Rogers Defends U S Withdrawal Policy In Senate Hearing
Secretary of State William P Rogers told senators the United States is not pressuring Israel and outlined a new element in the Arab Israeli peace effort. An 80 member Senate met for an extended 14 hour session with 67 in attendance as Rogers faced questions from both supporters and critics.
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Washington
William P. Rogers
Mideast
Rogers
United States
Israel
Senate
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Henry M. Jackson
U.S
Abba Eban
Legisla
William Rogers
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Tors
D-Wash
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Allied Death Toll In Laos Described As Staggering
Saigon sources report nearly 50 percent casualties among South Vietnamese troops in a 45 day Laotian operation. Enemy artillery pressured troops retreating from border posts while firing on allied bases inside the demilitarized zone. About 3,800 South Vietnamese soldiers were affected.
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Laos
Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
Nguyen Hue
Dong Ha
Dmz
South China Sea
Washington
Defense Department
North Vietnam
South
United States
Hanoi
Tran van An
U.S
Associated Press
Michael Pitzel
Khe Sanh
Lon Nol Faces Big Shake-Up in Cambodia Cabinet
Cambodias 16 member cabinet and top officials face a purge as Premier Lon Nol plans reforms on his return from sick leave in Hawaii. Officials say ministers, generals and civil servants were deemed inefficient or corrupt. royalist plots and battlefield losses are noted.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Lon Nol
Hawaii
Norodom Sihanouk
Sihanouk
Ulster Cabinet Named, Headquarters Bombed
Belfast AP report: a bomb damaged the Unionist party headquarters minutes after Brian Faulkner announced his cabinet. No injuries reported as British troops cordon the red brick building near the Northern Railway Terminal. Faulkner aims to ease Protestant-Catholic tensions and named Harry West as agriculture minister to placate right wing critics.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Unionist
Brian Faulkner
Northern
GOP Leaders and Rockefeller Closely Watch Budget Talks
Republican leaders and Gov. Rockefeller met to hammer out an $8.45 billion budget plan with about $700 million in cuts. Negotiations involve Senate and Assembly Republicans amid pressure for near unanimous party support before the March 31 deadline.
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Rockefeller
Senate
Assembly
Kelleher
GOP
Earl W. Brydges
Businessmen push deferred tuition plan for New York colleges
John J. Roberts of the Empire State Chamber of Commerce proposed a deferred tuition system to cut taxpayers’ costs and help families. Students would repay after graduation based on income, enabling some or all tuition to be financed by future earnings. The plan aims to prevent financial barriers to higher education.
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Albany
N.Y
New York
John J. Roberts
Empire State Chamber of Commerce
Capitol
Robert
Yale University
Roberts
Rockfeller
Ewald B. Nyquist
Women gain on sex crime prosecution in New York Assembly
In Albany, the Assembly passed a measure to ease sex crime prosecutions by allowing convictions with evidence beyond the victim's uncorroborated testimony. The bill, praised by supporters and ridiculed by opponents, moves to the Senate as lawmakers also approved higher auto liability minimums.
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Albany
New York City
Capitol
N.Y
Women’s Liberation Movement
Guy R. Brewer
D-Queens
Brewer
Senate
Assembly
Talks Bog Down Jarring May Leave Talks
United Nations envoy Gunnar V. Jarring is ready to depart for Moscow as Arab-Israeli peace talks stall. Egyptian Ambassador Mohammed H. el Zayyat met Jarring and then conferred with U Thant before heading to Paris for Egyptian diplomat meetings.
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United Nations, N. Y
Gunnar V. Jarring
U. N
Moscow
Jarring
United Nations
Mohammed H. el-Zayyat
el-Zayyat
U Thant
Paris
Cairo
Murder suspect claims he was forced to sign statement
Thomas J. O'Brien Jr testified that state police connived to compel him to sign a false statement to shield his brother from murder charges in the Jerilyn Jean Bush case. He spoke on Thursday during his murder trial in Rensselaer County.
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Thomas J. O’brien Jr
Joseph L. O’brien
Jerilyn Jean Bush
Rensselaer County
O'Brien
Dist. Atty
Con G. Cholakis
O’brien
Nassau
John H. Cogan Jr
Schoharie
J.robert Johnson
Riverview Apartments
Delaware Avenue
Joseph O’brien
Thomas
Joseph
Tommy
Five Added To Jobless Cities List
The Labor Department expanded its list of areas with substantial unemployment to five major cities and adds 27 other labor market areas. New Haven Rockford Terre Haute Worcester and Binghamton join the substantial jobless list with rates from 6.5 to 7.0 percent.
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Washington
Labor Department
New Haven
Conn
Rockford
Ill
Terre Haute
Ind
Worcester
Mass
Binghamton
N.Y
Fresno
Calif
Muskegon-Muskegon Heights
Mich
Vernon
Ala
Kingman
Ariz
Danbury
Meriden
Middletown
Norwich
Black lawmakers press Nixon on equality and bold reforms
Thirteen black congressmen from the Black Caucus present a 32 page demand to President Nixon calling for rapid job creation, a guaranteed income, disengagement from Southeast Asia by 1971, and major cuts in military spending. They urge stronger U S action against apartheid and doubled aid to Africa as part of a broader equality agenda.
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Washington
Nixon
Black Caucus
House
Southeast Asia
92Nd Congress
Africa
United
Aerospace Workers See Pay Days End Amid SST Freeze
Thousands of aerospace workers face layoffs as Boeing and partner plants cut jobs after Congress rejected further SST funding. About 7,000 Boeing workers to lose positions, 4,500 immediately, 2,500 later. GE to cut 1,600 engine jobs. White House signs death sentence on SST, with possible recovery of some investment. Japanese firm Ataka Trading inquiring about SST prospects.
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Seattle
Boeing Co
Boeing
North
American
Northrup
Rohr
California
General Electric Co
Evendale
Ohio
Washington
White House
Senate
Ronald L. Ziegler
State Department
Ataka Trading Co
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