Second SALT Talks Set to Meet in Geneva This Fall
The United States and Soviet Union will hold the second phase of SALT talks in Geneva likely in October. Geneva was chosen after Bern announced acceptance of the joint request. The first phase interim agreement moves toward final congressional approval amid debate on missile limits and defense systems.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Geneva
Bern
Soviet Union
Foreign Ministry
Moscow
U.S
Congress
House
Senate
Gerard C. Smith
Smith
Helsinki
Vienna
Nixon
Henry M. Jackson
Jackson
College students sue Virginia AFL-CIO over union referral denial
Two Charlottesville students charge Laborers International Union Local 789 with employment discrimination under the National Labor Relations Act and Virginia Right to Work law. They say the union refused job referrals because they were nonmembers, with assistance from the National Right To Work Legal Defense Foundation.
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Washington
Charlottesville
Virginia
Afl—Cio
L. Douglas Birckhead Jr
Lindsay R. Barnes Jr
Laborers International Union of North America
Richmond
Birckhead and Barnes
Virginia Electric & Power Co
Mineral
Trap Bear in Warren County Wounds Bee Hive Raider
The Virginia Game Commission reported one bear trapped near Chester Gap Was released to a distant wilderness area. Another bear was shot and wounded by Elwood Smith of Old Belmont after an attack on his beehives near Shenandoah National Park.
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Warren County
Virginia Game Commission
Commission
Chester Gap
Elwood Smith
Old Belmont
Smith
Shenandoah National Park
Clark Says POW Release Pledged
Former U S Attorney General Ramsey Clark says North Vietnamese leaders promised POWs will be released when bombing ends and peace begins. He cites a written and verbal pledge from officials after a three hour talk with the North Vietnamese foreign minister and other leaders during his North Vietnam visit.
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San Francisco
U.S
Clark
Lyndon B. Johnson
United States
Vietnam
Red Cross Bloodmobile Seeks Pints in Winchester Visit
The Red Cross asks for 10 pints of B positive blood for NIH open heart surgery during the August Bloodmobile stop in Winchester. The Bloodmobile will be at Christ Episcopal Church Parish House from 10 a.m. to 3 45 p.m. All blood types welcome. Sponsored by Winchester Civinette Club with Mrs Sherry Hoult as president.
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RED Cross
National Institutes of Health
Winchester
Christ Episcopal Church Parish House
Winchester Civinette Club
Sherry Hoult
Rogers says signal not passed to Nixon by Johnson
Secretary of State William P. Rogers rejected any claim a North Vietnamese peace signal reached Richard Nixon before he took office saying Johnson missed any signal if one existed. Rogers cited Harriman and Shriver and noted no record of such signal in 1968.
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William P. Rogers
United States
Johnson
Nixon
Sargent Shriver
Miami Beach
Fla
Rogers
W. Averell Harriman
Paris
Shriver
U.S
Republican Platform Committee
Harriman
Cyrus R. Vance
B52s Strike Fresh North Vietnamese Forces Across DMZ
U S B52 bombers hit a new North Vietnamese division attempting to cross the DMZ amid heavy fighting near Quang Tri and Hue. Saigon reports 113 enemy killed, 28 South Vietnamese dead, 71 wounded, while U S airstrikes also hit targets between Saigon and the Cambodian border and near Kompong Bay.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
Quang Tri Front
South Vietnam
Saigon Command
Dmz
U.S
Quang Tri City
Hue
Cambodian
Cambodia
Kompong Bay
Qui Nhon
Long Binh
Saagon
Pleiku
Republicans Back Negotiated Vietnam Settlement During Platform Hearings
Secretary of State William P. Rogers pledged a negotiated end to the Vietnam war and continued aid to South Vietnam as the GOP platform hearings began in Miami Beach. He rejected McGovern's call for rapid troop withdrawal and urged European force reductions through negotiations. Rhodes called McGovern's budget plank isolationist and warned it would jeopardize Israel and other interests.
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Miami Beach
Fla
William P. Rogers
Vietnam
Platform Committee
Rogers
Nixon
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
George McGovern
Europe
United States
McGovern
GOP
Democratic Platform
John J. Rhodes
Arizona
Israel
Kissinger Opens New Secret Viet Peace Session in Paris
President Nixon aide Henry Kissinger conducts another quiet talks in Paris with North Vietnamese officials Le Duc Tho and Xuan Thuy. White House says this is the 16th secret session, with no public progress reported and Kissinger continuing to Switzerland for his parents’ 50th wedding anniversary.
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Washington
Henry Kissinger
Vietnam
Paris
White House
Ziegler
Time Magazine
U.S
Hanoi
Nguyen van Thieu
Kissinger
Laax
Zurich
Switzerland
Demonstrators Reoccupy Flamingo Park as City weighs permit
About 50 protesters briefly vacated a Flamingo Park campsite in Miami Beach as police ordered them out for sleeping there. They returned at sunrise and pledged to vigil near the park perimeter while awaiting a city council decision on camping permits for the Republican convention.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Flamingo Park
Fred Kobelin
Zippie Ed Harper
Daytona Beach
Rocko DeLeo
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Friendship Fire Co
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Saratoga
Hoi Doi
Haiphong
U.S. Command
Air Force
Mekong Delta
Rhodes
DeLeo
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