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Sunny and "25' Old Dog" Cqof Through; For Sale Thursday Classified Section APPEALS FOR 'MEANINGFUL NEGOTIATIONS' Nixon Announces 35 000 Troops to Leave Vietnam WASHINGTON (AP) - Presi- he said. most units are slightly below as long as there were guaran- "after careful consideration dent Nixon announced plans to- Nixon said his latest troop full strength." tees against their return and with my senior civilian and mil- coupled witn day to withdraw an additional withdrawal order, In citing his administration's that "we and the government of itary advisers and in full consul- 35,000 U.S. troops from South the earlier pullout of 25,000 com- Vietnam moves, Nbcon said he South Vietnam have announced tation with the government ot Vietnam by Dec. 15. bat men, would mean at least has renounced an imposed mili- that we are prepared to accept Vietnam" in Saigon. Nbcon coupled his announce- 60,000 troops will have left Viet- tary solution, proposed free any political outcome which is Nixon's decision to cut U.S. ment with a review of what he nam by Dec. 15. arrived at through free .elec- forces in the war zone became elections under international su- ' ' ,' termed the administration's By that date, he said, the au- pervision, offered, the withdraw- tions." - known Monday when South Viet- "major efforts to bring an end thorized troop ceiling in Viet- al of U.S. and allied forces over The chief executive added the namese Vice President Nguyen to the war." nam will stand at 484,000, com- a 12-month period, declared the United States is prepared to dis- Cao Ky said in Saigon that Repeating his past proposals pared with 549,500 when he took United States will retain no mil- cuss enemy proposals. 40,500 American troops would be by for a peaceful settlement, Nbcon office last Jan. 20. itary bases there and has of- "In short, the only item which removed from his country added: ' 'The time for meaning- The cut in the ceiling is some- fered to speed mutual Withdraw- is not negotiable is the right of the end of November. ful negotiations has therefore what larger than the actual al under a negotiated, super- the people of South Vietnam to Nixon's announcement today arrived." number of troops to be with- vised cease-fire. BEATS NIXON'S AN^UNCEMENT . dent Nixon was slated to formally announce determine their own future free of his second cutback of U.S. "I realize that it is difficult to drawn, Nixon said, since ceil- In addition, he said he has of outside interference,'' he forces from the battle-ripped A Vietnamese newsboy sells newspaper in Sai- thd withdrawals. In background at left is communicate across the gulf of ings take into account author- made it clear the United States said. Southeast Asian nation still gon Tuesday with headline announcing further the National Assembly and at right the Cara- five years of war. But the time ized strength of military units would settle for de facto remo- Regarding the latest planned leaves more than 450,000 Ameri- U.S. troop withdrawals hours before Presi- velle Hotel. (AP Photofax) has come to end this war ..." whereas "in actual practice val of North Vietnamese troops withdrawal, Nixon said he acted can troops in South Vietnam. ] Congress :Ap0md$;' - .:m^6n Mission North Viets By ROBERT K. WALKER ¦ of Congress' enactment of the ventures far beyond the moon medal called the Congressional tribute to the astronauts with a Associated Press Writer space act of 1958. came one day after President Space Medal of Honor was state dinner more than a month WASHINGTON (AP) - Con- The lawmakers, who gave the Nixon endorsed a special task passed by the Senate and sent to ago in Los Angeles, and there Hit Hamlet gress roared a standing ovation spacemen two minutes of sus- force report calling for a land- the White House. were huge parades for them in today to the three spacemen tained applause as they walked ing on Mars—perhaps within the The resolution, which passed New York aiid Chicago. who gave America its foothold into the House chamber, roared next two decades. the House Monday, would be As Congress was preparing their approval again on the moon, while President . There has been coolness in awarded an astronaut "who in for today s big occasion, the 24 Killed Nixon moved toward the next "The first step on the moon the performance of his duties ' Congress toward the costly White House announced Nixon SAIGON (AP) - Two hun- space goal—a man on Mars. was a step toward our sister Mars adventure, but there was has distinguished himself by ex- dred North Vietnamese troops Nell A. Armstrong, leader of planets " Congress was told by no sign of coolness in the noisy ceptionally meritorious efforts was extending the U.S. space * goal well past the moon. raided a village in the populous the Apollo ll space team, told Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., second —if belated—tribute paid by and contributions to the welfare coastal lowlands south of Da the Senate and House, assem- man to touch foot on the moon. Congress to the heroes of the of the nation and mankind." He accepted a special task for a land- Nang; killed 24 persons, wound- bled in joint meeting, that: The third astronaut of Apollo 11, July 20 moon walk. The belated congressional force report calling six; others and destroyed 170 "It was here, in these halls, Michael Collins also spoke, to honor comes days after Arm- ing on Mars but advising ed Minutes before the astronauts 57 houses, South Vietnamese that our journey really began." loud applause. entered the House chamber, a strong and Aldrin set foot on the against an expensive crash pro- That was an acknowledgment Aldnn's forecast of space ad- spokesmen reported today. resolution authorizing a new moon; President Nixon paid gram. Sharp fighting was reported in Various parts of South Vietnam as GIs and officers speculated which units would be included in new U.S. troop withdrawals. Al- Haynsworth New Assembly Leader U.N. Assembly lied forces killed 212 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese in a doz- en clashes from the Mekong Requested fo by Delta to the demilitarized zone, Graduate Of Wisconsin Is Faced military spokesmen said. UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. her ample figure. She likes pen-' President Nixon to the ^na- '¦ ' (AP) " . Allied casualties were five — Angie Brooks favors the dants of African design, brace- tion assembly when he delivers Americans and three South Present Case direct approach in the tradition- lets and earrings. - the U.S. policy speech on Thurs- Many Problems Vietnamese killed, and 49 Amer- WASHINGTON W) - Judge ally roundabout world of diplo* She draws aim at the top post day: Behind the scenes she will UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. icans and two South Vietnamese macy. Sometimes this flusters in any group that fires her inter- help coordinate and speed as- Clement F. Haynsworth, under (AP) — The U.N. General As- wounded. fire for alleged conflicts of in- her colleagues at the United Na- est—both in and out cf the Unit- sembly business. sembly opens its 24th session to- U.S. Headquarters said anoth- terest, was called to present his tions. ed Nations. She comes from the oldest re- er American was killed and 53 But they genuinely admire day, facing a long list of formi- own case today as Senate hear- That year was the turn for ah public in Africa, founded jn 1847 others wounded in 29 rocket and ings opened into his appoint- and respect the ambitious lady African to be elected assembly dable problems including the with the help of Americans who mortar attacks between 8 a.m. ment to the Supreme Court. lawyer from Liberia who was president, and she campaigned Middle East, disarmament and Monday and 8 a.m. today. unopposed in today's election long and vigorously for the hon- sought to establish a colony in The Senate Judiciary Commit- the crisis in Northern Ireland. The North Vietnamese at- tee scheduled the 56-year-old for president of the 24th session or. The only other woman to Africa for free Negroes. Monro- tacked the village of Mai Linh, South Carolinian as the lead-off of the UN. General Assembly. serve in that post in 1954 was via, the Liberian capital, is The consensus is that the re- in the northern part of the coun- witness for the hearings, which As the second woman and Mrs. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, named for President James sults of the three-month public try 12 miles southwest of Quang also were planned to include op- third African to fill that presti- sister of Jawaharlal Nehru, the Monroe. debate will not be spectacular, Ngai, shortly before midnight position testimony from civil PART OF TUGBOAT CREW . Three American girls gious role in U.N. history, the late Indian leader. Other Afri- Miss Brooks received her law but that the session will provide Monday with rockets, mortars, rights and labor organizations.