New York considers 18 year old voting in statewide election
Albany measures move through the 1971 Legislature with Earl Brydges guiding an amendment to lower the voting age from 21 to 18. If approved, 18 year olds could vote in state elections, depending on a 1970 federal ruling and voter approval next November. The plan awaits governor’s signature and a Senate Assembly vote.
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Senate
Albany
N.Y
Earl W. Brydges
Assembly
Mand
Brydges
Ber
U.S. Supreme
Rockefel
Ler
Four Men Tarred Feathered By IRA In Belfast District
In Falls Road Catholic district four men were tarred and feathered by vigilante IRA groups after private home trials for offenses like housebreaking. A Protestant area bombing later hit Naval Old Comrades Club. police did not link the two events.
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Belfast
Falls Road
Northern Ireland
Falls River
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Naval Old Comrades Club
Nixon Eyes Two Billion For GIs Asks Volunteer Army Plan
The Nixon administration proposes a 2 billion dollar GI pay raise and incentives to build an all volunteer Army. A Pentagon official warned Congress that achieving a volunteer force is uncertain due to antimilitarism and security needs. Draft extension and pay boosts are tied to the plan.
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Washington
Nixon Administration
Congress
Pentagon
Secretary of Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Kelley
House
Industrial Tax Breaks Revised
The Nixon administration will announce new regulations to speed tax writeoffs for equipment depreciation. The rules, patterned after a federal task force proposal, let industry deduct more depreciation in early years to free capital for modernization and production and spur economic growth.
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Washington
Nixon
Treasury
Chanel 87 dies in Paris Ritz suite
Gabrielle Coco Chanel the orphaned French designer known for tailored suits died Sunday night at 87 in her Ritz Paris suite. A chambermaid found her ill and a doctor was called. Cause of death not released. she had been preparing for spring fashion shows.
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Paris
Gabrielle Coco Chanel
Auvergne
Miss Chanel
Ritz
Chanel
Hebert warns relaxation of military rules risks turning service into a country club
Rep. F. Edward Hebert incoming chairman of the House Armed Services Committee says loosened enlistment conduct rules threaten discipline and morale. He cites haircuts beers and permissiveness as erosion risks and compares to a football team losing the big game.
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Washington
F. Edward Hebert
House
Armed Services Committee
Louisiana Democrat
Metromedia
Army
Navy
Air Force
Hebert
Major Shot In Hassle Over Stereo At Quang Tri
At the Quang Tri base in Vietnam two U S Army officers clashed with five enlisted men over a loud stereo. A midnight argument ended with a pistol volley that killed one major and wounded another. Three enlisted men were detained as investigators review the incident. An early curfew was imposed at the base housing the 1st Brigade, 5th Mechanized Infantry Division.
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DA Nang
Vietnam
U.S
Quang Tri
Army
Quang Tri Base
Laird Ends Vietnam Visit as Fierce Battles Rage
In near Saigon, South Vietnamese forces clash with North Vietnamese troops near Tay Ninh City with 20 NVA and 10 government soldiers killed. A separate Parrot's Beak operation involves about 2,000 South Vietnamese rangers and armored cavalry in a search and destroy mission along Highway 1 toward Kompong Trabek.
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Saigon
Tay Ninh
Cambodia
Ern
South Vietnam
Melvin R
Laird
Highway 1
Kompong Trabek
Jordan and Arab Guerrillas Clash Across Jordan
Heavy fighting continued for a third day in Jordan as Jordanian troops clashed with Arab guerrillas. Guerrilla leaders accuse King Hussein of suppressing the Palestinian revolutionary movement to favor a separate peace with Israel. Damascus warns against intervention while Anwar Sadat calls for an urgent Arab summit in Amman.
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Jordan
Hussein
Israel
Damascus
Syria
Anwar Shat
Amman
Tel Aviv
Muskie explores peace prospects in Middle East visit
Sen. Edmund S. Muskie arrived in Cairo after meetings in Tel Aviv to assess peace prospects in the Middle East. He warned Soviet military presence complicates regional security and global peace while planning Moscow and West Germany trips and talks with Egyptian leaders.
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Cairo
Edmund S. Muskie
Egypt
Israel
Middle East
Maine Democrat
Tel Aviv
Muskie
Moscow
West Germany
Mahmoud Riad
Mahmoud Fawzi
Anwar Sadat
Suspension of Civil Liberties Eyed in Uruguay Crisis
President Jorge Pacheco Areco asked the permanent legislative commission for a 90 day suspension of civil liberties to help locate kidnapped British Ambassador Geoffrey Jackson. The move would let the governor order arrests and searches without warrants as the Tupamaros guerrillas hold the diplomat. Jackson’s wife flew to London as authorities preserve a hard line against negotiations.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Jorge Pacheco Areco
Geoffrey Jackson
Congress
London
Jackson
World Council of Churches Opens 12 Day Session in Addis Ababa
About 400 million Christians from 235 churches in 90 countries begin a 12 day meeting with an Ethiopian Orthodox service. Leaders including Haile Selassie urge unity and nonpolitical aid while discussing Easter dates racism and liberation movements. Dr. M. M. Thomas calls for broader Christian action beyond theology toward diagonal dialogue and opposing racism.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
World Council of Churches
Abuna Theophilus
Ethopian Church
Council
Haile Selassie
M. M. Thomas
India
Central Committee
Africa
WCC
Thomas
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Melvin Laird
Cu Chi
S. Viets
Viets
United Press International
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