Nixon seeks postwar aid for North Vietnam despite Congress pushback
President Nixon urged postwar reconstruction aid for North Vietnam to give the country a stake in peace, arguing aid would promote stability as Congress debates funds. He admitted opposition from a cross-aisle mix of conservatives and liberals and predicted eventual backing, while denying the money would come from domestic programs. Nixon also dismissed talk of a new dollar devaluation, blaming international speculators for the currency decline.
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Nixon
North Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
Germany
Japan
Europe
Far East
Congress
Gale McGee
D-Wyo
Arson tears through Oshkosh Country Club clubhouse
Flames roared through the 74 year old Oshkosh Country Club clubhouse early today in what investigators call arson. Winnebago County detectives and state fire marshal officials traced the fire to a burglary as the scene from 11 W Ripple Rd showed a broken entrance window and stolen lock. Fire crews faced dense fog and heat, with the building destroyed and losses expected to exceed listed property values.
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Winnebago County
Lee Meyers
Appleton
Terrance Oldani
Ripple Road
Oshkosh Country Club
van Dyne
Orville Bergman
Cameron
William Walton
the Private Club
Black Wolf
Walton
Bergman
James
Five killed as Bailey's Crossroads high rise collapses
A 26 story concrete high rise under construction at Bailey’s Crossroads near Washington, D C collapsed during Friday’s work. Five men died, 10 missing feared dead, 34 injured as large sections toppled trapping workers. State and federal probes underway. Rescue teams battled dangling debris and blocked exits while an Army helicopter crew evacuated two survivors after they scrawled a plea for help.
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Bailey‘s Crossroads
Robert Taylor
Taylor
Washington, D.C
Niagara Falls
Larry Rivers
Rivers
Alfred Cole
Cole
Daniel Maquin
Colder Tonight With Partly Cloudy Skies
Partly cloudy and colder tonight with overnight lows near 30 degrees. Details on page 2.
U.S. Calls for Action Against Terrorism After Diplomat Executions
Washington reports that the killings of two American diplomats in Khartoum sparked urgent appeals from President Nixon and the U.N. ambassador for justice and stronger measures against international terrorism. The President expressed deep grief at the incident.
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Khartoum
Nixon
U.S
United Nations
Nixon summons top economic advisers for crisis talks
President Nixon gathers Treasury Secretary George Shultz Federal Reserve Chairman Arthur Burns OMB Director Roy Ash and CEA Chair Herbert Stein for a Saturday session at the White House to tackle soaring food prices a weakening dollar and broader inflation. The meeting comes after the dollar hit fresh lows in currency markets and Nixon vowed no devaluation while pressing Phase 3 wage price guidelines. The session also confronts consumer confidence erosion and rising wage demands amid economic volatility.
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UPI
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Treasury
George P. Shultz
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Arthur F. Burns
Roy Ash
Herbert Stein
Council of Economic Advisers
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London
Brussels
Tokyo
Bulgarian airliner crashes near Moscow airport
A Bulgarian Air Company passenger plane crashed while landing at Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow. All aboard were reported dead by Tass, which noted this was the third crash at the airport since October. A civil aviation ministry commission was formed to investigate.
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Moscow
UPI
Sheremetyevo
Tass
Bulgarian Air Company
Balkan
Sofia
Ministry of Civil Aviation
Motives eyed in Lucey plan to close state institutions
GOP leaders question timing as Governor Lucey seeks to close Green Bay Reformatory Central State Hospital and Wisconsin Child Center in Sparta. Sen. Johnson says motive could be coincidence but predicts likely rejection. He notes UW two year campuses Lavine proposed closing also deserves Regents review.
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Lucey
Green Bay Reformatory
Central State Hospital
Waupun
Wisconsin Child Center
Sparta
Green Bay
Thomas Petri
Fond du Lac
Central State
Walter Hollander
Rosendale
Johnson
Robert Dunn
GOP
University of Wisconsin Board of Regents
John Lavine
Chippewa Falls
Lavine
Wedford
Palestinians threaten more after killing two U S diplomats
In Khartoum the Black September commandos holding seven people inside the Saudi Embassy demanded safe passage for two Arab diplomats and a senior Sudanese official, while claiming to have killed U S ambassador Clen Noel Jr and G Curtis Moore and the Belgian envoy Guy Eid. Sudan ordered the captives and bodies handed over and prepared a military operation to recover them as U S diplomats warned of a grim plot to attack more Americans. A Japanese diplomat described taking refuge during the siege.
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Khartoum
Sudan
Clen A. Noel Jr
U.S
G. Curtis Moore
Guy Eid
Saudi Arabian
Moore
United States
Tokyo
Yomiuri
Shigeru Nomoto
Indians open fire at Wounded Knee S D amid siege
Federal agents patrolled the Wounded Knee perimeter as sporadic gunfire continued five days after Sioux occupiers seized the village. U S attorney general aide Ralph Erickson said three artillery style attacks targeted lawmen while no injuries were reported. Talks with AIM leaders over surrender failed and prosecutors warned charges including kidnapping could follow. the 200 occupiers, mostly Oglala, held 11 hostages earlier in the week.
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Wounded Knee
S.D
Ralph Erickson
U.S
FBI
Erickson
American Indian Movement
AIM
Justice Department
Hospital planes to start trip for POW returns from Vietnam
Clark Air Base prepares three hospital planes to fly to Hanoi to retrieve the latest group of American POWs. North Vietnam will release 106 Americans and two Thais. Viet Cong plans release details for others. The mission follows a staged approach with an advance party and Starlifter aircraft, featuring Navy Cmdr. Richard Stratton as a prominent returned prisoner.
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Philippines
U.S
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Viet Cong
Clark
Gia Lam
Navy
Richard A. Stratton
Palo Alto
Calif
Amercans
Stratton
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