Agnew to Visit Turkey and Greece for NATO Talks
Vice President Spiro Agnew will tour Turkey October 11 to 13, then Greece October 16 to 18 en route to Iran for a royal birthday gala. He will represent the United States at Iran's 2,500th birthday celebration and then continue private visits in Greece. IRA gunmen in Belfast intensified attacks as three prime ministers urged peace, firing at troops and striking a bus station.
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Washington
Spiro T. Agnew
Turkey
Greece
NATO
White House
Agnew
Iran
Ronald Ziegler
United States
Ziegler
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Commerce indicators dip 0.9 percent in August amid wage price freeze
The Commerce Department reports a 0.9 percent fall in leading business indicators for August the second decline in ten months. Officials note the 90 day wage price freeze began August 15 and may have influenced the reading while the economy remains under the President's program. Northern Democrats facing school integration debates seek to block a House vote on a busing bill tied to a $1.5 billion emergency school aid package. White House defends press freedom amid criticism from officials including Vice President Agnew.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Department
Nixon
House
White House
Spiro T. Agnew
Albert seeks full briefing on consumer protection bill
House Speaker Carl Albert asked Government Operations Committee chairman Chet Holifield for a full briefing on a committee-approved consumer protection bill amid a dispute with Ralph Nader over its strength. Albert expressed support for the strongest possible bill after meeting with Holifield and staff advisers.
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Washington
Ralph Nader
House
Carl Albert
Albert
Government Operations Committee
Chet Holifield
D-Calif
Emperor Hirohito arrives in Belgium for state visit
Japan's Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako arrive in Brussels for a three day state visit renewing ties with Belgium. They are greeted by King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola after traveling from Copenhagen marking a milestone since his crown prince trip fifty years earlier.
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Brussels
Belgium
Japan
Hirohito
Nagako
Copenhagen
Baudouin
Fabiola
Two Satellites Launched From Cape Kennedy In Separate Orbits
Two satellites were launched from Cape Kennedy aboard a single Delta rocket. One satellite tests the Apollo tracking network while the other aims to study the sun by creating artificial solar eclipses. A Delta rocket second stage control issue forced both payloads into elliptical orbits, potentially reducing the solar observatory's effectiveness.
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
Alabama Board backs Wallace antibusing stance
The Alabama Board of Education adopted a resolution aligning with Gov. Wallace by directing public school officials to enroll children whose parents object to busing due to time or distance. The vote followed a special meeting requested by Wallace and criticized a federal judge’s actions in a busing case.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Board of Education
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Airlines appeal to CAB to curb transatlantic fare war
Pan American and Trans World Airlines urged the Civil Aeronautics Board in a private meeting to act before October 15 to prevent disastrous fare cuts they warn would devastate carriers in the North Atlantic market.
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Washington
U.S
North Atlantic
Pan American
Trans World
Civil Aeronautics Board
Canton TV airs long Peking programs without promised special
In Hong Kong observers noted Canton television broadcast over two hours of Peking originated programs not the special news feature planned for National Day. The tentatively scheduled 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. EDT program was postponed without explanation and Tien An Men Square museum displays Mao portrait reported. The Oct. 1 parade was canceled earlier, citing economy, though preparations continued.
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Hong Kong
Canton Television
Peking
Radio Peking
Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
Tien Anmen Square
Nixon seeking delay on Vietnam withdrawal amendment
The Nixon administration reportedly seeks a delay until after the South Vietnamese presidential election before a Senate vote on Mansfield's amendment to force a U S withdrawal from Indochina in six months. The move aims to avoid harming Thieu's unopposed bid and is tied to talks with the National League of Families. Senate debate is expected Thursday with no vote yet scheduled.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate
Mike Mansfield
U. S
Indochina
House
Nguyen van Thieu
National League of Families of American
Southeast Asia
League
Castro threats hijacking if U.S. lies over refugee airlift
Fidel Castro, speaking in Havana, warned that Cubans may hijack American planes if Washington continues its campaign of lies about the refugee airlift shutdown. He said measures would encourage illegality in the United States while noting the flights had resumed and a long list of potential evacuees remains managed by Cuba.
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Miami
Fidel Castro
United States
Havana
Castro
Revolutionary Plaza
Cuba
Nixon makes surprise visit to POW MIA league
President Nixon attended a Tuesday night banquet of the National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia. He promised renewed activity and said the goal was the release of all prisoners of war and missing in action, with presidential priority. Defense Secretary Laird supported pressing Hanoi for explanations while refusing any terms not in U.S. or prisoners' interests. Dissidents had picketed the White House seeking a withdrawal date.
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Washington
White House
Nixon
National League of Families of American
Southeast Asia
League
Vietnam
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Hanoi
United States of America
Viet chief orders police to shoot to kill rioters in Saigon
President Nguyen Van Thieu instructed police to shoot to kill antigovernment rioters who throw firebombs or endanger lives. Government spokesman Vu Khanh said Thieu told officers it is their duty to keep order and punish those who use violence. The order followed a terrorist bombing in Gia Dinh that wounded 24, with police, soldiers, women, children and a civilian among the injured.
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Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Vu Khanh
Thieu
National Police
Gia Dinh
le van Tu
IMF Pushes Urgent Currency Reform and Free Trade
The IMF asked all 118 member nations to value their currencies against each other, move toward freer trade, and realign exchange rates to restore order after the dollar's gold peg was dropped. It seeks orderly fund operations and settlements to address the United States balance of payments deficit and the collapsing gold standard.
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Washington
International Monetary Fund
IMF
Nixon
Fund
Board of Governors
International Monetary System
United States
U.S
Anti-gold movement gains traction among major powers
The article reports a broad shift in the non Communist world toward replacing gold with SDRs or paper gold as the basis for world currencies. Britain Japan Italy and France back developing a new system that could dethrone the dollar, which has floated since Nixon severed the gold link in 1971.
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Washington
South Africa
International Monetary Fund
Britain
Japan
Italy
France
IMF
Nixon
United States
U.S
Troops launch counter offensive along Vietnam Cambodia border
Thousands of South Vietnamese reinforcements and U S bombers strike to reopen a 30 mile border highway near Tay Ninh amid heavy fighting. Two North Vietnamese divisions attack frontier bases including Tran Hung Dao with B 52 strikes and radar guided bombing under monsoon conditions. Four South Vietnamese soldiers die and 14 wounded as U S and Saigon commanders meet to coordinate defenses.
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Tay Ninh
Vietnam
Nguyen van Minh
Saigon
Cambodia
Minh
Tran Hung Dao
Tay Ninh City
Krek
U. S
Nguyen Xuan Thinh
Tay Ninh Province
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