Rogers expected to fly to Paris to sign cease fire
Reports say U S Secretary of State Rogers may travel to Paris to sign the Vietnam cease fire with North Vietnam. Viet Cong and Hanoi insist the accord be signed Tuesday and promise no reprisals. State Department in Washington has no comment while diplomatic sources say a signing would involve an official below presidential rank.
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Nixon Signs Forty Four Bills Including Noise Controls
President Nixon signed 44 measures on Saturday placing the first federal noise pollution rules and new hazardous household product safeguards into law. He postponed a decision on a $5.4 billion Social Security and welfare package while touring northern Ohio and Michigan.
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Nation Ends Daylight Saving Time Nationwide
The United States shifts to standard time at 2 a.m. with most states gaining an hour, except Arizona Hawaii Michigan and parts of Indiana. Congress creates a five member Consumer Product Safety Commission to set safety standards recall seize fines and bans for dangerous products including aircraft motor vehicles food drugs cosmetics pesticides and firearms.
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Search for Hale Boggs ends 13th day in Alaska
The miss ing House Majority Leader Hale Boggs and three others enter a 13th day of search as 36 planes scour 210000 square miles from Anchorage to Juneau. Snow rain hinder progress while a T shaped object sighting prompts another probe.
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Goldwater jokes McGovern to lift load of 1964 defeat
Sen Barry Goldwater quipped while touring Nixon campaign HQ that George McGovern will take off the heavy burden Goldwater has carried since his 1964 defeat. He joked McGovern will be the man who beat him worse, and he hopes the burden is removed.
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Communists capture seven hamlets near Saigon in battle
Communist troops seized and held seven hamlets within an hour’s drive of Saigon as the cease fire drive intensified. Highway 1 around Saigon was cut by fighting while rockets and mortars struck U S installations in Da Nang and Long Binh, wounding four Americans and a helicopter was shot down near Saigon. The PRG pledged no reprisals if a cease fire is signed.
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Haunted house projects draw teens into safe Halloween activity
Nearly 100 old buildings nationwide are turned into haunted houses for a teen outreach program by Campus Life clubs of Youth for Christ based in Wheaton. Volunteers paint, maze, and light effects to create spooky experiences in places like Libertyville with donors providing buildings.
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Monsters in the Night Tour Draws 17000 Visitors
Paul Veerman describes a guided 20 minute tour with 40 club members in scary makeup. Admission ranges from 1 to 1.50 dollars, expected to raise funds for converting buildings as part of a live performance.
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Penn State Wins Thriller Over West Virginia At Mountaineer Field
Penn State beat West Virginia 28-19 in a tense game featuring a disputed safety and touchdown. Kerry Marbury returned the opening kickoff 101 yards for WVU, while Penn State stretched its series lead to 14 wins. The Nittany Lions held WVU to minus-one rushing yards and sealed the win with Al Vitiello’s late field goal.
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