Meir signals guarded troop pullback from Suez front
Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir is expected to state that Israel will not withdraw all troops from the Suez Canal without a peace agreement while keeping the option to reduce forces along the front with Egypt. In Harrisburg, a priest, a nun, and four others arraigned in federal court over alleged plots to bomb government buildings and kidnap Nixon aides, denying any link to the conspiracy exposed by J Edgar Hoover.
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Senators doubt Nixon plan preserves school aid funds
Key Senate Democrats express skepticism about consolidating elementary and high school aid into the revenue sharing proposal. They doubt five broad education programs would replace about 175 school aid funds Congress created over 13 years, risking education quality.
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Senate
Nixon
Congress
Koreans To Guard Border After U S Troop Pullback
President Chung Hee Park announced a redeployment plan moving U S troops from the demilitarized zone to guard the full frontier with South Korea. The shift follows Nixon administration aims to cut American forces in Korea from 62 000 to 2000 by July, leaving Panmunjom as the only remaining security post.
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Chung Hee Park
Nixon
South Korea
Snow and Cold Panhandle Blitz Hit East and South
Widespread snow and rain blanketed the eastern third of the nation with 3 to 5 inches in parts of New York and Pennsylvania. An arctic airmass from the Central Plains drove sub zero temperatures as far south as the Texas Panhandle with hard freeze warnings for southern Texas.
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Central Plains
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Liberal House Democrats Target Seniority Reform in 1970s
Liberal Democrats in the opening weeks of the 92nd Congress faced defeats in seeking leadership posts and changes to the seniority system. They argue that momentum is building to remake the House in the 1970s despite early losses.
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Washington
House
Tuscania Earthquake Deaths Prompt High Level Support
President Saragat and Premier Colombo visited Tuscania after a Saturday quake that killed at least 20 people and left nearly 4,000 homeless. About 30 archaeology experts assessed historic site damage in the medieval town of 12,000 as emergency efforts continued.
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Italy
Giuseppe Saragat
Mario Moretti
National Antiquities
Emilio Colombo
Rome
U S reports troop cuts in Vietnam and cavalry redeployment
The U S Command said last week’s American strength in Vietnam fell by 800 to 335 000. The 3rd Squadron of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment left combat status today, cutting future strength by 1 140. Total strength should drop to 284 600 by May 1 with more withdrawals expected in April from President Nixon.
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Japanese 7th Fleet workers strike over mass dismissals
About 5,000 Japanese employees at Yokosuka the U S 7th Fleet headquarters walked out for 24 hours to demand postponement of mass layoffs until they can secure new jobs. Union leaders said 3,000 workers at the Yokosuka naval base are slated for dismissal by June amid force reductions. officials offered no comment.
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South Vietnamese Troops Enter Laos in Push on Ho Chi Minh Trail
Thousands of South Vietnamese forces swept into southern Laos to disrupt the Ho Chi Minh trail with about 20,000 troops massed along the border. The operation drew mixed global reactions with the United States calling it limited while North Vietnam and allies condemned it as a broader war expansion. Eleven Americans were killed and many wounded as fighting intensified across Indochina.
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Apollo 14 Homeward Plunges Toward Earth
Apollo 14 and its cargo of moon treasure raced toward Earth on the return voyage from the moon. The mission sped through the midway point of its journey with the spacecraft accelerating toward home.
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Houston
Berlin air ban eased as Big Four meet on Germany
West Germany lifted the ban on air mail and air freight movement into and out of Berlin while spot security checks stay. The Big Four ambassadors met to discuss Germany, with U S Army trains moving mail through East Germany. Lufthansa cited possible hijack plots as a factor in the stoppage.
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SEC hearing in Dallas draws crowd amid fraud case
Frank W. Sharp of Houston agreed to a consent decree not to engage in stock manipulation under SEC rules. Eleven of 22 defendants also accepted the consent. The civil action hearing in Dallas drew one of the city’s largest court crowds since the 1964 Jack Ruby trial, though the matter is civil and usually dull.
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Frank W. Sharp
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Houston
Securities and Exchange Commission
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SEC
U S Says Laos Strike Limited In Time And Area
Washington declares a limited South Vietnamese U S strike against Communist bases in Laos with reduced scope and duration and plans further troop withdrawals. The action aims to avoid an enlargement of the war while signaling ongoing U S pursuit of ends in Southeast Asia.
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Unites States
Laos
Aid For Students Proposed
A broad higher education financing bill would provide federal aid of up to 1200 dollars per student for all undergraduates with family incomes under 10000 dollars. The plan, unveiled by Senator Claiborne Pell, covers grants and instructional allowances while extending existing programs, aiming to curb college funding crises.
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Claiborne Pell
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Pell
Education Subcommittee
SEC Trial Opens Today In Dallas
Former Texas attorney general Waggoner Carr testifies as the SEC civil suit on fraud and stock manipulation proceeds in Dallas. The case names Carr and 10 others plus 11 companies over alleged efforts to influence Texas banking legislation. The hearing, held under strict rules, may become a full evidentiary trial.
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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SEC
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