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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1971
Page
2
SAIGON AP A weekly US command tally shows 51 Americans killed in combat last week in Indochina, more than double the prior week and the highest since last November. Wounded dropped to 217. six more Americans killed inside Laos remain listed as missing.
Atty. Gen. John N. Mitchell told CBS Morning News that President Nixon will seek reelection in 1972 with Spiro T. Agnew as his running mate. He said it is possible that anyone could be a one term president, but he does not expect it to happen for the incumbent.
Cambodian Premier Lon Nol remains hospitalized in Honolulu after a stroke. He has been moved to the eighth floor of Tripler Army Hospital with tight security as relatives and aides gather. Lon Nol’s wife, sister, brother, and son occupy suites on the visiting-dignitaries floor, while others stay nearby on the hospital grounds.
Annapolis based debate centers on a bill to remove jail terms for marijuana use or possession. Federal official Robert M Stutman warns the change could de facto legalize marijuana in Maryland, while Del. Arthur King and James Lombardi push fines up to 1000 and jail term elimination.
Washington AP reports the Nixon administration contemplates direct intervention as wholesale prices jumped seven tenths of one percent in January, signaling consumer price trends. Banks and savings loans competition push up savings rates, while mortgage rates drop to 7 percent. Connally seeks a $40 billion debt limit increase to sustain deficit financing into 1972.
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