Nixon hints POW release could hasten withdrawal
President Nixon told a television news conference that freeing American prisoners might speed up a U.S. pullout from Vietnam. He defended his gradual withdrawal plan, urged respect for peaceful protesters, and said troop levels would stay in South Vietnam until POWs are released. He also noted possible future talks with China and defended past decisions including Lt. Calley.
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Rogers To Meet Today In Ankara With CENTO
Secretary of State William P. Rogers meets Turkish Iranian Pakistani and British leaders for CENTO ministerial talks before his week long Middle East peace mission. Martial law tightens in Ankara as authorities crack down on left wing publications and activists. He plans to visit Saudi Arabia Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Israel to push Arab Israeli peace talks and Suez Canal access. Jordan's King Husain bans Palestinian affiliated unions and groups, insisting a separate Palestinian presence must end.
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William P. Rogers
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Central Treaty Organization
John Foster Dulles
Soviet Union
Alec Douglas-Home
Rogers
Saudi Arabia
Jordan
Lebanon
Egypt
Israel
Rael Galili
United Nations
Suez Canal
Hussein
California Wins Waiver for Tough Auto Emission Rules
The EPA grants California a waiver to apply its stricter emission standards and testing for 1972 to 1975 model years, including assembly-line testing and a 91 octane ban for 1973 models. Ruckelshaus notes California must prove air quality gains, and tax on compression ratios may proceed without a waiver.
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Environmental Protection Agency
California
William D. Rueckelshaus
Ruckelshaus
Cong Base Found In Saigon Area
An eight hour battle 25 miles northwest of Saigon as 500 US and South Vietnamese troops overran bunkers with tanks and APCs after air and helicopter support. US counted 19 enemy bodies. 17 Americans and 8 South Vietnamese wounded. one APC destroyed. Field reports note 74 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed in four actions. Saigon pacification and phaseout continue as Sanctuary heads home.
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APA
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South Vietnam
Federal judge refuses delay in Amtrak start
AP dispatch reports a federal judge in Washington denies delaying America's new Amtrak network of passenger trains. In Lima Peru the government may move to establish diplomatic ties with Communist China. In Dallas an emergency 5th Circuit panel denies Southern Methodist University students an antiwar protest during Attorney General Mitchell's campus visit.
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John Mitchell
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Georgia Railway Co
Southern Railway System
Congress
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Former Deputy Sheriff Cleared in Civil Rights Trial
A Cameron County deputy sheriff was acquitted in a federal civil rights case over the 1970 death of 14 year old Victor Nava. The six men and six women jury deliberated 44 minutes in Brownsville, Texas, before delivering the verdict to judge Reynaldo Garza.
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Associated Press
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Cameron County
Nem Bryan
Rio Grande Valley
Victor Nava
Brownsville
U.S. Dist
Reynaldo Garza
Bryan
U.S
Texas
Nava
Joe Doucette
Houston
Doucette
Doucett
O.B. Garcia
Jerry David
Edward Cesares
Walsh
Asst
U.S. Atty
Raul A. Gonzalez
Amtrak Beginnings Clash With Labor and Courts
Washington reports legal and political struggle as Amtrak's start nears. Judges Corcoran and Pratt weigh unions, passenger groups, and railroad interests while debates over labor protections and service cuts loom. Presidents, trains like Nancy Hanks and Wabash Cannon Ball referenced as era opens.
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America
Amtrak
U. S
Howard F. Corcoran
John H. Pratt
Georgia
Atlanta
War on wild hemp to target marijuana across midwest states
The administration plans a summer drive to eradicate marijuana growing in 10 states from May 15 to July 15. A $85,000 grant to the Agriculture Department backed by the Justice Department will fund farm eradication efforts mainly in fence rows and field margins. The program, tentatively named Wild Hemp Elimination Program, will spend most funds through the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service with a broader effort to remove wild hemp from private land.
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Extension Service
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Champaign County
Far East
Philadelphia Exposition Plans Meet Community Resistance
In Philadelphia neighbors oppose a 1976 bicentennial exposition at the 1100 acre Byberry site citing traffic, crowds, loss of lawns and fears of low-cost housing. John P. Bracken of the Bicentennial Corp. says acceptance is crucial and odds fall below half.
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Philadelphia
Boston
John P. Bracken
Bicentennial Corp
Bracken
Nader criticizes Stelazine warnings and overuse risk
An associate of Ralph Nader argues doctors overlook Stelazine dangers as a Parkinson's like syndrome from high doses. FDA officials acknowledge overuse for mild complaints while stressing benefits may outweigh risks. Smith Kline & French defends low dose use with minor side effects under 4 percent.
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Ralph Nader
James Turner
Smith, Kline & French
Turner
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Nader
Center For the Study of Responsive Law
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