IRA Chief's Hunger Strike Diet Is Liquid
IRA commander Sean MacStiofain remains on a liquid fast after 12 days without solids. Sources at the military hospital report he now drinks water tea and orange juice with glucose while the chief of staff is said to be in reasonably good shape. A bowl of ice is kept at his bedside to ease a burning sensation in his hands.
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IRA
Sean MacStiofain
Irish Republican Army
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Curragh
London
Sinn Fein
Irish Republic
Northern Ireland
Bernadette Devlin
Republic
Dail
Fine Gael
Jack Lynch
Lynch
Fianna Fail
North Ireland
Belfast
Lurgan
Hun
The
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Tax Reform To Get Top Consideration
Arkansas congressman Wilbur Mills says tax reform will lead Ways and Means hearings when Congress convenes. He aims to review the Internal Revenue Code to address inequities, with four to eight weeks of hearings and thorough analysis after. Regulatory debate resumes as tense Irish and Northern Ireland issues unfold with protests, govt bills, and violence tied to IRA activity.
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House
Ways and Means
Congress
Wilbur D. Mills
D.ark
Washington
Mills
Committee On Committees
Texas Oilman Named No 2 Defense Post
The White House picked William P. Clements Jr., a multimillionaire Texas oilman and close friend of Senator John Tower, for the Pentagon’s No 2 job. Subject to Senate confirmation, he would work under Elliott L. Richardson and handle management and procurement while another deputy covers policy and national security. Clements founded Sedco Inc., an oil drilling firm with about $100 million yearly business, holding shares around $107 million.
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DAP
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William P. Clements Jr
John Tower
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Texas Committee
Senate
Elliot L. Richardson
Richardson
Health, Education and Welfare
Congress
Sedco, Inc
United States
Shultz to Stay Treasury Chief. Head New Economic Policy Council
Florida details that George Shultz will remain as secretary of the treasury in Nixon's second term and serve as a presidential assistant. He will chair a new Cabinet level Council on Economic Policy coordinating all economic policy with a role akin to Kissinger in foreign policy. Herbert Stein will stay as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers and Peter M. Flanigan will chair the Council on International Economic Policy.
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Fla
Florida White House
George Shultz
Henry A. Kissinger
Ziegler
Herbert Stein
Council of Economic Advisers
Nixon
Peter M. Flanigan
Council On International Economic Policy
Shultz
Labor
Office of Management and Budget
Treasury
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Duc Kissinger talks shape Vietnam peace plan at White House
South Vietnam envoy Nguyen Phu Duc met Henry Kissinger for the fourth time on the final Vietnam peace settlement in Washington. Ronald Ziegler said Kissinger will travel to Florida to meet Nixon, with Paris talks to resume with Le Duc Tho. Nixon and Kissinger push for an honorable settlement before Thieu’s approval, while military withdrawals remain cautious and incremental.
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South Vietnam
Nguyen Phu Duc
Henry A. Kissinger
U.S. Vietnam
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Kew Biscayne
Ronald L. Ziegler
Saigon
Tran Kim Phuong
Ziegler
Kissinger
Florida
Nixon
Paris
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
Duc
U.S
Nguyen van Thieu
United States
Due
Key Biscayne
Fla
Vietnam
Pentagon
Viet Peace Preparedness Directive Signals Cease Fire Prep
Premier Tran Thien Khiem issued a secret order to cabinet ministers and department heads to prepare for a cease fire. The directive, circulated days ago, may tie to Washington talks between Nixon and Nguyen Phu Duc. Rep Tran Van An says about 250,000 Mekong Delta soldiers and officials have trained for political and military action once a cease-fire takes hold.
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Mekong Delta
Kissinger's Peace Claim Fails Amid Ongoing War
In Odessa American page notes Henry Kissinger declaring peace is at hand over a month ago while fighting persists. Budget briefs report U.S. support grows for trimming United Nations funding as part of the domestic budget discussion.
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Henry A. Kissinger
Seven Die as Plane Crashes Near Tuy Hoa Air Base
A C7 Caribou carrying four crewmen and an 18 man U S Vietnamese refugee aid team crashed in bad weather on the central coast. Seven people were killed including Maj Gen Tran Thanh Phong deputy commander of the 2nd Military Region. Five Vietnamese and two Americans died. Nine others were injured. The crash occurred 510 yards from the runway at Tuy Hoa Air Base. Weather is cited as a contributing factor and cause is under investigation.
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Saigon
U.S. Agency For International Development
Tran Thanh Phong
U.S
Phong
Air Force
Tuy Hoa Air Base
Mild Weather Arrives as December Opens in Odessa
December arrives with mild conditions in Odessa as daytime highs hover near 70 while early lows dip to 33. Skies clear, tonight brings some clouds with a southwest wind easing to the south, and temperatures edge up despite a 56 degree Thursday high.
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Odessa
Houston
Rio Grande Valley
Astronauts Face Final Physical Before Moon Launch
Apollo 17 crew Eugene Cernan Harrison Schmitt and Ronald Evans underwent final medical exams at Cape Kennedy as 60 Boeing documentation workers threaten a strike that could delay the launch. NASA officials judge the chance of disruption low while NLRB actions continue and preparations proceed.
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NASA
Eugene A. Cernan
Harrison H. Schmitt
Ronald E. Evans
Boeing Co
Boeing
Space Center
Trans World Airways
IATSE
National Labor Relations Board
TATSE
National Labor Relations Act
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NLRB
Kurt Debus
Kennedy Space Center
Debus
The Day of Reckoning for Taxpayer Planners
The Quipster notes a looming day of reckoning as taxpayers finally realize the government planners are shaping their fate. This opinion hints at growing scrutiny and eventual public response to policy direction.
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