Nixon lands plan rocks doubts over economy drive
Mrs. Nixon promotes the Parks to the People program by transferring 10.5 million dollars in federal land across five states for recreational use. The McLean Virginia ceremony marks the first stop on a three day trip with Ehrlichman, then Meade Maryland and National Park Service. Pretrial arguments in the Henderson case resume as witnesses prepare to testify in the My Lai cover up probe. In California Cesar Chavez leads rival vineyard workers protests for wage and contract parity with Christian Brothers winery.
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McLean
John D. Ehrlichman
Nixon
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National Park Service
Ft, Meade, Md
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Army
My Lai
Peter
Wondolowski
Asti
Calif
Cesar Chavez
United Farm Workers Organizing Committee
St.Helena
Santa Rosa
UFWOC
Christian Brothers Winery
Napa
Economists Split on Nixon Economy Plan Reactions
Economists from Paul Samuelson to Milton Friedman voiced mixed views on President Nixon’s proposed plan to stimulate the economy. While some endorsed the package, others warned that certain measures could fail to create jobs or be inefficient, with Congress weighing investment credits and wage price controls.
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Nixon
Paul Samuelson
Samuelson
Belmont
Mass
John Kenneth Galbraith
Harvard
India
Inter
Mills
House
Ways and Means Committee
Arkansas Democrat
Kensett
Ark
European markets puzzled by Nixon dollar move
European money markets closed as governments seek clarity on President Nixon’s action to defend the dollar. Britain and Switzerland suspended FX dealings while West Germany kept currency exchanges closed. France Italy Belgium and Luxembourg observed a bank holiday. The U.S. plan includes a 10 percent import surcharge and a 90 day price and wage freeze with a new Cost of Living Council to curb inflation and encourage realistic exchange rates.
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Montana
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South Dakota
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Joint Economic Committee
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Utah
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William Proxmire
Wisconsin Democrat
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Guardian
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Times of London
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United States
Japan
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National Wages Price Review Board
Richmond School Board seeks forced regional school consolidation
Arguments begin in U S District Court as the Richmond School Board pushes to merge Richmond’s mostly black schools with white schools in Henrico and Chesterfield counties. Initiated in 1970, the case aims to equalize pupil ratios through cross-county busing to achieve about two thirds white and one third black students.
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U.S. District
Richmond School Board
Henro
Chesterfield
AFT President urges active support for presidential candidate
David Selden of the American Federation of Teachers calls for the union to back a presidential nominee, asserting no neutrals as he criticizes Nixon’s education veto record during the 55th AFT convention. In Birmingham, a court case seeks to add Gov. Wallace as a defendant in desegregation actions.
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David Selden
American Federation of Teachers
AFT
Selden
Ivory Tower
Nixon
Morton urges water cleansing for southwest rivers
Interior Secretary Roger C. B. Morton warned that dams on turbulent western rivers may die early unless impounded water is purified. Speaking near Lake Powell he cited rising salinity in Colorado River basins and urged a nationwide water policy tied to land use to maximize benefits and extend dam usefulness.
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Roger C. B. Morton
Morton
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Colorado River
Mexico
Lake Powell
Lake Mead
Medina murder trial resumes at Fort Benning
Medina, Captain Ernest, 34, faces premeditated murder charges for the My Lai killings of 102 Vietnamese civilians during the 1968 assault. The trial resumes with five officers on the jury, two-thirds of witnesses previously testified in the Calley case, and potential four to six weeks of proceedings.
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Ernest Medina
My Lai
Medina
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Army
Maj
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Montrose
Colo
Charlie Company
Americal
William L
Calley Jr
Ft. Benning
Calley
F ‘Fe
Mark Kadish
Kenneth Howard
Set
Charles Hutto
Planes escalate air strikes around DMZ in Vietnam
U S planes tripled air incidents as B52 bombers joined strikes against four North Vietnamese regiments near the DMZ. South Vietnamese and American forces report heavy clashes with more than 200 North Vietnamese killed and 33 South Vietnamese killed or wounded as fighting shifts toward Nui Ba Ho mountain and Fire Base Fuller.
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U. S
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Mt. Nui Ba Ho
U.S
Fuller
Catholics to try civil disobedience in Belfast
Nine of thirteen opposition lawmakers urge Catholics to pursue Gandhian nonviolent disobedience until Northern Ireland releases all prisoners without trial or charge. Riot weeks see 26 killed as British troops surge. calls for tax refusals and protests rise. Bernadette Devlin backs strikes against Protestant government and troops.
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Northern Ireland
Brian Faulkner
Irish Republican Army
Bernadette Devlin
Ulster
Watson's trial opens in Sharon Tate case
Open ing statements and testimony begin in Los Angeles as Charles Tex Watson faces three potential trials for the Tate murders. A defense source says psychiatrists will argue diminished capacity due to drugs and Manson influence while Watson allegedly used LSD and belladonna near Spahn Ranch.
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Wateson
Watson
Charles Manson
Sharon Tate
Spahn Ranch
Manson
Bellas Donna
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