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...imbroglio began with Kissinger's journey to Saigon. He managed to obtain Thieu's reluctant agreement to a cease-fire after four days of "heated" talks. But the tough-minded South Vietnamese President dug in against the proposal for a three-part council composed of Communists, Thieu loyalists and "neutrals." It would arrange elections, which Thieu fears would lead to a gradual Communist takeover or at least a new constitution that would effectively drum his narrowly based regime out of power. Fighting back in a two-hour TV address last week, Thieu denounced the plan as "a cunning scheme...
...should flag for the President." This referred to the case in which five New York men were jailed in Fort Worth for refusing to answer federal grand jury questions about buying guns for the Irish Republican Army. Agents worked over the weekend of Sept. 9 and 10 to obtain the information required by Gray and to meet his Sept. 11 deadline. Concluded Gray's message: "The deadline must be met." FBI sources would not reveal just what the replies from the field contained...
...open it in a minute if we had the funds," Robert Watson '32, athletic director, said Wednesday. "The weekend is when the community can use it most. If the council can obtain the funds I'd be glad to see the facilities used that much more," he said...
...pension plan was deficient in a number of respects. Funding the pension benefits through individual life insurance contracts made administration costs extremely high. Every time a new employee became a participant in the plan or any participant received an increase in salary it was necessary to obtain a new contract and pay a commission to the insurance agent. The pension benefits were too low. No provision was made for employees who were disabled...
Voters can have absentee ballots notarized and obtain ballot application forms on the third floor of Holyoke Center...