Nixon foreign aid plan faces stiff House opposition
President Nixon’s blueprint to overhaul U S foreign aid faced strong resistance from House Foreign Affairs Committee members. They questioned splitting aid into military and development programs and handing control to international bodies while debating costs of 3.1 billion next year and 1.7 billion for the following years.
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Nixon
U. S
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Thomas E. Morgan
Dpa
South Koreans Vote In Tight Presidential Race
South Koreans return to the polls in a close contest between incumbent Chung Hee Park and challenger Kim Daejung. Kim, a National Assemblyman, gains momentum with a more flexible North Korea stance, while Park vows firmness against communism as turnout nears 85 percent. Final results expected Wednesday morning.
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Chung Hee Park
Kim Daejung
Kim
New Democratic Party
Park
Democratic Republican Party
North Korea
Korean Peninsula
United States
Soviet Union
China
Japan
South Korea
South
Park Kyungwon
Health Care Expense Hit By Senate Panel
Washington AP The Senate Finance Committee examined costs and plans for a government financed health system with witnesses including UAW president Leonard Woodcock and AFL-CIO official Andrew Biemiller. Substantial bills from Kennedy and Nixon were discussed alongside Byrnes proposed small business subsidy to reduce premiums.
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Senate Finance Committee
United Auto Workers
Leonard Woodcock
Andrew Biemiller
Afl-Cio
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Senate
Edward M. Kennedy
Nixon
House
John W. Byrnes
R-Wis
Byrnes
Nixon Expected To Ask UN Seat For Red China
The Nixon administration faces a push to seat both governments of China in the United Nations. A Lodge-led commission urges granting two seats for mainland and Taiwan China, arguing open UN to all governing bodies stabilizes world diplomacy.
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Nixon
Red
China
Washington
Washington-Peking
U. N
White House
United Nations
United States
Court Rules Aliens May Work In U S
The Supreme Court ruled the government may grant informal work permits to about 50,000 Mexican seasonal workers. It refused to hear a case by resident farmworkers seeking to bar green cards and work permits. They argued wage depression and certifying conditions deny spots to residents. The San Francisco appeals court already denied the workers’ challenge.
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United States
U.S. Supreme Court
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Mits
Labor Department
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
San Francisco
Rogers urges constructive role for China in Asia SEATO focus
Secretary of State Rogers told SEATO members the United States seeks a constructive rather than disruptive Chinese role in Asia. He cited Nixon moves toward better China relations and urged steps to aid South Vietnam’s postwar economic development while cautioning a careful, realistic policy. Rogers’ tour spans Paris Ankara Jerusalem and more as martial law hits Turkey amid student protests.
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Nixon
China
Edgar Snow
Life Magazine
Mao Tsetung
State Department
Snow
Washington
Peking
Paris
William P. Rogers
United States
Asia
Rogers
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
South Vietnam
SEATO
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Ple
Republic of China
America
Red China
John Foster Dulles
U. S
Thailand
Philippines
Pakistan
Australia
New
Army officer accused of maiming Viet Cong in My Lai trial
Witnesses at Capt. Eugene Kotouc court martial described seeing a finger cut from a Viet Cong suspect and a later neck wound during interrogation after the My Lai raid in 1968. Fredrick Widmer identified Kotouc as the finger cutter while others testified about the knife ordeal and subsequent actions.
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Mcpherson
Army
Eugene M. Kotouc
Kotouc
My Lai
Humboldt
Neb
Madison Wright
Nebraska
Robert Crosby
Lincoln
Crosby
Medina
Widmer
Ernest Medina
Montrose
Colo
C Company
Ft. Mc
Pherson
James Flynn
Rochester
Minn
Flynn
Robert Demetz
Pass Christian
Demetz
Thomas Kinch
North Cape May
N.J
William L. Calley Jr
P Lal
Verdict Reached in Kotouc Court Martial
A military judge directed a verdict of innocence for Capt. Eugene Kotouc on an assault charge from Vy Lai 1968. Col. Madison Wright allowed the maiming charge to stand, guiding jurors to focus on that charge while Kotouc’s defense pressed to dismiss both charges.
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Mcpherson
Eugene. Kotouc
Vy Lai
Madison Wright
Kotouc
Humoldt
Neb
Wright
Norman Cooper
Southern Pines
N.C
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