Senate rejects deeper cuts in military aid
The Senate votes 64 to 24 against cutting the military aid program further after warnings the Foreign Relations Committee plan would jeopardize U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam. The vote reflects a shift as lawmakers defend support for Vietnam era security commitments and the pace of disengagement.
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Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
Vietnam
J. W. Fulbright
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Foreign Relations Panel
Senate
Nixon
House
Fulbright
Stennis
South Vietnam
Sen
D-Ark
Hugh Scott
Roswell Housing Shortage Forecast Ties Growth to Available Homes
Roswell faces a predicted housing slump in early 1972 as FHA and VA data show only two percent housing availability below the national average. With 140 of 226 FHA listings ready for sale and 86 in preparation, officials warn the shortage could slow growth while retirees flood in and industry seeks locations. Local executive Robert J. Hoffman warns delays threaten Roswell’s expansion plans.
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Roswell
Federal Housing Administration
Veterans Administration
Robert J. Hoffman
Hoffman
Gold hunter Martha Mitchell aids opening of Placerita Canyon Center
Martha Mitchell and County Supervisor Warren Dorn opened the Placerita Canyon Regional Park nature study center in Los Angeles near the site of California’s first gold strike in 1842 while her husband John Mitchell attended a Nixon fund raising dinner.
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Martha Mitchell
Los Angeles
Calif
Orea
U. S
John Mitchell
Warren Dorn
Placerita Canyon
California
Secretary Hardin May Resign Soon Amid Farm Belt Concerns
Secretary of Agriculture Clifford M. Hardin reportedly ready to quit though White House and Agriculture Department offer no commitment. Administration sources say resignation is likely while GOP strategists fret Farm Belt discontent and falling parity ratios, inflation, and looming subsidies and sales to the Soviet Union.
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U.S
Clifford M. Hardin
Nixon
Hardin
Washington, D. C
Turkey
White House
Gaylord Shaw
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Agriculture Department
GOP
Midwest
Communist 中国 delegation heads to New York with 20 aides
In Paris, China’s two top delegation leaders Deputy Foreign Minister Chiao Kuan-hua and Ambassador Huang Hua left with 20 aides for New York aboard an Air France flight. They are due at Kennedy Airport at 12 15 p m EST.
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Paris
China
United Nations
New York
Chiao Kuan-hua
Huang Hua
Air France
Kennedy Airport
Soldier Doll flees to safety of friends in Londonderry
In Londonderry Bogside a teenage girl was shorn and tarred for dating a British soldier. A crowd of about 200 watched as she was tied to a lamppost, branded Soldier Doll, and tarred with scissors. Marta Doherty, promised to marry Pvt. John Larter, faced the same fate earlier in the week. Four more girls were reported targeted while another fled to England as tensions rise amid IRA-linked violence in Ireland. Belfast police arrested two IRA officers suspected in three cold-blooded killings last March.
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Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Marta Doherty
Marta
Pvt
John Larter
Royal Anglican Regiment
Larter
Bernard Jones
Bogsiders
England
Dolly Beware
Bogside
Ireland
Belfast
Irish Republican Army
Roswell Area Weather Forecast Through Friday
Occasional high cloudiness continues through Friday. Warmer today and tonight with a high of 78 and a low of 37. Tomorrow also reaches 78 degrees.
Daniels enters race for Senate seat in New Mexico
Jack Daniels a former state representative and last year's Democratic gubernatorial candidate said he will seek the U S Senate seat vacated by retiring Clinton P Anderson He announced after long talks with his wife and close associates sending about 100 telegrams to supporters Kornegay has already entered the race and other Democrats show interest including David Norvell and Thomas G Morris
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Farmington
Jack Daniels
Clinton P. Anderson
Daniels
Bruce King
Pete Domenici
Anderson
Senate
Jesse Kornegay
Atty
David Norvell
Thomas G. Morris
Last Man Club survivors mark Armistice tradition in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis 16 World War I veterans of the Last Man Club gather for a Nov 11 ritual. They once numbered 66 and bought a champagne bottle in a casket, kept in a bank safe, to toast the last surviving member who drinks it alone.
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Indianapolis
Last Man
Thurman W. Marshall
Marshall
Rites Held for State Policeman Rosenbloom in Las Cruces
Gov Bruce King attended the funeral for 28 year old State Policeman Robert Rosenbloom in Las Cruces as investigators search for two suspects. Weapons and clothing found dumped near Albuquerque hint at involvement, while roadblocks and a fruitless Western New Mexico search continue.
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Bruce King
New Mexico
Robert Rosenbloom
Las Cruces
Rosenbloom
Albuquerque
New Mexico State University
Hillcrest Memorial Gardens
King
South Valley
Stephen McGuyen
Grants
Gallup
California
Interstate 40
The
Albuquerque Journal
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D-La
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Seiberling
Des Moines
Iowa
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