U.S. Wins U.N. Budget Cut in 67-30 Vote
The General Assembly budget committee approved cutting the American share of the U.N. budget from 31 to 25 percent saving about 13 million this year. Ambassador George Bush led the measure, while the Soviet Union and allies opposed. The panel also moved to halve the minimum U.N. assessment and to grant relief for more industrialized developing nations.
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Bush
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China
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Argentina
Brazil
Venezuela
Philippines
Explosions Rock Dublin Kill Two In City Center
The Dublin blast spree Friday night left two civilians dead and scores wounded as a major terrorist event widened the conflict. Protestant hardliners denied involvement while Ireland’s parliament moved swiftly to press an anti-IRA bill.
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Irish Republican Army
IRA
Ulster Defense Association
Belfast
Irish Republic
Northern Ireland
Republic
Freedom Fighters
Liffey
Liberty Hall
Marlborough Street
Liam Cosgrave
Fine Gael
Irish Party
Apollo 17 crew pronounced in fine condition warnings of strike
The Apollo 17 crew is reported in good physical condition ahead of Wednesday launch while looming strike threats risk delaying the mission. Dallas Democratic treasurer Robert Strauss predicts he will become party national chairman as the race for leadership continues.
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DEMOS
Democratic Party
Robert Strauss
Dallas
Shultz To Gain Economic Reins In Nixon Second Term
President Nixon retains three key advisers and makes George Shultz the central coordinator of all economic policy. Shultz will head a Cabinet level Council on Economic Policy, serving as treasury secretary with no extra pay, while continuing to testify before Congress. The new council includes Labor, Commerce, Agriculture, Transportation, State, and the OMB heads alongside the CEA and the Council on International Policy.
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John B. Connally
Nations back plan to cut aid to Israel at UN
The nonaligned group of about 40 nations approved a draft resolution calling for a General Assembly ban on military and economic aid to Israel and urging Security Council action over the occupied Arab territories. It seeks withdrawal from territories since 1967 and discouraging outside support that would enable exploitation of resources.
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N.Y
General Assembly
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Security Council
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Assembly
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Egypt
Syria
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Tan
Progress Advances Toward Fusion Fuel Power
The Atomic Energy Commission reports progress toward controlled fusion, aiming to generate electricity from fusion reactions. Princeton scientists, by reworking a Soviet Tokamak, compressed fusion fuel with magnetic pulses, moving closer to the required temperature and density. Officials caution years of hard work remain before a practical reactor, with multiple heating methods under test and no plan to reach a lab breakthrough this decade.
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Princeton
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Soviet Union
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Robert L. Hirsch
AEC Division
Controlled Thermonuclear Research
Quipster Astitch In Time Saves Nine And Thread
A brief note echoes a proverb style quip about timely effort avoiding waste. The whimsical line links phraseology on craft and prudence, suggesting deft handiwork and foresight in handling fabric and tasks.
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Astitch
Vietnam Talks Nearing Climax
National security adviser Henry Kissinger conferred with South Vietnamese envoy Nguyen Phu Duc for two and a half hours as signs grew that a cease fire settlement could be reached next week in Paris. A secret directive to Saigon ministers signaled preparations for a cease-fire, while officials warned a truce would not end the war. Kissinger planned to fly to Paris Sunday to resume talks with Le Duc Tho as President Nixon and Kissinger refine strategy.
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Washington
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Duc
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Nixon
U.S
Florida
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le Duc Tho
Lawer Insurance On Tap In Texas
The State Bar of Texas moves toward prepaid legal services to reduce court costs. Franklin Jones Jr leading a Texas Legal Protection Plan charter aims to let insured individuals choose their own lawyers with a bar endorsed right to free choice of counsel. Plans would fund services by periodic group payments, exclude major matters and cases with other payment sources, and pilot in Shreveport showed preventive law benefits and reduced scams targeting participants.
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Austin
State Bar of Texas
Franklin Jones Jr
Marshall
F Hewly
Texas
Jones
Corporation
Bar
Shreveport
Springlike Temperatures Forecast Across Permian Basin
Forecasters at the National Weather Service Midland Odessa predict near spring heat for the weekend with low 70s in the Permian Basin and 80s in South Texas. Southwest winds 10 to 30 mph may gust. No precipitation or frontal activity is expected until late Monday or Tuesday.
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Marfa
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Oklahoma City
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