Hanoi says Nixon refused straight prisoner swap last year
Hanoi's Xuan Thuy claims Washington declined a direct prisoners for pullout exchange in 1971 and ties any future swap to Thieu's fate. Rogers counters no such discussion occurred, while Thuy cites political and military points as a single settlement.
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Paris
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Indira Gandhi Gives $14.7 Million Aid to Bangladesh
In Calcutta Prime Minister Indira Gandhi presented Mujibur Rahman with $14.7 million in transport and relief aid for Bangladesh. The package includes 50 jeeps 136 ambulances and 800 trucks each truck carrying 200 bags of powdered milk after talks at the governor's palace during Mujib two day visit with Mrs. Gandhi.
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Berrigan Jury Nears Completion
In Harrisburg a jury is near completion for the conspiracy trial of Rev. Philip Berrigan and six antiwar activists accused of plotting to kidnap presidential adviser Henry Kissinger. One more juror is needed to reach a 46 member panel slated to become a 12 member jury after peremptory challenges.
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Harrisburg
Philip Berrigan
Henry A. Kissinger
Power Play Charge Strife for Seventh District Democrats
John W. Williams accuses George Rawlings of attempting to seize control of the Seventh District Democratic Committee after a Culpeper meeting described as a rump session. Williams and Rawlings clash as party realignment reshapes the district from Winchester to Fredericksburg and Hanover County.
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Richmond
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Nixon seeks 2 billion manpower revenue sharing plan
President Nixon renewed his push for Congress to enact a 2 billion manpower revenue sharing program. The plan would replace 12 existing programs with a single umbrella, sending 1.7 billion to states and locals in the first year and 300 million to the Labor Department for national activities.
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Nixon
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Labor Department
White House
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Simulated Disaster Triggers Flood of Phone Calls
In Los Angeles area police and sheriff offices whirled with calls from listeners who believed a seismic disaster had sunk the western United States and Canada. About 50 callers claimed Alaska Tokyo and the western coast were submerged after an Amchitka atomic test. A Pasadena station aired a two hour simulated newscast prompting the confusion.
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Canada
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Tokyo
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Pasadena
Dozen Battles With VC Across Vietnam Amid Tet Skirmishes
South Vietnamese forces clashed with North Vietnamese and Viet Cong at a dozen points from the north to the south. Command reports 77 enemy killed, 20 South Vietnamese dead, 55 wounded. one U.S. soldier killed and five wounded by an accidental shell burst near Da Nang.
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U Minh Forest
Mekong
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Kontum
Pleiku
Nixon
Red China
Central Highlands
Bus Hijacker Captured After 80 MPH Chase
Shirley Clookey, 15, from Largo Florida, helped recover the hijacker s gun during an 80 mph pursuit on an Interstate and side roads through four North Carolina counties. The bus crashed near Salisbury injuring a 69 year old driver. Donald Ray Henderson 22 of Atlanta was arrested on 17 felonies including kidnapping and armed robbery and held on 64000 bond. He later escaped from Broward Medical Center while en route to surgery.
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Shirley Jane Clookey
Shirley
Largo
Fla
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High Point
Interstate 85
North Carolina
Miss Clookey
Brooks Phillips
Broward Medical Center
Ft. Lauderdale
Henderson
South Florida Mental Hospital
Army Strength in Vietnam Drops Below 100000
Saigon AP reports the U S Army in Vietnam fell to 99 700 last Thursday the first drop below 100 000 in six years The overall American force stood at 133 700 down 2 800 weekly with a further cut of 64 700 planned by May 1 to meet Nixon’s ceiling The Thailand based 32 000 and 13 000 Navy aboard ships off Vietnam are not included in the tally
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U.S
Vietnam
Nixon
Thailand
Postal Valentine Express to Tour Boston Streets
The U S Postal Service will run special mobile units in Boston today and Wednesday to sell stamps and accept mail. The Valentine Express aims to make mailing Valentine cards easier for patrons.
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U.S. Postal Service
Valentine
Temperatures Fall Across Virginia with Strong Winds
Virginia experiences a drop in temperatures as a high pressure system brings strong northwesterly winds across the state. Readings lower than in recent days, with advisory notes and local price mentions scattered in the report.
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