Laird Signals Vietnam troop cuts below 50000 by late 1972
Secretary Laird indicated a goal to reduce U S troops in Vietnam to under 50 000 by late 1972 citing delivery confidence. Officials say the move may curb antiwar Democratic leverage while aiming for about 12 500 fewer troops per month. He noted Laos and Cambodia aid but stressed steady disengagement.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
U .S
Vietnam
Pentagon
Laird
Cambodia
Laos
Laird Yester
Weather Outlook and Wind Shift Through Tomorrow
Mostly cloudy and cool today with a chance of snow flurries. High in the lower 38s and clearing tonight with a low around 25 to 26. Increasing cloudiness and warmer tomorrow with a high in the middle to lower 40s. Precipitation chance 38 percent today, 10 percent tonight, 29 percent tomorrow. Winds NW 10 to 15 mph today, light and variable tonight, southerly 10 to 15 mph tomorrow. Sunset tonight 6 36 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 6 36 a.m. Details on page 3. The schedule notes a withdrawal plan but does not specify a precise number of Americans to remain in Vietnam by year end 1972. It has been known to target a residual force of 30 000 to 40 000 including artillery, logistic and combat support units.
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Vietnam
Nixon Attends Whitney Young Jr. Graveside in Kentucky
President Nixon and Mrs. Nixon joined dignitaries at Greenwood Cemetery in Lexington for the graveside service of civil rights leader Whitney M. Young Jr. who died last week in Nigeria at age 49. The funeral drew an 80 mile procession from Louisville and featured ministers Peter Samsom and Homer Nutter officiating with taps by a Ft. Knox bugler.
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Lexington
UPI
Whitney Young Jr
Nixon
Greenwood
Young
Nigeria
Louisville
Here
Peter Samsom
White Plains
N.Y
Unitarian Community Church
Homer Nutter
First Baptist Church
Ft. Knox
Beaten South Vietnamese Flee Into Laos Jungle
In a Laos operation, more than 1,000 South Vietnamese troops fled through Laotian jungle pursued by North Vietnamese forces. American helicopter pilots reported rescues as forces abandoned Lolo base and claimed 1,100 Communist dead with heavy Vietnamese casualties. The retreat aimed for bases Brown and A Tani as NVA blocked paths.
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Saigon
U.S
Lolo
Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Brown
A Tani
Tricia Nixon to Wed Edward Cox in White House Ceremony
President Nixon announces his daughter Tricia will marry Harvard law student Edward F. Cox in a White House wedding set for June 5. The engagement was announced at a party marking St Patrick’s Day and the First Lady’s birthday, with 300 guests and a Irish themed program.
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White House
Tricia
Edward
Washington
Nixon
Harvard
Edward F. Cox
St Patrick's Day
Executive
The
United States
Priest Turned Policeman to Take a Wife in Seaside
Terence J. Mangan, formerly dean at a Roman Catholic high school in Monterey, left the force to marry Charlotte Maus, an employee of Monterey County Probation Department. He serves as community relations officer in Seaside and is known on police radio as Angel 1-
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Seaside
Calif
UPI
Terence J. Mangan
Monterey
Charlotte Maus
Monterey County Probation Department
Mangan
Angel 1
Angela Davis Defense Argues Gun Purchase Not Illegal
Angela Davis and her lawyers contended at a San Rafael pretrial hearing that buying guns was not illegal. Defense counsel Michael Tigar argued there is no evidence Davis gave or furnished weapons used in a courthouse shootout that killed a teenager and others. The hearing, delayed by bomb threats, resumed with prosecutors asserting charges of murder kidnapping and conspiracy.
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San Rafael
Canf
UPI
Angela Davis
Michael Tigar
Miss Davis
Albert W Harris Jr
State hearing ordered in S and J Bar ownership
Ohio ordered a Columbus hearing on the 1624 FE 28th St Lorain bar after officials cited operation by someone other than the permit holder. Barmaid Cordie Holmes admitted salary was paid by John Gay, a convicted felon tied to the bar bond.
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Lorain
State of Ohio
28Th Street
Columbus
State Liquor Department
1624
FE. 28Th St
Cordie Holmes
James Gleason
Gleason
John Gay
Chronicle-Telegram
Gay
Manson Kept Off Death Trial Stand
Charles Manson did not testify as the punishment phase of the Tate LaBianca case neared its end. He allowed female codefendants to confess while others swore to his innocence, but he offered no firsthand knowledge of the murders. Final arguments begin tomorrow as the cost of the trial nears $800,000.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Charles Manson
Manson
Los Angeles County
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Jack Lynch
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U.S. Army
Dennis Day
St. Patrick’s Day
Caroline
Jean
Mary
John Tierney
Park Ave
Burke
Pittsburgh
John Kenney
By Earel Neirk
Tation
Lorain County
Liquor Department
Ellis Vasu
Vasu
Shields Nursing Home
Gerard Prinz
Prinz
Stewar L. Udall
Gram
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