Soviet Spy Defecting to Britain Reported by Evening News
London based Evening News cites a senior Soviet secret police officer defecting to Britain in a major Western intelligence coup. The Foreign Office offered no immediate comment but hinted an official announcement may come later. The report follows other dispatches on East Asia and China.
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London
Britain
London Evening News
Foreign Office
The
Evening News
John Dickinson
Medina acquitted My Lai officer declines job offer report
Capt. Ernest L. Medina, cleared of all charges in the My Lai massacre, refused comment on reports he was offered employment by Florida promoter Glenn W. Turner. Turner's spokesman confirmed an offer but said details and salary were not discussed.
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Atlanta, Ga
Ernest L. Medina
My Lai
Florida
Glenn W. Turner
Orlando
Turner
Medina
United States Faces Test on Two Chinas in UN Assembly
In New York today the General Assembly faces its first test on the U S plan for two Chinas in the United Nations. The issue is whether to place on the agenda the U S resolution to seat both Communist and Nationalist China and grant China’s permanent Security Council seat to Peking.
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United Nations. N. Y
United States
General Assembly
United Nations
U.S
China
World Organization
Security Council
Peking
Northern Ireland Opposition Leader Signals Civic Cooperation Hope
Gerry Fitt of the SDLP told MPs in Ulster his party would consider joint governance with Protestant and Catholic leaders. The guarded statement sparked cautious optimism in the House of Commons about cross community cooperation in Northern Ireland.
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London
Northern Ireland
Gerry Fitt
Social Democratic and Labor Party
SDLP
Ulster
House of Commons
Cuba Refugee Flights To Resume For One Week
State Department announces Cuban refugee flights will restart Monday after a suspension by Fidel Castro's government. Spokesman Charles Bray says the Cuban side has enough people seeking to depart to permit one week of flights. About 900 Cubans expected to arrive in the U S during that week. Over six years, 246000 Cubans have arrived on these flights.
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Washington
State Department
Fidel Castro
Department
Charles Bray
U. S
NASA pushes Shuttle for military use in next decade
NASA emphasizes the space Shuttle's potential military value to win congressional backing for the multi billion dollar program. The aim is to support large space stations and unmanned craft deployment and maintenance. Brezhnev and Tito hold talks in Belgrade area after Brezhnev catches a cold delaying departure for Karadjordjevo.
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Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Belgrade
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Tito
Brezhnev
Karadjordjevo
Senate finance chief backs Nixon tax plan for swift action
Senate Finance Committee leader Russell B. Long of Louisiana says Ways and Means action boosts chances for rapid passage of Nixon tax proposals. He argues the president's request unfairly favors big business and should be weighed more evenly.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Nixon
Louisiana
Russell B. Long
Agriculture Secretary proposes Animal and Plant Health Service
The Agriculture Department plans a new agency named the Animal and Plant Health Service to run federal regulatory programs from disease control to import inspections. The announcement was made Thursday by Agriculture Secretary Clifford M. Hardin, with current functions shifting from the Agricultural Research Service.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
The
Animal and Plant Health Service
Agriculture
Clifford M. Hardin
Agricultural Research Service
Rogers Gromyko Set Talks at U N Over Berlin Security
Secretary of State Rogers planned a White House call with Andrei Gromyko after talks at the United Nations on Berlin and European security. They were to discuss SALT progress, renewed Moscow Washington hotline accords, and avoid accidental nuclear war amid a busy U N schedule.
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U.S
Helsinki
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Rogers
U. N. General Assembly
China
Middle East
Kremlin
Berlin
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Britain
France
Soviet Union
Washington
Moscow
Europe
Nixon hints at Poff Supreme Court nomination
President Nixon suggested Rep. Richard H. Poff of Virginia as a potential nominee for the Supreme Court. Poff’s backing includes Rep. Emanuel Celler and Rep. William M. McCulloch. A second vacancy arose with Justice John M. Harlan’s retirement amid health issues. The court term begins October 4 with hearings on the death penalty.
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Mike Mansfield
Montana
Senate
Nixon
Warren E. Burger
Harry A. Blackmun
Clement F. Haynsworth Jr
G. Harrold Carswell
Political clash over military pay raise and civilian freezes
Senate figures like Sen. Gale W. McGee press for a uniform freeze on civilian and military pay, arguing equity as the White House weighs a wage price freeze. Sen. Gordon Allott counters with plans to push a larger raise, saying lower ranked troops face inequities.
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Congress
Gale W. McGee
D-Wyo
McGee
Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Senate
Nixon
White House
Organized Labor
Gordon Allott
R-Colp
Allott
Federal job list to grow with welfare reform plan
Washington AP reports that the HEW plans to hire 80 000 federal officials as part of Nixon welfare reform to run a national Family Assistance Program. HEW warns 107 000 strong workforce must nearly double for 4 000 offices, with 18 months to implement a computer based system and possibly 25 million interviews to determine eligibility.
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Washington
Nixon
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
John D. Twiname
Social and Rehabilitation Service
Richard P. Nathan
House
Senate Finance Committee
Nathan
Nixon hints curb on interest rates during anti inflation push
President Nixon indicated that wage price restraints starting November 14 could extend to regulate interest rates on consumer credit. He spoke at a Detroit Economic Club dinner broadcast nationally. He said the Phase 2 program to be unveiled mid October will target inflation drivers while the Fed has standby authority to curb consumer credit.
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Detroit
Nixon
Detroit Economic Club
Flation
Cobo Hall
Attica
N. Y
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Finance ministers eye talks on IMF reform in Washington
At the IMF meeting in Washington 118 nations discuss a possible 15 percent currency revaluations and a shift from gold to SDRs as a future standard. Officials expect mainly behind the scenes talks with limited ceremonial action while shaping possible guidelines for broad exchange rate overhaul.
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Washington
United States
International Monetary Fund
U.S
Sheraton Park Hotel
Raids Enter Third Day Across Vietnam Fronts
U S bombardment continued for a third day inside North Vietnam and along its frontiers while allied aircraft destroyed two of Hanoi bases in the south. North Vietnamese and Viet Cong shelling intensified in the south wounding 11 and killing two. A North Vietnam air attack was triggered when anti aircraft fire struck U S fighter bombers on a mission near Hanoi.
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U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Air Force
Ho Chi Minh
Laos
Old missile installation becomes ecology center
Lincoln California residents and Hollywood figures joined a ceremony to convert the abandoned missile base east of Lincoln into the Earthside Missile Base Ecology Center. Robin Cranston announced as director while plans include underground gardens and environmental research facilities in the 55 acre site with silos and tunnels.
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Ecology Center
Lincoln
Calif
Hollywood
Robin Cranston
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Sacramento
Placer County
Steven
Stevens
Experimental Systems Ecology
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