Critics Press Nixon Laos Policy After 3000 Word Reply
Senate critics say Nixon did not reveal the full U S role in Laos after releasing a 3000 word statement. They cite glossed details and call for testimony release and a possible secret session. Some argue U S personnel have violated Geneva accords in Laos.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Laos
Nixon
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Key Biscayne
Fla
McGovern
Subcommittee
Administration
Cooper
R-ey
Rebels seize U.S. official in Guatemala demand prisoner release
Gunmen abduct labor attaché Sean M. Holly near the U.S. Embassy and threaten execution. The FAR set a 48 hour deadline to free four jailed guerrillas including Jose Manuel Aguirre Monzon and Jose A. Sierra, Leonel del Cid, and Vildalina Antonieta Monzon, while police report disruptions around the capital.
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U.S
Guatemala
Sean M. Holly
FAR
Holly
Alberto Fuentes Mohr
Fuentes Mohr
Mexico
Holly’s
Jose A. Sierra
Leonel del Cid
Vildalina Antonieta Monzon
Monzons
del Cid
Sierra
Manson Granted Lawyer Amid Battled Court Hearing
Los Angeles judge appoints Charles Hollo peter to defend Charles Manson who protests, calling himself unable to represent himself. Three followers, including Gypsy Share and Sandra Good, are held in contempt and jailed five days each as trial plans for the Tate murder case proceed.
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Los Angeles
Charles M. Manson
Sharon Tate
Manson
William B. Keene
Keene
Keane
Charles Hollopeter
Pasadena
Hellopeter
Catharine Share
Gypsy
Sandra Good
Mark Ross
Red China builds road through northern Laos toward Thailand
Laotian Thai and American officials report a Chinese road project in northern Laos extending toward the Thai border. About 6,000 Chinese are involved including 2,500 army troops. a February clash downed a Laotian T28 and an Air America plane was damaged by anti aircraft fire. The road runs from Batane to Muong Sai with two forks toward Muong La and Pak Beng, near the Mekong River.
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Vientiane
Laos
China
Thailand
Air America
Batane
Muong Sai
Phoumi Nosavan
Muong la
Dien Bien Phu
Viet
Nixon aims for middle course on space program budget
President Nixon seeks a tight space program spending path through the 1970s balancing inflation fears with a potential manned Mars plan in the early 1980s. A shuttle system and an orbiting space platform would precede Mars, with the shuttle ready by the 1976 U.S. birthday.
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Key Biscayne
Fla
Nixon
Mars
Florida White House
U.S
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Earth
Space Station
Ozark mother found guilty in baby kidnapping hoax
Mary McLeroy testified that she staged the Feb 19 disappearance of her 4 month old daughter Shawn. She was convicted of disorderly conduct and fined $100 with a six month suspended jail term. The hoax triggered a 32 hour joint search by federal state and local forces and volunteers.
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Ozark
Ala
Mary McLeroy
City Recorder’s Court
Shawn
Alabama
Perry Mason Star William Hopper Dies at 59
William Hopper, who portrayed Paul Drake on Perry Mason for eight years, died in Palm Springs at age 59 from pneumonia after a recent stroke. He appeared in Sissy and The Maltese Falcon and served in World War II as a Navy frogman before later working as a car salesman.
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Palm Springs, Calif
William Hopper
Perry Mason
Paul Drake
Hopper
Hedda Hopper
Grace Moore
Knute Rockne
All American
Myra Breckenridge
Potatoes Burned in Idaho Protest for Higher Prices
National Farmers Organization members burned about a million pounds of potatoes near Shelley Idaho as part of a protest demanding 342 cents a pound for top grade spuds. They dumped crops and pressed processing plants to handle the supply while questioning charity redistribution.
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National Farmers Organization
NFO
Idaho
Shelley
Lester Dozier
Cool weekend forecast for southwestern Ohio
Fair and cooler weather is in store for southwestern Ohio tonight and tomorrow. A low in the upper 20s is forecast for tonight, and the high Sunday will be around 50. The outlook for Monday is for mostly cloudy skies, and continued cool temperatures.
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Ohio
Israelis Raid In Lebanon In Cross Border Strike
TEL AVIV AP The Israeli military reports raiders crossed into Lebanon and blew up five buildings in the village of Aita Ech Chaab near the border. One Arab fighter killed two captives taken. Beirut says two Israeli forces crossed the frontier one attacking the village killing a Lebanese soldier and wounding a civilian.
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Tel Aviv
Lebanon
Aita Ech Chaab
Beirut
Nixon Signs $19.4 Billion Education Spending Bill
President Nixon signed a $19.4 billion appropriations bill for the Labor Health Education and Welfare departments at Key Biscayne Florida ending a lengthy battle with Congress over funding. The law allows a 2 percent withholding and caps any single item cut at 15 percent despite the bill being about $680 million above his budget and $1 billion more for education aid than he preferred.
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Dent Nixon
Congress
Departments of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare
Nixon
Key Biscayne
Fla
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Labor Attache
Muong Houn
Pak Beng
Mekong River
William Hopper Played
Perry Mason’s Sleuth
J.R. Simplot Processing
Heyburn
George Brandon
NFC
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