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Pledge. As it turned out, the two-day visit by Pompidou fortunately did not produce any violence. Watching while a mostly native military band welcomed Pompidou at the seedy airport with a creaky rendition of the Marseillaise, TIME Correspondent Lee Griggs wondered why France bothers to maintain its presence in the territory. The same question, he reported, troubles some French officials. They rationalize that France's departure would almost certainly bring about a war for possession between Ethiopia, which uses an Addis Ababa-Djibouti railway link as an economic lifeline, and Somalia, which was the ancestral home...
...Anker Jörgensen and Austria's Bruno Kreisky-who were due in Paris to attend an annual meeting of the Socialist International this week. "They are coming here as militants," Pompidou protested, "not as chiefs of state." Two days later, he flew off to Byelorussia for a two-day conference with Soviet Party Boss Leonid Brezhnev that seemed designed, at least in part, to make points with the French left...
...matters needed clarification, "the text of the agreement could be considered complete" and an Oct. 31 signing seemed feasible. The plan was for a bombing and mining halt on Oct. 23; Kissinger would go to Hanoi on Oct. 24 to wrap up the loose ends in a final two-day negotiating session and initial the agreement. Formal signing would take place a week later in Paris...
Michigan Tech coach Jack MacInnes, organizer of the tourney, has lured three of the nation's finest teams to this year's two-day holiday festival. In this week's Associated Press poll, the Crimson ranked second. Michigan Tech third, and B.U. notched fifth...
...speech is part of a two-day trip to Boston where he will meet with legislators, members of the National Youth Caucus and minority group representatives...