Nixon unveils environmental plan amid Vietnam combat report
AP dispatch details martial activity across central Vietnam with a U S convoy ambush near An Khe in Binh Dinh where a fuel truck burned and a vehicle was damaged but the convoy reached Pleiku. Reports conflict over five Viet Cong killed near Pleiku Air Base and mortar fire near Nha Trang. B52s hit bunkers southwest of Kontum as Hancock returns to Gulf of Tonkin for seventh combat tour.
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Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Central Highlands
Pleiku
An Khe
Binh Dinh
Pleiku City
South Vietnam
Nha Trang
Kontum City
U.S. Navy
Hancock
Gulf of Tonkin
Coral Sea
Enterprise
Alameda
Calif
Winchester Mayor Likely to Step Down After Third Term
At tonight’s City Council meeting Mayor William M. Battaile is expected to announce he will not seek re election for a third term after eight years on the council. The meeting includes reports on Virginia Roads and Streets 1972 82 program financing a two cent per gallon gas tax hike a Hill Burton Act grant for a Health Center addition and rezoning recommendations for L M Poole land and Chapman Motor Company property.
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Winchester
William M. Battaile
Streets
State Highway Department
Council
Streets Committee
H. W. Butler
Action Sought Today to End Dock Strike
The Senate agreed to take up a bill to end the West Coast dock strike with a 2 p.m. EST start and votes at 4:30 p.m. EST and final action by 5 p.m. unless further amendments arise. The measure follows Labor Committee passage of Nixon requested compulsory arbitration and House subcommittee plans for a 60 day partial injunction.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Robert Packwood
R-Ove
Nixon
Mansfield
House
Congress
Senate Labor Committee
Rouss Citizens Propose City Plan Details
Citizens at a Rouss Neighborhood meeting outlined citywide concerns for a new Winchester Comprehensive Plan. Top issues include more affordable housing, traffic control on Valley Ave, and drug abuse. Leaders George P. Duane Jr and Marvel G. Thompson spoke as eight work groups assigned questionnaire results and reported priorities.
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Rouss
Winchester
George P. Duane, Jr
Marvel G. Thompson
Reuss
Richard F. Perkins
Handley
Valley Ave
Handley Library
Sarah Zane
Otters
Virginia Avenue
Shawnee Fire Hall
Shawnee
Friendship Fire Hall
Friendship
Rift over Thieu Nixon peace plan prompts Saigon protest
In Saigon a rift emerged between President Thieu and the Nixon administration over the eight point peace proposal. Thieu ordered his diplomat to clarify Washington's stance and insisted that any political settlement be presented by Saigon, not U.S. officials.
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Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Nixon
Thieu
Washington
South Vietnam
United States
William P. Rogers
U.S
Paris
Pham Dang Lam
William J. Porter
State Department
11000 Young Men Are Given Draft Reprieve
Washington AP Curtis W Tarr Selective Service Director ordered local boards to place over 11000 men who had draft orders but not yet reported into the Second Priority Selection Group. Also 115000 members of the 1972 Extended Priority Selection Group are moved into safety from induction during the first quarter of 1972. The action delays inductions unless a national emergency.
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Washington (Ap
Selective Service
Curtis W. Tarr
Tarr
Bly Seeks Democratic Nomination for City Council
Shirley O Bly an accountant announces his bid for the Democratic nomination for one of the South Ward seats on the Bly seeks the nomination alongside Dr C L Riley incumbent and Michael Foremen in Rouss Friendship and Shawnee precincts. Six councilmen and a mayor will be elected in May. Bly is a Winchester native and Handley High School graduate with advanced degrees from Benjamin Franklin University and wartime service in U S Naval Intelligence and French Navy liaison in Martinique.
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Shirley O. Bly
Mr. Bly
C. L. Riley
Michael
Rouss, Friendship
Shawnee
Winchester
Jesse F. Bly
Handley High School
Benjamin Franklin University
U. S. Naval Intelligence
Martinique
Nixon proposes six new environmental measures and agencies
President Nixon sent Congress a special environmental message proposing tax on sulfur emissions, a $100 million UN environment fund, federal aid conditions for highways, controls on toxic waste disposal and soil runoff, and criminal penalties to protect endangered species. He also bans poisons on federal land, boosts farm worker pesticide health standards, and seeks an expanded Department of Natural Resources.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
United Nations
Special Environment Fund
United States
Alabama Ordered to Hire Black Troopers
A federal judge requires Alabama's Department of Public Safety to hire Negroes and whites in equal proportion among new employees until Black personnel reach 25 percent of the force. The trooper corps is presently all white.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Department of Public Safety
Nixon Signs Foreign Aid Bill Amid Disappointment
President Nixon signed a 2.74 billion dollar foreign aid authorization calling it below minimum acceptable levels. The act reduces U.N. contributions to 25 percent of the budget and limits or redirects aid to several countries and programs as part of a four month wrangle over the foreign aid package.
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Washington
Nixon
House
Senate
U.S
United Nations
U.N
Virginia Cold Spell Ties to Large High Pressure Dome
Richmond AP reports cold weather across Virginia is linked to an extensive high pressure area dominating the region.
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Richmond
Virginia
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Rogers
Del
George McMath
D-Accomack
Virginia House Roads Committee
McMath
Bly
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