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Thursday, Sept. 3, 1970
University Daily Kansan
News Capsules
By United Press International
Paris: Xuan Thuy
—The stalemated Paris peace talks resumed today on the first hopeful note in many months. The North Vietnamese negotiators pledged to "listen carefully" and the U.S. ambassador said he was ready to conclude a prompt peace agreement that would please both sides. The session marked the first meeting between Hanoi's Xuan Thuy and Ambassador David K. E. Bruce, President Nixon's newly named chief negotiator. The chief Communist delegates had boycotted most of the talks while waiting a new chief U.S. negotiator.
California: Borman
SAN CLEMENTE—Former astronaut Frank Borman has told President Nixon there has been no "major breakthrough in the position of the North Vietnamese government" for an estimated 600 Americans being held prisoner in Southeast Asia, Borman said, however, the Soviet Union and several other countries he visited in his world trip as Nixon's special emissary had agreed to undertake new initiatives with Hanoi on behalf of the prisoners.
WASHINGTON (UPI)—Vice-President Spiro T. Agnew returned to Washington today from a 30,000 mile tour convinced he made his point with Asian allies: Expect more material aid but fewer American troops. Agnew told former President Lyndon B. Johnson he felt Asian leaders were reconciled to American troop withdrawals if they could get more military and economic aid. The vice-president briefed Johnson for $2 \frac{1}{2}$ hours Wednesday at the LBJ Ranch near Austin, Tex.
CORONADO—President Nixon will host a celebrity studded state dinner tonight honoring Mexican President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz to stress California's close ties south of the border. Before flying here for the colorful welcoming ceremonies Nixon will meet at the Western White House with members of the Senate Finance Committee to urge action on his stalled revolutionary welfare reform program.
California: Gustavo Diaz Ordaz
Washington: Agnew
Los Angeles: Airline Plots
Two men face arraignment today on federal charges of threatening to blow up two separate airliners. One, an unemployed car salesman, was charged with threatening to blow up Trans World Airlines jet in a $20,000 extortion plot. The other was arrested Wednesday night as he stepped from a Western Air Lines 707 which he allegedly has threatened to blow up about an hour earlier.
California: Clean Air Race
PASADENA-Unleaded gasoline came out on top Wednesday night at awards for the transcontinental clean air race, beating out steam, electricity, propane, alcohol and turbine diesel and hybrid engines. A 1971 Capri entered by Wayne State University Detroit was named the overall winner over 32 low pollution vehicles. It was powered by an internal combustion engine burning unleaded gasoline.
Athens: Bomb Attempt
A Cypriot man and an Italian woman were killed Wednesday when a bomb they apparently were preparing to set off in or near the U.S. Embassy exploded prematurely, Athens police said today. There were no injuries to embassy personnel. The bomb exploded in their auto in the embassy parking lot. Both apparently died instantaneously.
Japan: Blast
SAGAMIHARAN—Explosions early Wednesday damaged a communications antenna and a warehouse at two U.S. military facilities outside Tokyo. The first explosion damaged an antenna at the U.S. Army Camp Fuchinobe and the second occurred at a U.S. military supply depot about $1\frac{1}{2}$ miles away. U.S. and Japanese authorities declined comment beyond acknowledging the explosions but the Japanese press reported they apparently were the work of anti-American Japanese.
St. Louis: Tax Levies
Representatives of five St. Louis area school districts which have not yet passed proposed tax levies Wednesday blamed the defeats on the failure to pass the proposed personal income tax in Missouri in April and on the two thirds majority needed to pass the tax levy. The statement was made at a news conference called by the cooperating school districts of the St. Louis suburban area.
Vietnam: Explosion
SAIGON—A Marine Corps F4 Phantom jet fighter bomber caught fire and exploded as it was being refueled Wednesday night at Da Nang Air Base, the U.S. Command said today. Three Americans were killed and 14 injured. On the battlefronts two U.S. soldiers were killed and nine wounded Wednesday in a clash between a unit of the U.S. 11th Brigade of the American Division and Viet Cong near Quang Ngai City on the northern coast.
Manila in 'State of Calamity After Rainfall Starts Floods
MANILA (UPI) — President Ferdinand E. Marcos declared a "state of calamity and emergency" Wednesday after a record rainfall of more than 22 inches in 30 hours triggered the worst floods in Manila's history and spread death and destruction across the main island of Luzon.
At least 14 persons, including two U.S. sailors, were reported dead as the result of the rains spawned by monsoons and tropical storms which have lashed the Philippines. The weather bureau predicted more rain for the next two or three days.
The two Americans were killed in a landslide at Cubi Point Naval Station about 90 miles northwest of Manila. The Navy said the bodies were recovered, but withheld the victims' names
Cease Fire Violations Confirmed
WASHINGTON (UPI) — The United States now has its own evidence to substantiate Israeli charges that Egypt and the Soviet Union have violated the Middle East cease fire and is considering a new representation to the Kremlin, it was learned Wednesday.
Details of the evidence obtained by U2 spy planes, satellites and electronic surveillance were discussed by President Nixon and his leading military and diplomatic advisers at San Clemente, Calif., Tuesday.
Administration sources said the information shows conclusively that several batteries of SAM2 antiaircraft missiles were moved forward within the 32-mile standstill zone on the west bank of the Suez Canal after the cease fire went into effect Aug.7.
The State Department said that Israeli charges of truce violations as well as "information on our own" had already been brought to the attention of authorities in Moscow on two occasions. Egyptian officials also have been contacted.
Administration officials indicated that a decision was made at the White House strategy conference to prepare a new appeal to the Russians and Egyptians to avoid any violations of the fragile cease fire.
At the same time, officials said the United States might make a public statement within a day or two supporting some, but not all, of Israel's charges.
In San Clemente, White House Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler refused comment on the Tuesday meeting.
"We are watching the situation very carefully and we are in touch with all the parties through diplomatic channels and these are the channels through which we intend to convey our feelings, at least for the time being," he said.
pending notification of relatives.
A Filipino was listed as missing.
Water Issue Irks Officials
TOPEKA (UPI)—Local government officials have lodged strong protests against changes proposed in the state's water quality control regulations.
The criticism came Tuesday when about 250 persons attended a public hearing here on the proposals. Most of the 15 speakers represented governmental units which would be affected.
The State Board of Health took the matter under advisement following the hearing. If adopted by the board, the rules will take effect Jan. 1, 1971.
Marcos, whose own Malacanang Presidential Palace was four feet deep in water at noon estimated that the floods covered an area bigger than the state of Florida.
"Now, therefore, I do hereby declare that a state of public calamity and emergency exists in central Luzon, the entire greater Manila and southern Luzon areas," he said.
"This is the worst flooding calamity in our history," he told UPI correspondent Kenneth J. Braddick who waded through the flood, dressed in swim trunks, poncho and thongs, to the palace.
"I am afraid we have suffered many casualties and much damages—most of the casualties were caused by drownings and electrocutions." Marcos said. "I have directed the shutting off of all electric current."
Reports said at least 10 million persons in the greater Manila area alone had been affected by the floods, with thousands evacuated from their homes.
Manila was virtually paralyzed, as all government offices, schools and other public and private enterprises were shut down. Abandoned vehicles blocked scores of
flooded intersections and only a few buses and horse drawn carriages provided skeleton transportation service.
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