[News Script: Miscellaneous news bulletins] Page: 1 of 2
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MEETING OF HIS NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL TODAY AND THEN MET--FOR
THE SECOND TIME IN AS MANY DAYS--WITH TOP U-S POLITICAL AND MILITARY
OFFICIALS. THERE IS SPECULATION THAT PRESIDENT NIXON MAY SHORTLY
ANNOUNCE NEW TROOP WITHDRAWALS.
MEANWHILE, U-S OFFICIALS REPORT THAT AS AMERICAN TROOPS PULLED
OUT OF THE MEKONG DELTA, NORTH VIETNAMESE TROOPS IN THE DELTA
DOUBLED IN NUMBER. BETWEEN 2,000 AND 31000 NORTH VIETNAMESE ARE
BELIEVED IN THE AREA NOW.
ONLY LIGHT ACTION IS REPORTED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY TODAY.
(WASHINGTON)--SENATE DEMOCRATIC LEADER MIKE MANSFIELD SAYS A CHANCE
FOR A PROLONGED CEASE-FIRE IN VIETNAM WAS LOST WHEN" PRESIDENT NIXON
ORDERED THE RESUMPTION OF B-52 RAIDS. THE RAIDS WERE HALTED DURING
THE RECENT TRUCE. THEY RESUMED AFTEP THE TRUCE THEN WERE HALTED
AGAIN FOR 36 HOURS.
MANSFIELD SEES THE PRESIDENT'S ACTIONS AS EVIDENCE THAT THERE
MAY BE A SPLIT IN THE ADMINISTRATION. ANSFIELD PREDICTS MORE U-S
TROOPS WITHDRAWALS.-
(WASHINGTON)--A BILL PROVIDING HIGHER INTEREST RATES FOR GOVERNMENT-
BACKED STUDENTS LOANS CONES BEFORE THE HOUSE TODAY. BANKERS
HAD BEEN RELUCTANT TO GRANT THE LOANS BECAUSE THEY COULD CHARGE
HIGHER INTEREST ON OTHER TYPES OF LOANS. UT PRESIDENT NIXON,
EXPECTING CONGRESS TO APPROVE HIGHER RATES, URGED THEM TO
CONTINUE MAKING LOANS AND MOST GRANTED :IS REOUES .
ALTHOUGH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS EARLIER THIS NONTH WERE SURE
THE BILL WOULD PASS, IT NOW APPEARS THREATENED, BY CONGRESSMEN WHO
OPPOSE HIGH INTEREST RATES AND CONGPESS"EN WHO WANT
TO DEAL FIRMLY WITH CAMPUS RIOTERS.
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Miscellaneous news bulletins], script, September 15, 1969, 6:30 a.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1222107/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.