the Son Tay raid and urged strong rebuttal from officials.
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North Vietnam
Melvin Laird
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
Vietnam
Laird
Son Tay
Hanoi
J. William Fulbright
Defense Department
Administration
Fulbright
Nixon
Campus leadership urged to enforce orderly study first
Manuel DeBusk of Dallas urged Texas college leaders to keep students focused on their studies and warned against student and faculty attempts to control programs. He called for strict discipline, strong governance, and a clear division of roles among trustees, presidents, faculty, and students, proposing a statewide workshop to set uniform guidelines.
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Manuel DeBusk
Dallas
Lubbock
Coordinating Board For
Texas Colleges and Universities
Texas Tech University Board
Lubbock Rotary Club
Kenneth May
Avalanche-Journal
DeBusk
Coordinating Board
Case to the Editor Value Of Letters Sent To Hanoi Questioned
A Vietnam veteran questions the tactics of citizens sending letters to Hanoi about prisoners of war. He commends concern for servicemen but questions the method and impact of these letters and related efforts to secure their release. He notes public actions like Christmas gifts and urges careful consideration of how to help.
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Hanoi
Avalanche Journal
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Theodore Roosevelt
Barry B. Bryan
17Th St
Seminole
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
Carl Smith
The
Raider
West Side
Saring Goodman
White House conference on children and youth to open
Nixon launches a formal White House conference on children and youth with a first section focused on under 14s. He aims to build goodwill for the broader teen and young adult discussion, amid concerns of disruption by militants and a staged, group‑based format to avoid mob scenes.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
H. G. Wells
John Ehrlichman
Stephen Hess
Lan
Richard Kleindienst
Texas Labor Chief Grants Boxing License Amid Debate
State Commissioner of Labor Statistics Tommy Smith defends issuing a Cas sius Clay Joe Frazier title bout license in Texas after a federal ruling struck a New York ban. He cites lack of choice and cites prior Texas concerns while noting Ali's draft-dodger status remains controversial.
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Tommy Smith
Labor Statistics
Joe Frazier
Texas
Smith
New York
Houston
Astrodome
Clay
Muhammed Ali
Burns Comments On Inflation Key To Nixon Views
Washington reports that Federal Reserve Chairman Arthur Burns spoke at Pepperdine College on inflation and economic reform. He warned about speculative corporate mergers in the mid-1960s and urged productivity gains, wage restraint, and nationwide local productivity councils to curb price pressures. He stressed restoring consumer and business confidence as production and employment recover. He noted wage increases outpacing productivity and outlined steps to reduce cost pressures including job opportunities for teens and modernizing building codes.
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Washington
Arthur F. Burns
Federal Reserve Board
Pepperdine College
Los Angeles
Burns
Otheir
Ht Nixon
Tokyo China forces threaten Hungnam as UN evacuation proceeds
Report from Tokyo notes increasing Chinese Communist activity near Hungnam amid the rapid UN withdrawal of about 60 000 troops from northeast Korea. Moscow hints at Chinese forces returning home if foreign troops leave Korea. In Dallas Henry Ford urges farm federation action for a long term production race against global gangsters. West Texas doctors fail in 46 hour bid to save a New Mexico man, South Plains records 108th traffic fatality of the year.
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Lubbock
Tokyo
Hungnam
United Nations
Korea
Dallas
Henry Ford
American ‘Farmureau Federation
West Texas
New Mexico
South Plains
Nixon Faces Growing Party Discontent Ahead of 1972
A White House aide warns Nixon lacks a united Republican base as dissension grows over inflation Vietnam War and troop levels in Europe. Hickel’s sacking and conservative critics highlight internal GOP tensions and possible contenders in Reagan Rockefeller Hatfield Lindsay.
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Washington
Wally Hickel
Himmself
White House
Spiro Agnew
Franklin Roosevelt
Richard Nixon
Hickel
Nixon
Senate
GOP
U.S
Europe
Dwight Eisenhower
California
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Mark Hatfield
Oregon
John Lindsay
Alaska
Pass It On in a Patchwork of Notes and Quips
A collage of curiosities and Q and A moments, from drowsy driving tips and odd regional size talk to facts about elephants teeth and Alaska outhouses. J M Boyd invites readers to pass along questions and comments for future installments.
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Hawaii
Vesper Peak
Juneau
Alaska
Modesto
Calif
Paradise
Netherlands
J. M. Boyd
P.O
Santa Monica
Calit
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Russia
Jacob A. Malik
Andrew Tully
Republican Party
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L. M. Boyd
Massachusetts
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