Soviet pledge to repair Egypt losses aid in war with Israel
Soviet President Nikolai Podgorny vowed in Alexandria that the USSR will replace Egypt's material losses from the war with Israel and improve living conditions. He told 5,000 shipyard workers that Moscow would bear any material losses to help Egypt repulse Israel.
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Associated Press
Nikolai Podgorny
Soviet Union
Egypt
Israel
Podgorny
Alexandria
War pace down in Nixon years though combat burden stays
The AP reports a slower overall Viet Nam war pace during Nixon's first two years, with heavy combat for South Vietnam, rising enemy terrorism, but improving countryside security and some improving economic indicators. The piece also notes the Supreme Court taking up West Virginia school funding limits where new taxes and bonds require a super-majority approval.
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Washington
Nixon
South Vietnam
Supreme Court
West Virginia
Hog Price Discussion Set by Agriculture Dept
Agriculture Department officials plan a Wednesday meeting with hog producers and industry leaders to address pork oversupply and low farm prices. Secretary Clifford M. Hardin ordered the session after telling a farm cooperative meeting that he would seek additional tools to cope with the hog-price issue.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Agriculture
Clifford M. Hardin
Wallace Begins Second Term As Alabama Governor
Wallace starts a new term as Alabama's governor delaying some key preinaugural choices and facing additional tough decisions ahead.
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Montgomery
Ala
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Farmers Union urged for collective bargaining at Utah Idaho convention
Tony T. Dechant president of the National Farmers Union urges farmers to unite for effective collective bargaining during the closing sessions of the 18th Utah Idaho Farmers Union convention in Salt Lake City AP.
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Salt Lake City
National Farmers Union
Tony T. Dechant
Utah-Idaho Farmers Union
Oklahoma oilmen weigh split from national group
Oklahoma independent petroleum producers opened their annual Tulsa convention amid hints of revolt against the Independent Petroleum Association of America. The Sunday gathering backed a toned down plan and resolution calling for a study into the feasibility of forming a new national organization.
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Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma
Independent Petroleum Association of America
Mild nationwide weather with scattered winter threats
Nationwide milder conditions prevail under fair skies though Kansas faces snow and freezing rain threats. Bitter cold lingers from Wisconsin to New England, impacting travel and preparations for upcoming storms.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Wisconsin
New England
Kaiser Steel Agrees to 6.8 Percent Structural Steel Hike
Kaiser Steel Corp., the nation’s tenth largest producer, will follow U.S. Steel in raising prices by 6.8 percent on several structural steel types after the weekend announcement from the largest maker.
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Associated Press
Kaiser Steel Corp
U.S. Steel
Jury Deliberations Continue in Tate Murder Trial
In Los Angeles the seven men and five women jury deliberates the Charles Manson case with three female codefendants. Security tightens as deputies plan searches for all entrants except officials at the Hall of Justice. Deliberations began Friday and resume on the second day.
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Los Angeles
Sharon Tate
Hall of Justice
Charles Manson
Iran Premier rejects foreign pressure over oil demands
Iran's premier Amir Abass Hoveida welcomed Nixon's envoy John Irwin but said external pressure would not alter OPEC demands for higher royalties and taxes. He stressed Iran will fix new rates independently, outside political crisis, to benefit producers. Iran is a leading OPEC member with Kuwait Saudi Arabia Iraq Abu Dhabi Qatar among others.
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Iran
Nixon
Amir Abass Hoveida
John N. Irwin
Washington
Hoveida
Organization of Petroleum Exporting
Middle East
Algeria
Libya
Venezuela
Indonesia
Irwin
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
OPEC
Iraq
Abu Dhabi
Qatar
Europe
Japan
Defense health chief backs renewed doctor draft this year
The Defense Department health chief Dr. Louis M. Rousselot urged a new doctor draft after a years decline in medical school graduates volunteering. Pending approval from Defense Secretary Melvin Laird, a February call could place several hundred physicians into two years of active duty to maintain armed forces health services.
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Fense Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Army
Navy
Air Force
Pentagon
Defense Department
Rousselot
Vietnam
U S Bombers Hit North Vietnam Missile Sites
Saigon AP report says American fighters bombed SAM missile sites in North Vietnam for the third straight day. U S forces expand in Cambodia with 13 000 South Vietnamese and Cambodian troops and U S 7th Fleet ships supporting the highway campaign to reopen Phnom Penh's sea route.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Cambodia
Pich Nil Pass
Phnom Penh
U.S. Command
U.S. 7Th Fleet
North Viet Nam
Demilitarized Zone
Tuna boat seized off Ecuador by Ecuadorian government
A San Diego based tuna boat was fired upon and captured by Ecuadorian authorities off the Ecuador coast. No injuries or damages were reported in the latest in a series of four seizures this month.
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San Diego
Calif
Ecuador
New Congress Faces Heavy Agenda for Start of Session
The 92nd Congress arrives in Washington to tackle stalled work from the 91st. Key items include welfare reform, Social Security, draft vs volunteer Army, and supersonic transport. Democrats set to choose a new majority leader with Hale Boggs and Morris Udall as contenders.
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Washington
92Nd
91St
Nixon
House
Hale Boggs
Louisiana
Morris K. Udall
Arizona
Democratic Caucus
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
John Conyers
D-Mich
Abduction Plot Foiled in Bennettsville Kidnapping Spree
In Bennettsville North Carolina area eight people were taken captive by two Black militants using a minibus in a plan to target the rich. Victims included Dina Chavis and her family. Two suspects were arrested and charged with kidnapping robbery burglary and battery with intent to cause fatal harm.
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Bennettsville
S.C
Wayne Chavis
South Carolina
Chavis
John Lindsay
Lee
Lindsay
Charles Leonard Scales
Grover Bennett
Charlotte
Columbia
McGovern Announces Early Presidential Bid in 1972 Race
Democratic Sen. George S. McGovern of South Dakota declared his 1972 presidential bid promising a candid, reasoned campaign. He sent letters to editors and 275000 potential contributors and will address South Dakota on TV. He urged opposition to war and disillusionment and named Blair Clark as a campaign vice chair.
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George S. McGovern
America
South Dakota
McGovern
Robert F. Kennedy
Hubert H. Humphrey
U.S
Southeast Asia
Party Reform Commission
Edmund S. Musdie
Maine
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