Word: washington
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...WASHINGTON, D. C.-President Nixon announced last night that the U.S. will withdraw 50,000 more troops from Vietnam by April...
...Washington society columnist Maxine Chesire stated Friday that a "long-time friend of the Nixon family" told her that the President and Mrs. Nixon were opposed to Tricia's marrying Cox. Her source gave no specific grounds for the family's disapproval except that Cox was not the "really special" match that the Nixons wanted for Tricia...
Yovicsin was in Washington last night to address alumni, and efforts to contact him by telephone were unsuccessful...
Today's demonstration, however, may also help maintain the momentum of the peace movement after its peak last month in Washington. The fast can hardly match the November 15 march in dramatic impact, but for individual participants, this demonstration could be just as important. Hundreds of people who have never fasted before will experience a hint of the hunger which is a fact of life for South Vietnamese peasants whose fields have been destroyed by American bombs and defoliating agents. It is just possible that bringing the war home in even this small way may generate new commitment to peace...
...hard to think of any demonstrations that have directly affected American policies in Viet Nam and unlike the march on Washington, the fast has not managed even to create the illusion that it could. But in its quiet way, the fast will work to repair the incalculable damage the United States has done in Southeast Asia...