Nixon presses five point bid to end Indochina war
President Nixon unveiled a five point plan aiming for a standstill cease fire in Vietnam Laos and Cambodia and an international peace conference. He urged prompt negotiations with North Vietnam and proposed an agreed timetable for troop withdrawals along with unconditional release of prisoners of war. The plan received mixed reaction in Saigon and on Capitol Hill.
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Vietnam
Nixon
Indochina
Southeast Asia
White House
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
U.S
Paris
Laos
Cambodia
United States
Capitol Hill
Saigon
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Thieu
Soviet Union
Russia
Bolivia's Miranda Wins Power After Military Clash
In a four day power struggle Bolivia's Miranda capitulates and is sworn in at the presidential palace as Torres claims broad support from students workers and armed forces. The new government pledges jobs fair wages and resource nationalization while unrest erupts across La Paz Cochabamba and beyond.
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Bolivia
Torres
Miranda
la Paz
U.S. Gulf Oil Co
Ovando
el Diario
Cochabamba
U.S. Information Center
Army
Navy
Oil Fields Resume Burn Rate Relief In Texas
In Texas sixty nine of two hundred eighty-two oil fields ordered to cut back on production October first are allowed to operate at the normal statewide 87 percent. The Seminole San Andres Field in the Lubbock district remains limited to 74 percent as the Railroad Commission reevaluates casing head gas waste. The agency cites a review and new data supporting potential increases in the 69 fields without causing gas flaring.
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Austin
Texas Railroad Commission
San Andres
Lubbock
Commission
Hospital Admissions and Discharges Reported
Hospital notices show admissions and discharges across dates October 4 to October 6 1970. Names listed include Jay Oates Jr Linda Lux Betty Cravens Lucy Reyes Eva Scripps and Jack Wright with Oates appearing in both admission and discharge lines.
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Jay Oates, Jr
Linda Lux
Betty Cravens
Lucy Reyes
Eva Scripps
Jack Wright
Makarova Rehearses With Nureyev For Public Return
London reports Natalia Makarova rehearses with Rudolf Nureyev at the Royal Ballet School for her first public appearance since defecting from Leningrad. They will perform the black swan pas de deux from Swan Lake for a BBC program in November. Nureyev, 32, often partnered by Dame Margot Fonteyn, previously worked with Makarova in the Soviet Union. In Hollywood, Steve Allen withdraws as grand marshal of Anaheim’s Halloween Festival amid GOP pressure over political relevance.
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London
Natalia Makarova
Kirov Ballet Company
Rudolf Nureyev
Soviet Union
Royal Ballet School
Miss Makarova
West
Nureyev
British Broadcasting Corp
Margot Fonteyn
Hollywood
Steve Allen
Anaheim
Anaheim Republican Assembly
GOP
Allen
Earliest Snow Grips Amarillo as Tornado Watch Issued
The Associated Press reports Amarillo sees 1.34 inches of snow with drifts and 32 mph winds, amid a rare early snow event and a 25 degree frost forecast for the Panhandle. A tornado watch covers parts of North Central Texas, with storms and large hail possible, while Abilene and Wichita Falls set record highs previously.
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Panhandle
Texas
Oklahoma
Abilene
Wichita Falls
Weather Bureau
Collins
Cooke
Denton
Fannin
Grayson
Hunt
Bowie
Delta
Lamar
Red River
Bomb Explosions Hit California Armory and Seattle Hall
An experimental effort to hold court behind walls faced a blast in Santa Barbara when a bomb detonated outside an Army National Guard Armory, injures not reported. In Seattle, a separate blast hit Clark Hall at the University of Washington with a basement fire and unknown occupancy.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Army National Guard
California National Guard
Fred Baker
Baker
Seattle
University of Washington
Clark Hall
Navy Rotc
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