West Germany and USSR open nonaggression talks in Moscow
In Moscow on Monday West Germany and the Soviet Union began secret negotiations on a nonaggression treaty that could settle postwar territorial disputes. Foreign Minister Walter Scheel and Andrei Gromyko led the talks aimed at a mutual renunciation of force, with four territorial issues to be resolved and possible future reunification of Germany.
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Andrei Gromyko
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West Berlin
Willy Brandt
Britain
France
United States
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Britain’s Longshoremen Offered Small Pay Hike
A government court proposed 6 to 7 percent extra weekly pay to end a 13 day walkout by Britain’s 47 000 longshoremen. It rejected an 8 percent basic pay raise, suggesting more overtime holiday and modernization pay. Union leaders will meet to decide on acceptance or further action.
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London
UPI
Britain
Sole Survivor Rescued Three Days After Plane Crash
Betty Geyer of San Antonio Texas was found alive in the wreckage of a twin engine plane on Capitan Mountain 9 000 feet up by a 35 man rescue party. She had fractures and lacerations but survived three days after the Friday crash as the bodies of the pilot and five passengers lay nearby. She was transported to a Roswell hospital in fair condition and said she did not know the plane had crashed or that others had died.
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Roswell, N.M
Lee Wollard
Brothers Become Sisters After Sex Change Surgery
Two half siblings who previously lived as brothers underwent sex reassignment at University of Minnesota Hospitals. Lauraine and Lenette say they are now fully female, except for the inability to bear children, after early and recent surgeries respectively.
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ST. Paul, Minn
University of Minnesota Hospitals
St. Paul
Defective Servicemen Inducted Despite Screening Flaws
The Pentagon inducts thousands with disqualifying defects including a missing kidney and a polio-deformed man. GAO reports 40,000 service members released within a year of induction in 1968–69. Schweiker urges drastic improvements. Cost $17.9 million in 1969 to pay and outfit those on the list.
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Washington
Pentagon
Richard S. Schweiker
R-Pa
Government Accounting Office
Armed Services
GAO
August Declared Sandwich Month In Indiana
Governor Whitcomb proclaimed August as Sandwich Month and October as Country Music Month for statewide observance. He named August 9 to 15 as Better Water for Indiana Week and commended the Soil Conservation Society of America which recently marked its 25th anniversary.
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UPI
Whitcomb
Indiana
Soil Conservation Society of America
Peace plan sparks hope to halt Britain's dock strike
A five point plan from a government inquiry board offered a path to end the 13 day dock strike in Britain. It rejected the main wage demand but urged improvements in overtime vacation and modernization payments. Dockers could gain about six dollars weekly, potentially easing a conflict that halted imports and exports. Strike leader Jack Jones called it a significant advance and a union vote was scheduled for Wednesday. The plan aimed to avoid troop use as the government weighed perishable cargo needs.
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London
Britain
Jack Jones
Transport and General Workers Union
Boy Wounded In Dorchester Shooting Accident
Six year old Darryl Clemons of Indianapolis remained on the City Hospital danger list in fair condition after a 9 year old nephew accidentally fired a revolver. Police said the child found the loaded gun in bushes near his grandmother's Dorchester home and handed it to Ronald Pressley who pulled the trigger thinking it was a toy.
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UPI
Darryl Clemons
Indianapolis
Darryl
Dorchester
Ronald Pressley
Bar Association Given Voice in Supreme Court Nominees
The Nixon Administration will seek the American Bar Association Committee on the Federal Judiciary's opinion before recommending Supreme Court nominees. ABA's Walsh announced the policy after the ABA Board approved giving the committee advance names and investigations, aiming for franker assessments and better-qualified nominees. The change follows prior Republican and Democratic presidents sharing ABA input before public announcements.
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Federal Judiciary
New York
Lawrence E. Walsh
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Eisenhower
Kennedy
Johnson
Nixon
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FDA approves first marketing of DMSO for horses
The FDA approved the first marketing of the drug DMSO for swelling in horses due to external injury. Daily dosage and treatment duration are limited. The drug, also called dimethyl sulfoxide, has been studied for human diseases but raises concerns about adverse eye reactions in animals.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Ohio Representative Kirwan Dies at Bethesda Naval Hospital
Rep. Michael J. Kirwan of Ohio died at Bethesda Naval Hospital after a fall left him with a broken back. He was 83 and had declined re election due to ill health. Kirwan had served since 1937 and chaired the House Democratic Campaign Committee for 23 years.
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Michael J. Kirwan
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Whitcomb Reappoints Five Indiana State Officials
Governor Edgar D Whitcomb renewed four year terms for five state commissions. The appointees include Richard S Barack of Gary on the General Education Commission Sara Ronald of Richmond on the Teacher Training and Licensing Commission Charles Fields of Goshen on the Textbook Adoptions Commission and Richard T Barton and Paul O Berg of Fort Wayne on the Administrative Building Council. Whitcomb is on a fishing trip in Canada.
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Richmond
Charles Fields
Goshen
Richard T. Barton
Paul O. Berg
Fort Wayne
Administrative Building Council
Whitcomb
Canada
Negotiations Start On Braniff Stock Sale Amid LTV Issues
Ling-Temco-Vought Inc disclosed it is in preliminary talks over selling its Braniff International Airways stake with a figure cited at 150 million dollars. The move follows LTV’s financial troubles and recent management shakeups after agreeing to divest Braniff and Okonite to settle an antitrust case. James J. Ling is no longer active in daily management of LTV.
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UPI
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Indiana to End 60 Day Driver License Extensions
Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles plans to end 60 day license extensions as new computerization speeds processing. Bureau chief Gerald Habig noted title processing freed staff, shrinking unprocessed applications from about 310,000 to 100,000. Branches issue 90 day licenses with 30 day extensions. rare 60 day re validations occur. Scanning equipment sits idle awaiting space in the State Office Building.
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UPI
Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Gerald Habig
Bradenton
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Bomb Victim Buried As Probe Continues
Phillip J. Lucier president of Continental Telephone Corp. was buried in St. Louis as 12 more investigators joined the probe into his 1966 Cadillac bombing slain last Friday. The 49 year old Indianapolis and Warsaw native advocated neighborhood racial integration. A pipe bomb under the driver seat exploded in Clayton, injuring two colleagues but not fatally.
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UPI
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Lucier
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Napier
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Bill to Guarantee Up to $5 Billion Yearly in Business Loans
Senator Javits proposed federal loan guarantees for up to five billion dollars annually to ventures facing money gaps. The secretary of the treasury would certify need and vital national interest before guarantees, with a one year review on creating a permanent emergency loan guarantee corporation, pending congressional veto.
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UPI
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Javits
Treasury
House of Congress
France conducts atmospheric nuclear test in South Pacific
France conducted another atmospheric test at Mururoa atoll in the South Pacific, announced by the Defense Department. The Monday blast, described as an experimental low power device suspended from a balloon, is the sixth in the current series to perfect a hydrogen bomb. Two more low power tests are planned after July 3's high power device.
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France
South Pacific
Defense Department
Mururoa Atoll
Evansville Buses Roll After 12 Day Strike
Sixteen city buses resumed operation in Evansville Indiana after a 12 day strike by Local 878 AMCO drivers over bus safety and hires. Union members voted 19 to 9 to return to work after management pledged safety improvements. The walkout began July 15.
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Evansville
Ind
UPI
Amalgamated Motor Coach Operators
Canal date: The Soo Canal on St. Marys river built in 1855
The Soo Canal on the St. Marys River was constructed in 1855 marking a mid 19th century milestone for Great Lakes navigation and trade.
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Soo Canal
St. Mary’s River
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