Nixon Announces Cease-Fire
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Nixon announces cease-fire; settlement effective Saturday by Mark Fisher on nationwide TV and radio, reading a withdrawn from Indochina within 60 The full text of the agreement, as well as President Richard M. Nixon statement he said was being days of the date of the cease-fire, the the protocols to carry it out, will be announced last night that an agreement simultaneously issued by the North President said. issued today, he said. has been reached with North Vietnam to Vietnamese. Nixon said the agreement, which was Nixon said his decision not to discuss end the Vietnam War. The agreement "meets the goals and initialed yesterday by Henry Kissinger the progress of the recent negotiations Nixon said the agreement included has the full support of President Nguyen and Hanoi negotiator Le Due Tho, met was based on a desire not to jeopardize provisions for a cease-fire beginning 7 Van Thieu and the government of South all the conditions he had laid down for a the progress of the peace talks. p.m. Saturday EST and for release of all Vietnam," Nixon said. He said the cease-fire in his speech last May 8. The "The important thing was not to talk U.S. prisoners of war within 60 days agreement recognizes the Thieu agreement will be formally signed about peace but to get peace," he said. from the time the cease-fire takes effect. government as the "sole legitimate Saturday. "This we have done." He said the agreement would "end government of South Vietnam" and that Nixon's address followed As Nixon was speaking, Thieu the war and bring peace with honor in the United States will continue to give consultations held earlier with his announced the agreement in South Southeast Asia." South Vietnam military aid. cabinet members and congressional Vietnam. Continued on page 6 Nixon spoke for about ten minutes However, all U.S. forces will be leaders to brief them on the agreement. ffimmwitnrt Saihj (damptw Serving Storrs Since 1896 VOL. LXX NO. 67 STORRS, CONNECTICUT Wednesday, January 24, 1973 Ribicoff predicts Party comeback EDITOR'S NOTE: Democratic Senator one-way street. Congress sits back and Abraham A. Ribicoff of Connecticut, is acts on legislation originating from the best remembered for his speech at the White House, while not actively doing 1968 Democratic National Convention, any legislation on it's own. where he scolded the "Gestapo tactics" Congress has been unwilling to take of the Chicago Police. Senator Ribicoff, on the tough issues and come up with 62, is a former Govenor of Connecticut programs of their own. and former Secretary of the Department Through the committee system, there of Health, Education, and Welfare under is no reason why Congress can't President Kennedy. Daily Campus news thoroughly investigate all actions of the feature editor Robert Kaplan executive branch. interviewed Senator Ribicoff in his It isn't a question of congressmen Hartford office, on Jan. 16. The wringing their hands and crying in their following is the text of that interview. beer. Congressmen should get on the by Robert Kaplan ball and act as legislators. Senator, the sweeping rejection of Has action been taken in the the Democratic National Ticket in Government Operations Committee Connecticut and the rest of the nation concerning the three Nixon cabinet indicated to many a rejection of the appointees? liberalism of the past decade. As a The committee has not been lawmaker associated with liberalism and organized yet, but the problem that we an outspoken supporter of Senator have is about the impact these George McGovern, what was your super-cabinet posts will have on the rest reaction to the results of the last of the government. Will these men claim election? executive priviledge as counselors to the The last election was not a rejection President? of liberalism. It was a rejection of the The Democratic Senate Caucus went McGovern candidacy. As a matter of Democratic Senator Abraham Ribicoff of Connecticut, gestures while making a on record of stating it would not fact, the Democratic party throughout point during his interview with the Daily Campus (Photo by Lincoln Millstein). confirm a member of the cabinet if he the nation did very well. We picked up that made so many people cry havoc In this week s issue of Time Magazine or she refused to testify before two seats in the Senate and we have when they heard them ? you are quoted as saying, "the President Congress. 1 think this was actuated by more liberal senators in both parties Well, I did not agree with Senator and those that serve under him use the refusal of Secretary of Slate Rogers than we did before the 1972 election. McGovern's tax proposals, or his welfare Congress as a tool, and Congress is a to testify before the Senate Foreign So, there was not such mandate at all. proposals. I publicly state so during the willing tool, massaged and seduced by Relations Committee on the resumed I would not sell the Democratic party campaign and before his nomination. the executive branch." Besides your bombing of North Vietnam. short or say it has no future. I predict The concept of SI000 per person, just proposal of a congressional budget Continued on page 7 the Democratic party will bounce back, did not strike the American people as bureau, mentioned in the article; what with great strength, in 1974 and 1976. being practical. else do you feel is needed to reverse this Hearing will be I remember a smashing Republican His welfare program, which was historical trend of Presidential victory in 1952, but the Democrats took originally based on some $6500 per dominance over the Congress? the State in 1954. Each election is a person, was so costly; it was Congress has it's own self to blame. held on student different election. Don't bury the immediately rejected. It's abdicated it's own responsibility. Democratic party, it's very much alive. During the California primary There are two ends to Pennsylvania govt. proposals Being the originator of six tax-reform campaign with Hubert Humphrey, the Avenue, one end is the White House and A public hearing on stuaent bills in the 92nd Congress; What do you inability of George McGovern to detail the other end is the Capitol, where governance is scheduled to be held in think was wrong with the presentation and explain his program hurt him Congress resides. Unfortunately, the United Nations Room of the of Senator McGovern's tax proposals throughout the country. Pennsylvania Avenue has become a Student Union Thursday, Jan. 25 at 7:30 p.m. John J. Manning, Jr., associate dean foi sludent affairs, announced la»t night. Manning said "all pertinent student comments on the Federation of Meskill declares day to mourn Students and Service Organizations (FFSO) proposal or other published Thursday will be a day of public prayer in Connecticut Thursday in "A man of humble beginning, he proposals for student government are mourning in memory of the late memory of former President Lyndon B. achieved greatness not because of the invited." President Lyndon B. Johnson in Johnson. high offices he held but rather because He added that "those who prefer arc Connecticut, however the University of Meskill ordered state Agencies and of his deep concern for his fellow man," invited to comment in writing to my Connecticut has no plans to cancel banks to close that day. He also urged he said. office by January 26." classes. schools to close for the day and asked Other polititicans and world leaders Manning requested that testimony "My understanding as of now, is that business and industry to suspend normal lauded Johnson Tuesday as a man of "be restricted to criticisms or normal classes are scheduled for operations. endorsements of already published action and courage and a defender of Thursday," Associate Dean for Student Flags were ordered to be displayed at proposals, in whole or in part." human rights. Messages of praise and Affairs, John J. Manning Jr., said half staff on the state's public buildings. Manning said he has taken action "in Tuesday night. "The untimely passing of our former condolence poured forth Tuesday from keeping with assurances" he gave in He said that acting President Edward President, Lyndon Baines Johnson, has royalty, heads of state and government December when he "reluctantly" brought a great sense of loss to the V. Gant had made the decision in and party leaders throughout the world postponed a plebiscite scheduled for people of Connecticut," The Republican conjunction with faculty members. following Johnson's death Monday. Dec. IS on the proposed FFSO Manning said the decision to hold or governor said in his proclamation. constitution. That action was taken "to cancel classes has traditionally been a "President Johnson had the President Nguyen Van Thieu of South ensure that no vote would be taken until faculty decision at UConn. experience and dedication to know what Vietnam, in a letter to Mrs. Johnson, the merits of all proposals had been Earlier, Gov. Thomas J. Meskill was right and the fibre to strive to said the former Prcsiden's death caused considered fully and publicly." Manning declared a day of public mourning and accomplish it," he said. "deep regret and much grief." said. Wednesday, January 24, 1973 (ttmuwrttrat Batig C&itB Ecology and Capitol Hill Editor-in-Chief by James Bishop Jr. irrationally so. And observers never" challenge proved to be Lincoln Mil/stein "The 1970's absolutely must wondered whether the costs of more than Congress desired or be the years when America pays healing a nation's environmental could digest in a few short years, Managing Editor Business Manager its debt to the past by reclaiming illnesses might not surpass the For another, serious Alan K.