Nixon State of the Union Signals Retread Agenda
President Nixon delivers a State of the Union stressing a handful of longtime proposals while hinting at new wrinkles. He calls on Congress to resist election-year politics, vows higher defense spending, plans to fund schools without property tax, and urges action on welfare reform reorganization and revenue sharing. He also cites talks with China and the USSR and warns against a too-rapid pullback from international duties.
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Soviet Vessels In Bering Sea Standoff Near Adak
Two Soviet fishing ships the Lamut and the Kol yvan faced U S custody after entering the U S 12 mile zone near St Matthew Island. They were escorted by the icebreaker Storis toward Adak as Washington and Moscow held diplomatic talks. The ships were detained with potential charges of illegal fishery support activity and could face fines up to 100000 dollars and imprisonment.
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Bering Sea
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Kolyvan
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Anchorage
Edwards
Igor Bobtuk
Washington
Staris
Weather Brief: Rain Tonight and Friday Showers
Rain is expected tonight with a low near 40. Friday brings variable cloudiness and scattered showers, with highs around 45 and an overnight low near 36.
Egyptian Students at Cairo University Strike Over War Plans
Several hundred engineering students at Cairo University walked out on Tuesday rejecting a political solution to the Arab Israeli conflict and urging action against U S oil interests. The strike followed the Monday cabinet formation by President Sadat that supporters say signals preparation for confrontation with Israel.
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Lebanon
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U.S
Middle East
Anwar Sadat
Israel
Sadat
Cairo
Mehaila al Kobra
South Viets Push 10 000 15 000 Troops Into Rubber Country
South Vietnamese forces including para troopers rangers and armored units advance through rubber plantation country 40 to 50 miles northwest of Saigon in a major operation aimed at denying the Viet Cong space and offsetting potential Tet offensives. U S forces report losses including an AH1 Cobra helicopter gunship downed with one crewman wounded. US B52 bombers attack central highlands and Laos border areas as Ambassador Bunker warns of intensified enemy activity and possible offensives during Tet and major political events.
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Michelin Plantation
da Nang
U.S
Hue
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Porter's Secret Flight Home From Vietnam Peace Talks
The chief U S delegate to the Vietnam peace talks William J Porter flew home to Massachusetts secretly last weekend with his wife and is expected to return to Paris next week for consultations. Deputy Hayward Isham filled his seat at the first session Porter missed since September 9. The delegation did not explain the four day secrecy.
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Stephen Ledegar
Massachusetts
Ledogar
American Death Toll 5 In Combat 8 Others
Five Americans were reported killed in action during the second week of 1972 in Indochina, with 26 wounded and eight dying from nonhostile causes. Allied commands tallied 1,034 enemy killed, while American casualties reached 45,637 killed in action and 302,519 wounded since the war began.
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Saigon
U.S
Miami feminist urges storm names after senators
A Miami activist proposes naming hurricanes after U S senators to avoid female pejoratives. Roxey Bolton urges using him-icanes and argues the idea challenges sexist naming. NOAA conference chair Karl Johannessen responds with a suggested alternating system.
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