Nixon Targets Vietnam Pullout Talks and Inflation Outlook
President Nixon expressed hope for substantial Vietnam troop withdrawals by year end and a later reduction by 1970, while warning inflation controls may take two to three months to show an effect. He also commented on New York City elections, missile defense, and a wiretap inquiry into Dr. King.
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Washington
Nixon
Vietnam
New York City
Dr. Luther King
Clark Clifford
U.S
Middletown Weather Outlook With Showers Likely
The forecast for Middletown and vicinity calls for mostly cloudy skies and warm temperatures with scattered showers and thundershowers likely tonight. Lows in the upper 60s to lower 60s. Saturday will be cloudy and cooler with highs in the upper 70s. Sunday looks mostly sunny and warm with a slight chance of showers. Yesterday's high was 84 and this morning's low 62.
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Middletown
End to Airport Traffic Jams as Controllers Return to Work
The nationwide air control crisis eased as PATCO urged members to resume normal duties after a four hour Washington meeting with the FAA. FAA safety rules had caused mass sick calls and hours of delays, but centers in Chicago New York and other cities began normal operations again.
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Washington
Bailey
Boston
FAA
PATCO
Air Traffic Control Center
Chicago Area
New York
Bank Defends Big Boost Of Prime Interest Rate
The article covers the prime rate rise from 7% to 8% led by Bankers Trust and echoed by banks nationwide. Alfred Brittain Ill testifies that lending stays available for small businesses and essential needs. The House Banking Committee probes the rate move as Patman and Kennedy clash over conflicts of interest and inflation policy.
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Alfred Brittain
Bankers Trust Co
New York
Bankers Trust
House Banking Committee
Brittain
Wright Patman
D-Tex
Secretary of the Treasury
David M. Kennedy
Patman
Continental Illinois
Tional Bank of Chicago
Kennedy
Senate Finance Committee
Rhodesia votes on break with Britain in landmark referendum
Rhodesia moves to entrench white supremacy with two constitutional questions on independence from Britain and becoming a republic. A predominantly white electorate expected to back both measures, while critics warn of entrenched minority rule and expanded police powers amid sanctions and regional tensions.
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Salisbury, Rhodesia
Rodney Simmonds
Rhodesia
California
Ian Smith
Republic
The
Crown
Smith
London
Britain
U.N
South Africa
Center
R.J.R. Patteril
Assault on U S Firebase Near Tay Ninh Fails
AP reports a large North Vietnamese assault on Firebase Ike, 15 miles north of Tay Ninh City, is repulsed after 75 minutes. U S forces suffer 7 killed and 18 wounded, with total U S casualties 15 killed and 48 wounded in 24 hours. More than 500 attackers engaged, 72 killed, while B52s bombed targets north of the base.
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Tay Ninh City
Tay Ninh
Ike
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Army Sees Desertion Rise To Fifty Thousand In 1969
Army officials told a House subcommittee that 50,000 soldiers are projected to desert by the end of the current fiscal year, a 30 percent jump from 1968. Lt. Gen. A. O. Conner blamed undisciplined recruits and social trends, while Vice Adm. G. M. Davis noted 2,372 sailors were discharged for drug abuse in 1968.
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Army
A. O. Conner
House
Defense Appropriations Subcommittee
Vice Adm
G. M. Davis
Navy Medicine
Davis
Vietnam
Marine Corps
Conner
Nixon slips and calls Rockefeller president at news conference
President Nixon, at a news conference, described a remark as a Freudian slip after inadvertently referring to Nelson Rockefeller as president. He responded to questions about Rockefeller's Latin America mission, saying the talking papers Rockefeller provided were very helpful for context.
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Nixon
Nelson A Rockefeller
New York
Latin America
President Lleras
Governor Rockefeller
Rockefeller
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