Muskie urges cease-fire plan to end Vietnam war
Senator Edmund S. Muskie urged President Nixon to propose a cease-fire as a fresh path toward peace in Vietnam. He noted risks but argued stopping fighting could pressure the Communists to move Paris talks forward, while acknowledging doubts about troop withdrawals and battlefield tactics. Clifford proposed removing all U S ground troops by end of 1979, a plan Laird contests, with Nixon promising a decision after August contingent on South Vietnamese performance.
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Edmund S. Muskie
Nixon
Maine Democrat
Defense
Clark M. Clifford
Vietnam
Muskie
Saigon
Paris
Hanoi
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Clifford
Quarterly
Foreign Affairs
Allied Forces Repel Tay Ninh Assault Amid Fierce Fighting
Saigon reports heavy three sided combat around Tay Ninh City with allied forces driving back a beleaguered enemy. North Vietnamese commandos hit a U.S. artillery base in the north as 63 rockets pounded allied towns and bases overnight. a Saigon city councilman was assassinated in Cholon, with a gun battle ensuing and several wounded. Fire Base Washington endured a close Viet Cong assault with 35 enemy killed and six captured. U.S. artillery and air support blunted the attack as a helicopter gunship was damaged but landed safely.
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Tay Ninh
U.S
van Dien Quang
Cholon
Cambodia
Washington
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
9Th Division
Chuckle: marriage vows shift from worse to more or less
A witty quip notes changing matrimonial expectations as a girl, once tied to phrases of better or worse, now jokes about marrying for more or less. The line reflects playful social commentary on modern relationships.
U S Combat Casualties On Upswing
The U S Command reports 235 Americans killed in action this week versus 252 prior week. South Vietnamese losses rise to 514, with enemy dead at 4 360 for the week and total American KIA since Jan 1 1961 at 36 378. Wounded include 1 695 Americans, 901 hospitalized. 1 330 Americans listed as missing or captured.
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U.S
Paris
South Vietnam
Nixon News Conference Set Tonight
In Washington President Nixon holds his first news conference in two months. He faces pressure for a faster Vietnam troop withdrawal, quick arms control talks, and a domestic economic crisis. No opening statement planned. the questions begin immediately. Clark Clifford calls for total pullback by end of 1970.
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Nixon
U.S
Vietnam
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Defense
Clark M. Clifford
New Prime Interest Rate And What It Means To You
The Associated Press reports major banks raised the prime rate to 8 percent beginning June 9, the fifth increase in six months. The rate, tied to loans to large firms, affects mortgages and bond issues, with inflation driving higher costs and debates over possible legislation. Rep. Patman and Romney criticized the move while the Fed has limited ceiling powers.
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House Banking Committee
Wright Patman
D-Tex
Patman
Nixon
Richard W. McLaren
Antitrust
Justice Department
Alfred Brittain TI
Bankers Trust Co
New York
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
McLaren
Maryland
Marvin Mandel
Mandel
Clifford urges U S to quit Vietnam by 1970
Clark M Clifford, former secretary of defense under Johnson, argues in Foreign Affairs that the United States should withdraw all ground combat troops from Vietnam by the end of 1970. He cites world shifts, cites Vietnam objective largely met, and urges disengagement as South Vietnam grows politically ready to shoulder its burden.
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New York
Clark M Clifford
United States
Vietnam
Clifford
Lyndon B. Johnson
Saigon
U.S
South
South Vietnam
The
Council On Foreign Relations
Pentagon
Barge sunk by state to stop leaking oil
ALMA Wisconsin AP A barge leaking thousands of gallons of fuel oil into the upper Mississippi River was sunk after the state ordered an end to the leak. About 64000 gallons escaped from four compartments in a collision with a wing dam. Oil drifted downstream thinning into a film. ducklings and fish were affected. cleanup involved the Army Corps of Engineers plastic boom and a barge-mounted sewer vacuum.
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Alma
Wis
Mississippi River
Chester Forkum
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Forkum
Army Corps of Engineers
Patman presses national usury law amid bank rate rise
Rep. Wright Patman, chair of the House Banking Committee, demands administration thoughts on a possible national usury law as hearings open into the 8 percent prime rate. Treasury Secretary Kennedy and Fed vice chairman Robertson are slated witnesses in a clash over banking policy and potential antitrust action.
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Edmond Lebreton
Washington
Wright Patman
Patman
House Banking Committee
Treasury
David M. Kennedy
J. L. Robertson
Federal Reserve Board
D-Tex
Wall Street
Banking Committee
Kennedy
Ilinois National Bank of Chicago
Pat
Nixon
Texan
Middletown Area Weather Forecast Update
The forecast for Middletown and vicinity calls for mostly cloudy conditions today with little change in temperature and lows in the 60s. Friday will be partly cloudy and warmer with a high in the upper 80s. Saturday outlook is partly cloudy and cooler. Yesterday's high reached 66 with a 60 degree low this morning and only 0.03 inch of rain fell overnight.
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