Thieu Says Vietnam War To Be Narrowed In Three Years
President Nguyen Van Thieu told Conrad M. Black in Saigon that the Vietnam War should shrink to a minor frontier action within three years. He defended U.S. alliance, opposed bombing halts, praised Johnson, and warned critics while detailing South Vietnam’s gains and Cambodia’s crisis as pivotal turning points.
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Conrad M . Black
Sherbrooke, Coe
Record
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Associated Press
Conrad M
Black Saigon
Vietnam
United States
U.S
North Vietnam
Paris
Thieu
South
Lyndon B. Johnson
South Vietnam
Johnson
Hanoi
Flags and Bibles To Lead DC March For Victory
Washington crowds prepare for a weekend rally calling for military victory in Vietnam. Organizers claim up to a million may attend with flags and Bibles while police expect far fewer amid tensions between prowar and antiwar groups. Micellintire accuses Nixon of Vietnamization deserting Vietnamese and POWs. Ky withdraws from speaking. A Pentagon event and Capitol memorial service set the weekend schedule.
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Washington
Nixon
South Vietnam
Carl MecelIntire
International Council of Christian Churches
Capitol Steps
Mall
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington Monument
Maryland
McIntire
Old Town
Congress
Social Security Benefit Rise Faces Senate Hold Up
Washington AP reports Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee proposed an appealing election-year Social Security boost for 26 million beneficiaries. But several senators show hesitation, complicating passage of the plan amid political pressures.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Ning
Senate
House
White House
Russell B. Long
Fred R. Harris
D-Okla
Nixon
Long
Ser
Two Maryland Firms Slash Jobs Force
Westinghouse at Friendship airport and Celanese Plastics in Cumberland announced large scale job cuts after missing an $83 million Air Force radar contract. Westinghouse would lay off several hundred engineers and support personnel at the Defense and Space Center, which employs 13,400 in Maryland.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Westinghouse
Friendship Airport
Celanese Plastics
Cumberland
Air Force
Sounel
Defense and Space Center
Ems
C&O Baltimore and Ohio Railroads See Earnings Rise
The Chesapeake and Ohio and Baltimore and Ohio Railroads report nine month net income of 34.7 million or 3.99 a share, up slightly from 1969. Third quarter net income was 12.1 million or 1.39 a share, with September gross income at 236 million. Coal and coke shipments reach 92 million tons year to date, eight million more than last year, and September coal loadings on C&O hit a 13 year high at 106 211 50 ton units.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Chesapeake and Ohio and
Baltimore and Ohio
C&o-B&0
C&o
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier of the American Revolution
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier of the American Revolution lies in the churchyard of the Old Presbyterian Meetinghouse in Alexandria Virginia, marking a historic grave site.
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Old Presbyterian Meetinghouse
Alexandria
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