Viet command cites gains as tanks misreported
Saigon reports 107 enemy killed in widespread fighting across South Vietnam. The command corrected earlier claims that four North Vietnamese tanks were destroyed. the vehicles were trucks. A field report confirms one tank and three trucks were knocked out in the central highlands. US troops report five wounded by a booby trap near Da Nang. A district adviser and the district chief were killed in Ba Xuyen Province. Air strikes account for at least 40 enemy deaths. other clashes yield 20 and 45 more killed near Tan Canh and Cai Lay.
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Saigon
Central Highlands
Highlands
U.S
da Nang
196Th
Mekong Delta
Ba Xuyen
Tan Canh
Cai Lay
Hijacker Shot After Jetliner Hijack Ends in New York
Heinrich von George, a 45-year-old unemployed father of seven from Canton Mass, hijacked a Mohawk Airlines jet from Westchester to New York. He received 200000 dollars in ransom and parachutes, but the weapon was a starter pistol and the bomb a pair of water canteens. FBI agents with pursuit planes cornered the jet at Dutchess County Airport and shot him dead as he prepared to flee in a waiting car with the endangered stewardess.
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Poughkeepsie
N.Y
FBI
Westchester County
Brockton
Mass
Mohawk Airlines
New York City
Westchester
Dutchess County
Heinrich von George
von George
Peekskill
Canton
Weather County Forecast Cold Mix Snow and Freezing Drizzle
Travelers warned of cold conditions with mixed snow and freezing drizzle through today tonight and Friday. Highs in the teens this afternoon and Friday. Lows zero to 10 above. North to northeast winds 5 to 15 mph. Precipitation chances 40 percent tonight and Friday. Record highs and lows listed. 24 hour precipitation .05 inch.
President's Plan Ignites Hot Paris Peace Session
At the Vietnam peace talks in Paris, the United States refused to fully withdraw forces from South Vietnam until a final, all‑aspects agreement is signed. North Vietnam and Viet Cong criticized Nixon's eight‑point plan, calling it a campaign ploy while demanding broader concessions and continued negotiations.
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Paris
United States
South Vietnam
Nixon
Henry A. Kissinger
North Vietnam
U.S
William J. Porter
Vietnam
Porter
Pham Dang Lam
Xuan Thuy
Senators push for fixed U.S. withdrawal date in Indochina
Washington lawmakers fault President Nixon’s plan for lacking a definite withdrawal date and for tying a pullout to a cease-fire, prisoner releases, and other conditions. Critics warn North Vietnam may reject the plan, while supporters seek six months to total exit if prisoners are freed.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Indochina
Nixon
North Vietnam
Harold E. Hughes
Drowa
Edward W. Brooke
Rmass
Congress
China
Clifford P. Case
R-N.j
South Vietnam
Mike Mansfield
America
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Robert P. Griffin Reich
GOP
Cranston
House
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dminn
Humphrey
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Kennedy
Soviet Diplomatic Drive Signals Europe Peace Talks Pivot
A Warsaw Pact summit in Czechoslovakia hints at a Soviet push for major diplomatic gains ahead of Nixon visits to Peking and Moscow. Moscow pitches a European security conference by 1972 while offering blandishments and veiled threats to NATO, weighing risks if Americans pull back troops.
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William L. Ryan
Czechoslovakia
Nixon
Peking
Moscow
Prague
Europe
Ropean
NATO
U.S
Western
Legislature Hearings Set For Budget in Kansas
State legislative hearings on projected 1973 spending totaling 431.67 million will be held by House and Senate Ways and Means committees on Wednesday February 2. Regents heads, university leaders, and the Kansas Highway Commission will present Docking’s 990 million budget plan.
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Topeka
Kan
House
Senate
Robert Docking
Ways and Means
Paul Wunsch
State Board of Regents
Regents
Docking
Kansas Highway Commission
Sen
Ed Reilly
State Board of Health
Attorney General's Office
Wyandotte County
Nixon Sees Bright Outlook in Economic Report
President Nixon, presenting the Economic Report to Congress, aims to curb unemployment and inflation with price controls as needed. He forecasts real output rising 6 percent in 1971 final quarter and a nearly 9 percent rise in 1972 gross national output to 1.145 trillion dollars, with two thirds real growth. He pledges to persevere until price stability is achieved and notes intent to reduce unemployment from 6 percent in 1971, while acknowledging budget deficits in fiscal 1973.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
United States
Irving says Hughes received partial book payment check
Clifford Irving asserts he personally gave Howard Hughes a 275000 dollar check for part of the autobiography, with Hughes replying thanks. Irving, sidelined by laryngitis, was largely represented by lawyer Martin Ackerman at a Kennedy Airport news conference after arriving from Spain.
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New York
Clifford Irving
Howard R. Hughes
Hughes
Irving
Martin S. Ackerman
Kennedy Airport
Spain
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Kansas State Highway Commission
King Construction Company of
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Sherwood Construction Company Inc
Wichita
Midwest Construction Company
Excelsior Springs Co
Nguyen van Thieu
Allen Ellender
D-La
Ellender
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Foreign Relations Committee
Fulbright
Jack Steineger
D-Muncie
Federal and State Affairs Committee
Kansas
Steineger
Cliff
Ackerman
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