Soviet Push in Laos Deepens Cold War Rivalry
The era of U.S. dominance in Laos ended with the Pathet Lao takeover. The Soviet Union is rapidly expanding influence with 300 to 500 Russian diplomats and technicians aiding transport, mining surveys, and a new city project on the Plain of Jars. Russians also show proximity to Pathet Lao circles, including hosting in former Air America housing.
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Laos
United States
Pathet Lao
Soviet Union
Plain of Jars
Savang Vatthana
Air America
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
United States Agency For In
North Vietnam
China
Hanoi
Sam Neua
Communist Movement
Communist Party
Ho Chi Minh
Communist People’s Revolutionary Party of
Thailand
Bangkok
Russia
Savings Banks Face Accelerating Deposit Outflows in September
New York State Savings Bank figures show September net outflows of 220 million dollars after 42 million in August as depositors seek higher yielding investments. Analysts cite rate ceilings and taxes as factors while Treasury offerings draw funds away from savings banks.
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Savings Bank Association of
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United States
United States Treasury
Savings Banks Association
Treasury
Roosevelt Memorial on Roosevelt Island Faces Funding Crisis
New York officials say the FDR monument may fail without city funds as a $2 million city grant is unlikely. Backers hope $1.9 million in public donations and a $2.2 million state grant expiring March 31 could save the $4.4 million project. Architect Michael Rubenstein insists contracts must be let together or not at all.
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U.S
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Roosevelt Island
East River
William Walton
New York City
Louis I. Kahn
Michael Rubenstein
Mitchell-Giurgola Associates
Today’s Crossword Puzzle Across Clues Fragment
Puzzle shows a list of across clues with numbered hints including miners nail deep water vessel poetic contractor Sicily sight Aristotle teacher light weight metal abbr located farthest and more. The fragment ends with a garbled entry Newfound land foro and incomplete clue list.
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Sicily
Toronto
Toledo
Budget squeeze jeopardizes Uranus close-up mission
NASA faces a tight fiscal path that could derail the first close-up Uranus flyby. Plans include a 1979 Mariner class probe reaching Uranus in five and a half years, but funding shortfalls risk delaying construction and rollout of the project led by JPL Pasadena with an estimated 19 million to start and about 137 million plus 40 million overall.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Uranus
NASA
Office of Management and Budget
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena
Calif
Robert J. Parks
Jupiter
Pluto
Saturn
On This Date In History October 10 1975 Highlights
Events span 1911 Sun Yat sen overthrow of the Manchu Dynasty to 1972 and beyond. The piece notes Sun Yat sen’s revolution, 680 death, 1845 Naval Academy opening, 1938 Sudetenland occupation, 1963 dam collapse in Italy, 1973 Agnew resignation, and space program aims including Mariner missions, Jupiter slingshot plans, and Uranus reach planned for 1985. Also mentions birthdays Helen Hayes Thelonious Monk.
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Mohammed
Iraq
U.S. Naval Academy
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Atlantic
Pacific
Panama Canal
Nazi Germany
Czechoslovakia
Sudetenland
Belluno
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Spiro Agnew
Justice Department
South Vietnam
Binhinh
Quebec
Pierre Laporte
Harold Wilson
Liberal Party
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