FTC Acts To Slow Pace Of Corporate Mergers
The FTC ordered large firms to report planned mergers of 250 million dollars or more and acquisitions of at least 18 percent voting stock in firms with 10 million dollars in assets. The move aims to curb rising merger activity, with 1968 likely to show major concentration as the 200 largest corporations control over 60 percent of manufacturing assets.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Saturniay
FTC
FIC
Antiwar protests at Marine recruiting on college campuses
U S and World News Briefs report Marine Corps officer recruitment disrupted by student protesters on campuses nationwide. Corps officials accuse administrators of failing to control protests and denying recruiters access to signing venues.
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Washington
Gem Leonard F. Chapman Jr
Marine Corps
Corps
Campaign to raise funds for Meigs County Historical Museum
Meigs County officials announce a campaign to raise funds for the construction of a new historical museum. The plan appears in the area news section, outlining goals and community involvement surrounding the project.
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Reprealers
Middleport School
Sesey-Sammertriicressr
Tegins
Meigs County Historical
Teoee
B52 Raid Near Saigon Shakes City in Vietnam War
US Air Force B52 bombers struck targets 15 to 16 miles west of Saigon in Hau Nghia Province, unloading 180 tons of explosives. Earlier waves hit Tay Ninh base camps as the Viet Cong offensive pressed toward its seventh week amid heavy shelling and a devastating Tay Ninh rocket attack.
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Saigon
Hau Nebia
Tay Ninh
Tay Minh City
America
U.S
Associated Press
George Mearthur
Orer
McArthur
Viet Cong Demands Unconditional U S Troop Withdrawal
Viet Cong issues three peace principles in Radio Hanoi broadcast, led by demands that the United States end aggression and unconditionally withdraw all troops from Vietnam. The movement continues to reject South Vietnamese government cooperation and opposes Paris peace proposals.
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Tokyo
Vietnam
U.S
Paris
Radio
Hanoi
United States
South Vietnam
Viet Cong
Titude
Henry Cabot Lodge
South
Nguyen van Re
Mouny Thieu
Smith Vietnam
Nixon Pitches Large Surplus and Spending Cuts
President Nixon announced a revised budget plan aiming for a 5.8 billion dollar surplus in fiscal 1970, with significant reductions in defense and domestic programs. He seeks Congress to cut 5.5 billion in spending authority and notes possible higher revenues if the economy stays strong.
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Washington
Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
United States
Johnson
Congress
Robert P. Mayo
Mayo
Treasury
Budget Bureau
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Margaret Mead
Bowling Green State University
Cleveland
Robert W. Annable
West Side
Stokes
Annable
Cleveland City Club
Mike Streeter
Newt Sieex City
5. D
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Wirstere
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