No Nixon Decision On Aides
Nixon spokesmen deny reports of a White House shakeup and any involvement in clemency offers. Ziegler says Nixon has kept in daily contact with Watergate developments and has made no decision on staff resignations.
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Washington
White House
Nixon
William P. Rogers
DeVan L. Shumway
Sen
Robert Dole
Bkan
Republican National Committee
Washington Post
Haiphong Harbor
New York Times
the Post
Citizens
General Accounting Office
Post
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Florida
Ronald L. Ziegler
Air Force One
Rogers
Ziegler
Bangladesh envoy urges Lions Club to help break poverty cycle
Bangladesh's ambassador M Hossain Ali addressed the Winchester Lions Club calling for aid to lift 75 million people from poverty. He recalled independence struggles, West Pakistan’s genocide attempts, and Bangladesh’s rice economy with limited resources. He urged development and industrial growth while noting high population density and declining jute exports.
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Winchester Lions
Lions
Platform of
M. Hossain Ali
West Pakistan
East Pakistan
Ali
Pakistan
Calcutta
Lions Club
United States
Japan
Desperado on blue bike robs Arlington bank
Arlington police seek a robber described as a desperado on a blue bicycle, wearing a striped shirt, green trousers, straw hat and sunglasses who fled with an undisclosed amount after firing two shots from what police believe was a starter’s pistol at First Virginia Bank on South Glebe Road.
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Arlington
First Virginia Bank
South Glebe Rd
Walter L. Hayes
Fauquier County Won’t Enforce Blue Law
Fauquier County Commonwealth’s Attorney John Alexander says he will not enforce Virginia’s revised blue law on Sunday sales of nonfood and nonemergency items. He agrees with a judge who deemed the “hybrid 1973 blue law” unconstitutional and calls the law confusing and contradictory.
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Warrenton
Fauquier County
Commonwealth
John Alexander
Virginia
Alexander
Williamsburg
Donald R. Taylor
Kissinger and Tho to Meet in Paris in May on Peace Accord
White House sources say Dr Henry Kissinger and Hanoi's Le Duc Tho will meet in Paris mid May to discuss implementing the Paris peace accords. Assistant Secretary William Sullivan will meet Hanoi official Nguyen Co Thach in Paris to review adherence and end fighting in Indochina.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
Paris
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Asst
William L. Sullivan
Sullivan
Lon Nol Shares Power With Chief Opponents
President Lon Nol announced a six month suspension of the National Assembly and Senate and formed a high political council with three top opposition figures in Phnom Penh. The move aims to broaden the regime and unite rival factions amid U S pressure over cease-fire talks and Vietnam era bombing policy.
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Cambodia
Nixon
Lon Nol
National Assembly
Senate
Social Republican
Sisowath Sirik Matak
Tam
Cheng Heng
Sirik Matak
Norodom Sihanouk
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Vietnam
Laos
U.S. Congress
U.S
Washington
Lon Non
United States
Frederick County approves $2 million school bond issue
The Frederick County Board of Supervisors approved a $2 million bond to fund Apple Pie Ridge Elementary School and renovations at James Wood High School. The loan costs $100,000 yearly for 20 years plus 4.9 percent interest, approved after bond counsel relayed the rate. Supervisor J Robert Russell was absent due to hospitalization. The bond adds to $1.5 million in prior loans from the State Literary Fund.
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Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Apple Pie Ridge
James Wood
Frederick County
J.C. Ronalds
J. Robert Russell
Winchester Memorial Hospital
State Literary Fund
Schrafft Plant to Close at Week's End
Schrafft's Food Service Division of Pet Inc announces closure of its Schrafft plant at 801 N Kent St ending Friday. 78 workers, 66 laid off with rest kept briefly to wrap warehousing and shipping as the division is sold amid ongoing losses.
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Schrafft
Pet, Inc
Guenter Franke
Franke
N. Kent St
Pet
Schrafft’s
Food Service
Wide Divergence in Saigon Hanoi Plans
Paris AP South Vietnam and the Viet Cong offered starkly different 10 point and six point political plans at the eighth session, both calling for elections. The Saigon plan demanded North Vietnamese troop withdrawal as a precondition while the Viet Cong urged an internal settlement on armed forces without foreign interference.
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Paris
South Vietnam
Saigon
Viet Cong
Nguyen Lau Vien
Nguyen van Hieu
Hieu
National Council of Reconciliation and Concord
U.S
Hanoi
State Department
North Vietnam
Henry Kissinger
Department
Washington
U S Trains Cambodians to Fly from Thailand
About 300 Cambodian military personnel and a smaller number of Lao trainees are learning to operate cargo and fighter aircraft and armed helicopters in Thailand. The program covers logistics and radar as part of a three to six month training effort amid a U S diplomatic push over Hanoi’s actions in Vietnam.
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Washington
United States
Thailand
State Department
U.S
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Soviet Union
China
North Vietnam
Agreement on Goodyear Pact Avoids 23000-Worker Strike
Tentative contract between United Rubber Workers and Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. ends a potential strike that could idle 23,000 workers. Wages rise 78 cents an hour over three years for 14 plants, boosting average to 5.58 dollars. Windsor Vermont plant gets 10 cents per hour yearly increases to stay competitive. A vote on the pact was planned later in the week.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
United Rubber Workers
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Goodyear
Tom Fitt
UAW
Fitt
Windsor
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Indochina
Frederick
New York
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
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Pathet Lao
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