Nixon Era Budget Deficit Reaches 20 to 25 Billion
The Nixon administration announced that fiscal 1971 would show a deficit between 20 and 25 billion dollars, the nation's second largest since World War II. The figure trails the 25.2 billion posted in 1968 under Johnson, while Democrats favor more spending to spur the economy. The plan originally projected a 1.3 billion surplus.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Lyndon B. Johnson
Nixon
Congress
Elisberg to testify before House panel on leaks
Jel Elisberg a former Defense Department researcher faced federal charges for allegedly leaking top secret Pentagon Papers to the press. He was arrested June 28 after admitting to giving copies of the 47 volume Pentagon study to the press as part of a war document draft. The testimony before 18 antiwar Democrats remains uncertain with no hint of specifics from the group.
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Washington
Dan Elisberg
Jel Elisberg
Elisberg
Oral House
John G. Dow
U.S
Vietnam
New York
77 000 Polluted Chickens Killed in North Carolina
Holly Farms destroyed 77 000 broilers after discovering PCB in some flocks. The company cites tests following a U S Department of Agriculture warning about PCB leakage from a Wilming ton plant's cooling system.
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Wilkesboro
N. C
Holly Farms
Kenneth May
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Wilmington
East Coast
South Pacific Proteins
Darien
Conn
Labor request rejected in rail strike mediation
Washington report notes the United Transportation Union rejected a Labor Department suggestion for a neutral board to impose a binding settlement in the four railroad labor dispute. Secretary Hodgson urged replies by today, criticizing government interference as bias toward management and arguing collective bargaining cannot work under such conditions.
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Washington
United Transportation Union
Ment
James D. Hodgson
Vietnamese forces launch third Cambodia drive near border
Saigon reports 3,200 South Vietnamese troops join sweeping operations in eastern Cambodia aided by U S helicopters, fighters and B 52 bombers. The drive, the third in a week and fifth this month, aims to push North Vietnamese from the border to safeguard late August and early October elections. Correspondent George Esper notes movement north from Highway 1 between Svay Rieng and Prey Veng, about 25 miles inside Cambodia.
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Saigon
Cambodia
U.S
Associated Press
George Esper
Highway 1
Svay Rieng
Prey Veng
Cam
No Special Stockade Funds Requested By Aiken County Official
Rep. Marshall Cain says no request has been made by County Supervisor Mackey Scott for funds to improve the Aiken County stockade. He notes the supply bill would only raise guards' salaries and that any aid would come via a bill amendment after a proper study, with debate tied to Grand Jury findings and a potential closure.
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Marshall Cain
Aiken County
Mackey Scott
Cain
Scott
Cain Voices Objection To Reapportionment Plan
South Carolina Senate reapportionment plan to cut 26 districts to 18 faced objection in the special committee. Rep. Marshall Cain argued the plan lowers his county's representation from two to one while Rep. James Felder questioned pairing Kershaw with Richland and guaranteed residency rules.
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Cain
Columbia
South Carolina
Senate
Marshall Cain
R-Aiken
James Felder
Richland
Felder
Kershaw
Grossette
Marion Gressette
Calhoun
Edgar A. Brown
Barnwell
Bamberg
Aiken
Richland-Kershaw
Michael Laughlin
Gilbert McMillan
House
Saluda
Lexington
Edgefield
Pickens
Oconee
Anderson
Abbeville
Greenville
Aiken Dixie Stars to Draw Bye in World Series Opener
Aiken Dixie Senior League All Stars may receive a bye in the first round of the Dixie Senior League World Series as Dixie National Commissioner A C Goulden in Birmingham said Louisiana must provide a franchise check by Saturday. If Louisiana fails to enter, Aiken will be notified Sunday evening and expected to arrive by Sunday to take the bye at 1 p.m. Monday.
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Aiken
National Dixie
A.C. Goulden
Birmingham
Ala
South Carolina
Selma
Louisiana
Gaulden
National Board
Louisiana State Dixie
Johnson
Goulden
Apollo 15 faces moon landing amid minor glitches
Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott James Irwin and Alfred Worden report brief electrical drops a shattered meter pane and radio contact hiccups during final descent preparations toward a Friday moon landing mission control says problems are minor not threatening and plan to test alternative lighting and equipment options.
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Scott
Irwin
Falcon
Moon
Goldstone
Calif
Endeavour
Gold Stone
Mission Control
Sudanese Communist Leader Hanged in Coup Attempt
Abdul Khaled Mahjoub, leader of Sudan's largest Communist party, was hanged in Khartoum after a trial for masterminding a failed coup to turn Sudan into a Communist state. The government has intensified crackdowns on Sudanese Communists, including Joseph Garang, once a Cabinet minister, who was hanged earlier.
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Khartoum
Sudan
Communist Party
Jaafar el Numairi
Abdul Khaled Mahjoub
Numairi
Joseph Garang
Garang
South Sudan
South
Nile Mirror Critiques Numairi Regime Over Autonomy Promises
Garang, a black publisher, ran the Nile Mirror weekly in English and accused Numairi's government of failing to fulfill old promises for South autonomy.
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Garang
The
Nile Mirror
Numairi
South
Area grants totaling 3.8 million announced by LSRPD C
The Lower Savannah Regional Planning and Development Commission announced 3.8 million dollars in federal grants to build an integrated water and sewer system, pollution control, and storm drainage across six counties. The plan stresses regional water and sewer planning amid growth and economic needs. A North Augusta three volume plan, zoning and subdivision rules, housing, and thoroughfare plans were submitted, with Barnwell study and aging program also announced.
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Lower Savannah
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