Laird and Rivers Question Volunteer Army Plan
Defense Secretary Laird and Rep. Rivers voiced reservations about a Gates Commission plan to shift to an all volunteer force by mid 1971. They questioned pay increases and timing, stressing uncertain effects on recruiting, retention, and overall military pay scales while urging caution and open hearings.
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UPI
Melvin R.laird
House
Laird
Reserve Offiers Association
Defense
Thomas §. Gates Jr
Rep. L. Mendel Rivers
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House Armed Services
Rivers’ Committee
Gates Commission
Nixon
Rivers
Vietnam
Executive Branch
New revolt flares in rights division
A fresh revolt among HEW civil rights officials erupts as Leon Panetta departs and others threaten to resign. Peter Holmes and Carl Flaxman have quit or considered quitting while others plan protests or formal letters to the White House over desegregation and policy pressures.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Leon A. Paneffa
Carl Flaxman
HEW
Dallas
Panetta
White House
Monterey
Calif
Justice Department
Evolt
Gary Greenberg
Jerry Leonard
Civil Rights Division
Royal Nepal wedding proceeds despite tremors readings
In Katmandu Nepal Prince Birendra and Princess Aishwarya wed as scheduled despite two morning earthquakes. Priests, after consulting astrological charts, deemed omens favorable after purification ceremonies. The royal ceremony continued with religious rites and prayers as tremors rattled the city.
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Nepal 1
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Nepal
Aishwarya
Royal
Lion Palace
Barrier removal at San Quentin yields contact for Sirhan
Sirhan B. Sirhan on Death Row at San Quentin gains closer contact with fellow inmates as a wire screen barrier is removed. Warden Louis Nelson authorized the change after long requests, Citing no undue danger. The move follows Sirhan's isolation since his May sentence for the Kennedy shooting.
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San Quentin
Calif
UPI
Sirhan B. Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Sirhan
No Man's Land
James Park
Louis Nelson
Park
Sithan
Quint quintuplets survive rough birth in New Jersey
Five newborn quints born to Mrs Margaret Kienant in Far Hills New Jersey face early respiratory challenges. Sarah, one of the three girls, shows a breathing difficulty though tests rule out infection. Siblings Amy William Abigail and a brother progress with oxygen support reduced and milk feeding improving. Father William Kienast declines sharing windfall profits.
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New York
UFI
Sarah
Amy
William Gordon
Abigail
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Margaret Kienant
Far Hills
Nal
William Kienast
Aberdeen
Kienast
Soviet aim to dominate world sea routes acknowledged
London based report states Admiral Waldermar Wendt said the Soviet Union seeks sea route domination to advance political economic and military goals. He warned Moscow’s Mediterranean buildup remains a threat though the U.S. Sixth Fleet retains capable forces including two aircraft carriers to counter it.
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London
UPD
Soviet Union
Wendt
Wend
Mediterranean
U.S
Moskva
Nixon honors atomic bomb fathers at ceremony
President Nixon awarded the Atomic Pioneer Award to Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves Dr. James Conant and Dr. Vannevar Bush, the architects of the wartime Manhattan Project, recalling their doubts before the Alamogordo test on July 16, 1945. Sen. Pastore attended, noting the debt owed to these figures for halting the Communist onslaught. The piece also mentions thoughts on peaceful atomic energy and cites Dr. Martin Kamen and Dr. Samuel Ruben on carbon-14 discovery at UC Berkeley.
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UPI
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Geo
Leslie R. Groves
Capitol Hill
Atomic Energy Commission
Groves
James 8. Conant
Vannevar Bush
Alamogordo
Bush
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Corp
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Conant
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Harvard University
National Defense Research Committee
Alamogordy
Ate Atomic Energy Committee
Pastore
Hiroshima
Japan
Daley to greet Pompidou in Chicago arrival scene
Mayor Richard J. Daley and his party will greet French President Georges Pompidou at O Hare International Airport on Saturday marking his one day visit to Chicago. Daley’s office said the welcome will be proper and noted letters both opposing and supporting the host role. Meanwhile Mt Etna in Sicily erupted with lava snaking down its slopes as scientists stated villages nearby remained safe.
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Chicago
UPI
Richard J. Daley
Georges Pompidou
Daley
Pompidou
John Windsay
New York
Catania
Sicily
Mt. Etna
Europe
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