Democrats see Nixon fortune rising in White House year
Analysts say Nixon has improved his position with voters but his support remains unsteady. Democratic leaders forecast continued gains for their party in 1970, while cautioning against letting attacks on economy crime and inflation go unanswered. The DNC faces about $7.5 million in debt from 1968 with modest progress paying off debts in the year.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Fred R. Harris
Oklahoma
Democratic National Committee
House
Senate
Harris
Vietnam
E ° Parge
Mark Shields
Peter D. Hart
Louis Harris
Shields
Hart
National Committee
Nation debates new value added tax plan
The Nixon administration pushes a crash program toward a value added tax to balance next year's federal budget. Critics warn it resembles a national sales tax and may face stiff congressional resistance. Tax policy, exemptions, and revenue targets remain undecided as the Treasury prepares a comprehensiveproposal.
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Eileen Shanahan
New York Times
Washington
United States
Europe
Nion
Congress
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
House
Ways and Means Committee
Nixon
John Alexander
Treasury Department
Mini-summit in Tripoli signals closer Egypt Libya Sudan ties
In Tripoli, leaders of Egypt Lib ya and Sudan discuss a military political and economic alliance while stressing abstract unity over a formal treaty. The three governments see potential for greater cooperation but caution against premature bold steps, amid Rabat summit disappointment.
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Sures Sage
Tripoli
Israel
Jaafar el Numairi
Sudanese Revolutionary Council
Numairi
Rabat
Egypt
Libya
Sudan
Middle East
Police question suspect in Levering murder case
Carbondale Police Chief Jack Hazel says Kenneth Rogers, named during the investigation, faced extensive background checks before being questioned. A prior prime suspect from De Soto was cleared, and Rogers was picked up in Tennessee after stops in Ripley, with a wrist cut noted by officials. Police see no proven link to St Charles killings and have impounded a 1962 Pontiac tied to Rogers.
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Kenneth Rogers
Lulsa Levering
Carbondale
Jack Hazel
Hazel
Rogers
Miss Levering
de Soto
Jackson County
Jast
Tennessee
Ripley
Tenn
Havel
St. Charles
Southern
Illinois
St. Charles N
Rogers Linked to Tevering Slaying, Police Say
Police say Rogers, tied to the Tevering case, gave a false alibi about returning from Murphysboro to 417 W Sycamore St Carbondale at 7 10 p m on November 25 the night 14 year old Miss Levering disappeared Hazel reports the investigation showed she was last seen alive November 3 leaving the Carbondale Teen Center at 7 45 p m Rogers and his wife and her child lived at the Sycamore Street address near Bridge Hazel said investigators have been pursuing Rogers for more than a week but lack sufficient evidence to arrest him.
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Rogers
Hazel
Murphysboro
W. Sycamore St
Carbondale
Miss Levering
W. Jackson St
Dee
Bridge and
Sycamore Streets
Bridge St
Miss’ Levering
Hollywood Rock Festival Shrinks As Cold Dampens Attendance
A 72 hour festival in Hollywood Florida drew about 2 500 attendees as cold weather and a late police roadblock reduced crowds to around 5 000. Youths briefly blocked a road while authorities directed transport to the Hollywood Speedway staging areas. The event began at midnight Friday and ended three hours later with performances continuing on the main stage despite frigid 31 degree conditions.
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Hollywood
Fla
Ander
Hollywood Rock Festival
Miami Boulevard
Hollywood Speedway
Brevard Jt
Music County
Hanoi shifts to high quality mobile strike units in war plan
North Vietnam defense minister Vo Nguyen Giap promotes a strategy of high quality compact units over massed forces. He notes manpower shortages and a favorable U.S. balance of force, while signaling a streamlining of recruitment and a focus on ideological training and modern weapons. U.S. experts see a possible move toward protracted-war tactics with fewer large offensives and reduced need for large infiltration rates.
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Tad Saule
New York Times
Washington
Vo Nguyen
Giap
North Vietnam
Hanoi
France
U. S
People’s Army
Munist
Nhan
Dan
Haxoi
UW. S
South Vietnam
Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Vietnam
Sato Triumphs in Japan Election With LDP Lead
AP reports Prime Minister Eisaka Sato and the Liberal-Democratic party were favored to win a clear majority in Japan's lower house. With about 64 percent counted NHK projected 224 LDP seats, others showing Socialists 69 Komeito 20 Democratic Socialist 1 Communists 4 independents 13. Edo conceded defeat as LDP benefited from the Okinawa reversion pact.
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Foxyo
Eisaka Sato
Liberal - Democratic Party
Japan
Sato
I House of Representatives
Japan Broadcasting Corp
NHK
Komeito
Clean Government Party
Democratic
Socialist Party
Communists
Saburo Edo
U.S
Okinawa
Missing from ship during Pacific search for 25 crewmen
In a mid Pacific search Saturday heavy seas and high winds hampered efforts to locate 25 crewmen who abandoned the bomb laden SS Badger State after an explosion and fire. The Green freighter Khian Star rescued 14 men including skipper Capt. Charles Wilson. None were injured. Coast Guard and Navy planes sighted an empty seven man fire raft and had dropped multiple rafts earlier as rescue operations continued.
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Honolulu
Charles Wilson
Navy
Coast Guard
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