China’s Congress reelects premier and names new defense minister
Hong Kong based UPI reports China’s National People’s Congress, meeting for the first time in a decade, re elected ailing Premier Chou En Lai and named Yeh Chien Ying defense minister to succeed the late Lin Piao. The body approved a new constitution and a government report, with Teng Hsiao ping named vice premier and party vice chairman amid shifts after the Cultural Revolution.
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UPI
Chma
National People’s Congress
Chou En-lai
Lin Piao
Mao Tsetung
New China News Agency
Congress
China
Congress of Victory
Chou
Yeh Chien-ying
Mao
Mongolia
Yeh
Lin
Peking
Teng Hsiao-ping
Communist Party
NCNA
Liu Shao-chi
Miners Near End of 11 Day sit in at Pamplona Mine
One hundred miners, many sick, signal readiness to end an 11 day sit in at a Pamplona potash mine over two month work suspensions. Authorities promise nonpunishment and rehiring 1,500 workers fired amid unrest as government vows to curb strikes. A doctor reports illness from contaminated water and fears shaft collapse.
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Madrid
UPI
Pamplona
Barcelona
el Ferrol
Generalissimo
Francisco Franco
Spain
Is Brezhnev losing power
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev faces questions over his influence as the 1972 trade pact delay and talk of ill health spark Western doubts. Tass disputes changes in policy while Moscow reports say no power struggle occurred and Brezhnev is resting near Moscow while colleagues push detente forward.
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Gerard Loughran
Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Leonid I Brezhnev
Brezhnev
Kremlin
United States
Tass
Anatoly Krasikov
Congress
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Communist Party
New Delhi
Press Trust of India
Central Committee
The
Politbureau
Henry A
Portugal faces crisis as labor law pact fails
Lisbon amid seven hours of talks the ruling coalition failed to seal a compromise on a labor law creating a single union confederation. Communist leader Cunhal warned of irreparable cabinet rifts but urged coalition unity until April elections as non Communist parties threaten resignation. The church urged workers’ right to choose unions amid signs of political strain in Portugal.
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Lisbon
UPI
Portugal
Alvaro Cunhal
Junhal
Indochina Crisis Deepens as Communists Attack Saigon
The report details intensified Communist assaults around Saigon and Phnom Penh with shells, helicopters, and jet strikes. It notes rising Mekong Delta gains for Viet Cong, U.S. aid debates in Congress, and Ambassador Martin urging a large immediate funding push for South Vietnam.
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Alan Dawson
Saigon
UPI
Phnom Penh
Mekong River
Ford Administration
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Vietnam
Hanoi
Paris
Phuoc Long
Mekong
Vinh Binh
U.S
Graham Martin
Martin
Congress
United States
Neak Luong
Thailand
Britain pledges to release Northern Ireland prisoners if IRA ceasefire holds
Belfast dispatch reports Britain will free all political prisoners in Northern Ireland if the IRA ends violence. Gerry Fitt says Long Kesh internees would be released as a sustained ceasefire begins, with talks between Sinn Fein and Merlyn Rees aides involving Protestant clergy intermediaries. The move follows IRA ceasefire talks and ongoing demand for British troop withdrawal and a declaration to leave Ulster.
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UPI
Britain
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Sinn Fein
IRA
Ulster
Gerry Fitt
Social Democratic and Labor Party
Merlyn Rees
Long Kesh
Ar Ira
Dublin
Rees
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