Canada warns on Vietnam peacekeepers threaten to quit panel
Canada demanded a stronger international authority to handle ceasefire violations at a Paris Vietnam conference. Foreign Minister Mitchell Sharp urged UN Secretary General Waldheim to receive reports directly and reconvene if needed. He warned Canada may pull out if the International Commission cannot function, while other nations pledging noninterference.
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7000Year Gabions Tried To Halt Lake Erie Shore Erosion
Bay Village Ohio will test 7000 year old gabions to build a 180 foot seawall along the Lake Erie shoreline to curb high water and wave action. The $25000 cost will be shared by the city and affected homeowners. The technique uses stone filled steel mesh baskets sunk offshore to disperse wave force and provide a durable erosion barrier praised by local officials and engineers.
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Hughes hunting Jersey hideaway home
Reports say Howard Hughes, the American billionaire recluse, is house hunting in Jersey Channel Islands. Real estate dealers note he covers his tracks while two medieval manor houses on the market could fetch about 2.4 million dollars.
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Channel Islands
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Inn On the Park
London
Britain
Nicaragua
Princess Alice Celebrates 90th Birthday At Luncheon
Princess Alice widow of Alexander as countess of Athlone marked her 90th birthday on a sunlit Sunday. She is the elder of Queen Victoria’s two surviving granddaughters and attended a luncheon with family and dignitaries.
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Viet Red Spokesman Says No U S POWs To Be Freed Tuesday
SAIGON AP North Vietnamese spokesman said no American prisoners of war would be released on Tuesday though U S officials hoped Hanoi would announce about 140 more POWs to be handed over. Bui Tin said there would be no Tuesday transfer and the list would not arrive today. He anticipated POW issue talks at the Joint Military Commission’s next regular meeting Wednesday, implying no transfers before Thursday. A U S official cited a distinct possibility of about 140 Americans released Tuesday, the last day of the second increment, and said readiness to act on specifics once received.
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North Vietnam
Kissinger Says North Viet Promised Full Probe of Missing Americans
New York AP Henry Kissinger says North Vietnam promised a full investigation into the fates of about 1300 Americans unaccounted for in Vietnam. He described Hanoi's stance on unification and noted U S peacemaking aims favor peaceful political means over force. He also described his working dynamic with President Nixon and the process for guiding missions.
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Barbara Walters
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Meir Says Libyan Plane Downing Won't Harm Talks
Israel premier Golda Meir departing for Washington said the Libyan airliner downing would not affect talks with President Nixon. Foreign Minister Abba Eban stressed proximity peace talks with Arabs as a priority. The government announced ex gratia payments to victims’ families, avoiding the word compensation.
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Mild-Mannered Lawyer to Rule Irish However Election Goes
Dublin AP reports in the Irish general election both Jack Lynch and Liam Cosgrave are mild retired lawyers poised for power. Cosgrave, 52, Fine Gael leader, coalitions with Brendan Corlish and Laborites, seeks to oust Fianna Fail. They live at Naas County Kildare and share a passion for horses.
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Liam Cosgrave
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Brendan Corlish
Lynch
Fianna Fail
Naas
County Kildare
Stolen TV theft nets $50,099 recovered in two counties
State Police recovered about $50,099 worth of color television sets and arrested Charles Arton, 45, of Geneva, on criminal possession of stolen property in the first degree. Arton was arraigned and jailed in Ontario County awaiting grand jury action as 143 stolen TVs were found in Ontario and Seneca counties since the probe began.
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Seneca
Second Person Hunted in Grenade Attack on Utica FBI Home
In Utica New York the FBI seeks a second person believed to have driven a getaway car after a hand grenade was thrown into the home of an FBI agent. Louis Charles King Jr. 43 of Marcy remains in critical condition in St Luke's Hospital. King is a defendant in a loansharking extortion case in US District Court.
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Senate Votes Today to Extend Stopgap Foreign Aid Funds
Senate faces deadline to extend stopgap funding for foreign aid and Labor HEW. House already approved continuing resolutions through June 30. Foreign aid status remains unsettled as committees debate a one or two month extension and a new military aid authorization.
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D-Ark
Appropriations Committee
U.S
Nixon keeps 5.5 percent pay standard with flexible language
Washington AP reports the Nixon administration will retain the 5.5 percent pay increase standard but will allow a panel of leading business and labor figures to apply more flexible language in specific cases.
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Federal judge revokes bail in loansharking trial
A federal judge in Utica, New York revoked the bail of three defendants in a loansharking extortion case. A fourth defendant remained in critical condition after a Saturday night gun battle with FBI agents.
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N.Y
Fendant
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Rogers urges conference to protect Vietnam peace
Secretary of State William P. Rogers told an international conference on Vietnam to establish a simple mechanism with field peacekeepers and a rule that if six or more parties deem peace in danger the conference may reconvene. He spoke at the opening session in Paris.
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William P. Rogers
Vietnam
Rogers
Laos reports new cease-fire violations amid low fighting
In Vientiane the government said new Communist violations occurred, reporting 20 incidents in the last 24 hours mostly isolated shelling. Diplomats said there were no major breaches as negotiators debated political and military settlement details.
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Laos
Defense Ministry
Government to Hear Plea on CIA Secrecy Probe
The Supreme Court granted a hearing today on the government plea that William B. Richardson of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, has no standing to sue in federal courts for exposure of CIA appropriations. The court acted without comment or dissent.
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Central Intelligence Agency
Supreme Court
High Court
William B. Richardson
Greensburg
CIA
Garelik declares for Democratic mayor nomination in New York
New York City Council President Sanford Garelik, 54, became the fifth candidate for the Democratic nomination for mayor, denouncing John Lindsay's administration as one of the worst in city history. Garelik, formerly chief inspector of the Police Department, previously ran in 1969 on Lindsay's fusion ticket.
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Sanford Garelik
John V. Lindsay
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Garelik
Lindsay
Fusion
Panel Gets Documents On Army Ousts War Crimes Claim
New York Times reports a Senate Armed Services Committee received classified papers supporting Lt Col Anthony B. Herbert’s claim the Army sought to remove him for alleging war crimes in Vietnam. The documents were mailed to the committee last week to Sen Barry Goldwater.
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Senate
Anthony B. Herbert
Army
Vietnam
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Jail Escapees On The Loose In Westchester County
Police hunted two Westchester County jail escapees Karl F. Arciola 22 from the Bronx and Alan J. Mackie 36 of Harrison after they fled the jail Sunday night triggering a wide manhunt across the area and surrounding towns.
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N.Y
Westchester County
Karl F. Arciola
Bronx
Alan J. Mackie
Harrison, N.Y
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