Kissinger Begins Hanoi Talks and Laos Cease Fire Push
U S and Vietnam start postwar discussions in Hanoi as Kissinger seeks a Laos cease fire and a broader peace. Pentagon reports major offensives in Laos with about 300 strikes daily, while prisoner releases for about 142 Americans and 3,000 Vietnamese are planned in Saigon.
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Saigon
Henry A. Kissinger
Hanoi
U.S
Kissinger
Laos
Pentagon
North
South
Vientiane
Nixon
United States
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Indochina
Alaskan Pipeline Delayed After Court Ruling
Anchorage officials reacted with shock as a U.S. appeals court overturned a lower court decision and ruled that an extrawide federal land corridor for a 789 mile Arctic Slope oil pipeline violates the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920.
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Anchorage, Alaska
U.S
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals For
District of Columbia
Interior Department
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co
Alyeska
Prudhoe Bay
Arctic Slope
Civil rights laws need more force
Federal civil rights enforcement suffers from weak leadership, says the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. The report calls for unequivocal presidential action to implement existing laws and warns that progress toward equal rights could erode without strong executive guidance.
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Washington
Nixon
United States Commission On Civil Rights
Commission
Ress
Ronald L. Ziegler
Rock throwing injures delegates at Ban Me Thuot Airport
Joint Military Commission delegates unanimously vote to investigate the attack at Ban Me Thuot in the central highlands where eight North Vietnamese members were wounded and several delegates injured. The North Vietnamese accused Saigon forces and gangsters led by policemen, while U S and South Vietnamese police were said to have made no interference.
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Saigon
Joint Military Commission
Ban Me Thuot
Central Highlands
North Vietnam
Foreign Ministry
U.S
Uruguay crisis forces defense minister resignation
In Montevideo President Bordaberry bowed to threats from rebellious military chiefs who demanded the ouster of Gen Antonio Francese after just three days. The generals also moved to place the police under armed forces control and pressed for greater military involvement against alleged corruption and Marxist influence.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Juan M. Bordaberry
Antonio Francese
Bordaberry
Francese
Interior Department
Penn Central Seeks Major Track Abandonment Plan
The bankrupt Penn Central plans to seek court permission to abandon up to 5 000 miles of track after a one day strike over crew cuts. It already seeks ICC approval to drop 3 000 miles and has 800 miles approved. The railroad says most passenger service outside New York and Connecticut loses money. A court petition will be filed before Judge John P Fullam, arguing he can bypass the ICC.
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Philadelphia
Penn Central Railroad
Penn Central
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York
Connecticut
U.S. District Courh
John P. Fullam
Gov Gilligan pushes tough consumer protection package
Gov John Gilligan sent a broad consumer protection bill package to the General Assembly. A lone drafted measure requires a uniform life determination for perishable food. Other proposals would abolish cognovit notes and end the holder in due course doctrine, preventing repossession without court action and shielding buyers from defective merchandise.
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Columbus
Ohio
John Gilligan
General Assembly
Gilligan
Veterans benefits face cut plan for Vietnam era soldiers
Nixon administration seeks to rewrite disability ratings potentially lowering payments for about 2.3 million disabled veterans. The proposal, backed by OMB and opposed by Rep. Dorn, would reduce monthly benefits and fringe allowances, with older veterans largely protected by law. Vietnam era veterans would bear the heaviest losses.
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Washington
House Veterans’ Committee
Vietnam
Theeterans Administration
House Veterans Affairs Committee
W. J. Bryan Dorn
D-S.c
Dorn
Nixon
Office of Management and Budget
Census Bureau
Weekend forecast with cold nights and mild Sunday
Partly cloudy and cold tonight with teens lows. Sunday brings sunny skies and highs in the lower 30s. Next week to start warmer with upper 30s to low 40s and a chance of rain Tuesday.
Dollar crisis fuels weekend market fears worldwide
The Japanese government declined to open its foreign exchange market for a half day citing a flood of dollars as European markets were closed for the weekend. World central banks prepared for a Basel meeting while no decisive action was announced. Brandt spent about 1.8 billion marks to buy dollars as the rate hovered around 3.15 marks.
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Japan
Europe
Basel
Switzerland
Britain
Treasury
Anthony Barber
London
Paris
Willy Brandt
West Germany
Nixon
Brandt
Smithsonian
Washington
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Oliver Meadows
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