Nixon Peace Plan Faces Mixed Rejection Worldwide
North Vietnam and the Viet Cong rejected President Nixon’s eight point peace plan as electoral propaganda to extend the war. Hanoi and Washington officials offered cautious responses with Democratic rivals and Republicans weighing the proposal amid long standing distrust. The Viet Cong demanded a unilateral U.S. pullout date and the overthrow of Thieu, while U.S. politicians split between skepticism and cautious approval.
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North Vietnam
Nixon
Vietnam
Paris
U.S
Thieu
Saigon
Ice Frosts a Wintry Portrait by Lake Erie
A yesterday scene along Lake Erie near the Lorain lighthouse shows wind whipped spray freezing on trees and rocks at the breakwall. Ice coats the landscape creating chilly splendor captured by Chief Photographer John Kenney.
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Lake Erie
Lorain Lighthouse
John Kenney
Burglary Surge Leads Lorain County Crime Rise in 1971
Sheriff's annual report shows unincorporated Lorain County burglaries up 32 percent with 364 forcible entry cases in 1971, the highest crime category ahead of assaults and auto thefts. Total investigations reached 1,742, amid overall crime growth of over 12 percent from 1969 to 1971.
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Lorain County
Vernon M. Smith
Cpt
James A. Mertz
Sheriff's Department
Strike threat as Harshaw talks stall at John Street plant
Contract negotiations over a new deal at Harshaw Chemical Co. 113 John St. have collapsed. International Chemical Workers Union Local 73 warns a strike will begin tomorrow at 8 a.m. if the company’s final offer is rejected. Local 10 members plan to vote on the offer tonight. A simultaneous Elyria plant strike would shut Cleveland operations. Fringe benefits are a central sticking point.
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Harshaw Chemical Co
John St
International Chemical Workers Union Local 73
Ward Peters
Harshaw
Peters
Holiday Inn
Brook Park
Cleveland
Local 73
UAW
Rt. 113
Federal grand jury probes Lorain County gambling efforts
Former Elyria auto agency executive Frank Laine appeared briefly before a federal grand jury investigating gambling in Lorain County. Other witnesses included Levi Carlisle and Thomas Warrenfelt, with coordination between federal and Lorain County juries. The probe centers on outside gaming interests and possible corruption in the Oberlin police department.
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Cleveland
Elyria Auto Agency
Lorain County
Frank Laine
Letco Toyota
Broad St
Levi Carlisle
Olive St
Lorain
Carlisle
Beth County
Federal Grand Jury
Thomas Warrenfelt
Cambridge Ave
Oberlin
Lorain County Grand Jury
Gamtiing
Letco
Joseph Siegler
Grand Jury
Common Pleas
John D. Pincura
Joseph R. Grunda
Asst
Justin Lamley
Lecal
Cold, Cloudy Skies With Snow Flurries Expected Today
Variable cloudiness and cold with a chance of snow flurries today. High near 20. Cloudy and continued cold tonight and tomorrow with a zero to ten degree low tonight and a high in the 20s tomorrow. Precipitation chances 30 percent today and 50 percent tonight into tomorrow. Winds west to northwest 10 to 20 mph today, easing this afternoon, then easterly 10 mph or less tonight. Sunset 5 34 p.m. Tomorrow sunrise 7 74 a.m. High was 20 yesterday at 3 p.m. Low 12 today at 2 a.m. Details on Page 42.
Nixon unveils eight point Vietnam peace plan
President Nixon disclosed a secret eight point U S peace offer calling for a U S pullout in exchange for prisoner release and a broader eight point plan that would have South Vietnam's leader Thieu step down for a new election The plan faces scrutiny from Hanoi negotiators and U S critics and Nixon says it has not been rejected but widely ignored.
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Washington
Nixon
Vietnam
U.S
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Hanoi
Proposed Vietnam Peace Plan For Immediate Coalition Withdrawal
The plan calls for all U S and allied forces to withdraw from South Vietnam within six months of agreement signing. It demands exchange of all prisoners and a cease fire in Indochina. A new presidential election open to all factions in South Vietnam would occur, with Thieu and the vice president resigning a month before the election and a provisional caretaker government taking over.
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U.S
South Vietnam
Indochina
Thieu
Nixon Discloses Secret Talks on Vietnam Peace Efforts
Since August 4, 1969 private negotiations sought to break the impasse in Vietnam. President Nixon revealed the talks to revive the Paris peace process with Henry A Kissinger, his national-security adviser, leading twelve secret meetings in France.
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Vietnam
Nixon
Paris
Henry A Kissinger
France
Nixon Plan Aims for Cease Fire in Indochina
The piece cites a May 31 1971 U S offer to withdraw all American forces in exchange for POW releases and a cease fire. North Vietnam rejected it in July demanding U S overthrow of South Vietnam. An October 11 eight point plan and Geneva-based principles for Indochina set a general cease fire upon signing with international military supervision and prisoner release.
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U S
U.S
Indochina
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