Senate Veto Threats Rise Over European Troop Cut
Washington Republicans warn President Nixon will veto any draft extension bill if it includes the Mansfield amendment to halve U.S. forces in Europe. Mathias and others push a counter proposal while critics warn of NATO strain and economic risk if Europe sells dollars. The Senate vote is set for next Wednesday.
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Senate
Hugh Scott
Nixon
Congress
U.S
Charles McC. Mathias Jr
West Germany
United States
Mika Mansfield
Andrew J. Goodpaster
NATO
Robert Ellsworth
Europe
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Goodpaster
Belgium
Mathias
D-Wash
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Mansfield
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Jackson
Cooper
NATO Alliance
Soviet Union
Cranston
William Rodgers
Thomas Moorer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Andrew Goodpaster
Power Struggle Rocks Egypt as Sadat Accepts Resignations
Six cabinet ministers led by the war minister and three top Arab Socialist Union leaders quit Cairo in a widening split under President Anwar Sadat. The resignations followed his decree ending police surveillance. Saudi? No. Mohammed Fawzi replaced by Mohammed Sadek and Sahwari Gumah by Mahmoud Salem.
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Associated Press
An‘war Sadat
Cairo
Middle East
Egypt
Mohammed Fawzi
Fawzi
Sadat
Israel
Sahwari Muhammed Gumah
Jerusalem
Mohammed Fawsi
Mohammed Sadek
Arab Socialist Union
Ali Sabry
Sabry
Labib Shukair
National Assembly
Abdel Mohsen Abul Nur
Diaddin Daoud
Nasser
Bonn names economy czar after Moeller resignation
West Germany appoints Karl Schiller to head finance and economy policy after Finance Minister Alex Moeller resigns. The move broadens Schiller’s control over economic levers as CDU opposition calls the move a crisis, while Chancellor Brandt shows no sign of election. Moeller cited inability to prepare next year’s federal budget as reason.
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Bonn
Germany
Karl Schillmany
Nance
Alex Moeller
Schiller
Moeller
Christian Democratic Party
Willy Brandt
Brandt
Coalition
Social Democrats and
Free Democrats
Conrad Ahlers
Karl Schiller
Second U S Strike Hits North Viet Sites This Week
American strike aircraft attacked North Vietnamese air sites near the Mu Gia Pass on Thursday, marking the second such attack this week, according to the U S Command.
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Saigon
Mu Gia Pass
North Vietnam
U.S. Command
Reds Spurn U S POW Proposals at Vietnam talks
Paris AP report says the United States pressed for prisoner release actions at the Vietnam conference but talks remained in deadlock after three years. U S Ambassador Bruce offered interment in a neutral country and airlifted prisoners as a possibility. Meanwhile U S forces conducted 27th protective reaction strikes in North Vietnam to counter anti aircraft sites.
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Paris
United States
U.S
David K. E. Bruce
Economy Shows Growth and Inflation Up Despite Strong Quarter
The first quarter of 1971 saw GNP rise by 30.7 billion dollars, a 7 percent real increase, with corporate profits up 10 billion driven by the General Motors strike settlement. Inflation ran 5.6 percent for the quarter, higher than the prior 5.2 percent, though below the previous 5.9 percent.
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Washington
Maurice H. Stans
U.S
General Motors
Hanoi Accepts North Vietnamese POWs for Release
Hanoi agreed to receive a group of North Vietnamese prisoners held in South Vietnam and linked their release to a 24 hour ceasefire across sea land and air. It is the first public pledge by Hanoi to receive repatriated prisoners and to take part in their sea transfer. Vietnam News Agency cited Saigon's earlier offer to free 670 invalid North Vietnamese captives.
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Tokyo
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Saigon
Vietnam prisoners and troop movements reach tentative terms
Washington seeks several countries to take prisoners under the Geneva convention while North Vietnam demands a troop withdrawal date. South Vietnam will repatriate or intern about 1700 North Vietnamese prisoners in a neutral country, as the U.S. notes more than 1600 American troops are missing in Southeast Asia and Hanoi confirms 339 captives.
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Washington
United States
South Vietnam
Southeast Asia
North Vietnam
Appeals Court Reserves Ruling On State Budget
The New York Court of Appeals reserved judgment on the constitutionality of the $7.69 billion Rockefeller budget after a hearing by seven judges. The case, brought by the Civil Service Employees Association, challenges line item detailing and the handling of budget cutbacks affecting state workers. The court postponed adjournment to continue consideration of the appeal.
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Appeals Court
Court of Appeals
New York
Civil Service Employer Association
State Attorney General's Office
Stanley Fuld
Appellate Division of
State Supreme Court
Rockefeller Administration
Civil Service Employes Association
Rockefeller
Appellate Division
Thirteen Panthers Acquitted in Bombing Conspiracy Trial
In New York a jury acquitted 13 Black Panthers on bombing and murder conspiracy charges after an eight month trial. Juror Frederick Hills praised the diverse jurors who reached a unanimous not guilty verdict on all 156 counts. The defendants, jailed for over two years, celebrated as foreman James Fox read each not guilty verdict.
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New York
Curtis Powell
Panthers
Criminal Courts
James Fox
Fox
Supreme ‘Court
John M. Murtagh
Plan Would Allow Troy Lone Rule In Off Track Betting
A revised off track betting plan would let Troy participate independently of Rensselaer County and open up upstate cities with populations over 50 000 to OTB participation. Regions would include Saratoga tracks and Troy Schenectady Binghamton Niagara Falls Rome and Utica with 17 percent of daily handle shared between locals and the state while operators cover costs.
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Troy
Rensselaer County
Upstate
Rockefeller
John E. Flynn
Westchester County Republican
OTB
Schenectady
Binghamton
Niagara Falls
Rome
New Rochelle
White Plains
Utica
Saratoga Raceway
Saratoga Flat Track
New York City
Virginia O’Hanlon Douglas dies at 81 in nursing home
Virginia O’Hanlon Douglas known for the Santa Claus yes Virginia letter died Thursday night at a Valatie nursing home at age 81. A former New York City schoolteacher she spent recent Christmases in Columbia Memorial Hospital and was believed to have inspired the Santa Claus lie by correspondence with Francis P. Church in 1897.
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Virginia O’hanlon Douglas
Virginia
Santa Claus
Valatie Nursing
Columbia Memorial Hospital
Hudson
Francis P. Church
New York Sun
Church
Little
Santa ‘Claus
Douglas
Santa
Vietnam
New York City
Robert Temple
North
Chatham
Senate Panel Backs SST Revival Amid $1 Billion Cost Talk
The Senate Appropriations Committee endorsed the House backed revival of the American SST program by 13 to 7. It rejected Sen. Proxmire's bid to delete SST funds. Chairman Ellender warned the effort may be dead in the Senate. Estimates place costs from 200 million to 1 billion, with Boeing's Allen citing 500 million to restart and renegotiate contracts to build a full American SST fleet.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Senate Appropriations Committee
William Proxmire
D-Wis
House
Allen Ellender
D.la
SST
Warren G. Magnuson
William Allen
Boeing Corp
Allen
Boeing
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