Senate Expected To Extend Draft
The Armed Services Committee chairman says the Senate will approve a two year draft extension despite opposition aiming for a one year limit. Senator John C. Stennis said he has no doubt, after committee approval. The bill also grants Nixon authority to end college deferments and calls for a 100000 force reduction starting July 1, with about 2.4 million in uniform by June 30, 1972.
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Mendel Davis Wins Special Election in South Carolina
Mendel Davis, 28, won the special election in South Carolina's first district to fill the vacancy from the death of Rep. L Mendel Rivers. Davis used Rivers style by meeting voters face to face and campaigning hard in rural areas.
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Mendel Davis
South Carolina
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Rivers
Congress
Gravely poised to become Navy’s first Black admiral
Samuel L Gravely Jr 48 a former Richmond clerk and ex railway postal worker is set for nomination as rear admiral by President Nixon Pentagon sources said Senate approval required. Gravely’s rise from pool hall cleaner to naval leader highlights decades of progress and barrier breaking.
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Chula Vista
Calif
Samuel L. Gravely Jr
Navy
Pentagon
Capt. Gravely
Richmond
Nixon
Senate
Andrews Attacks Gilligan Tactics in Ohio State Jobs
Columbus Ohio Republican leader John S Andrews accuses the Gilligan administration of Tammy Hall tactics to push Republicans from state jobs. He says the Democratic administration harasses employees who refuse to resign, transferring refusers to other regions or subjecting them to unbearable pressure.
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Ohio
John S. Andrews
Gilligan
Tammy Hall
Andrews
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Tornadoes Devastate South-Central Kentucky Killing Ten
Tornadoes struck an 80 mile path through south central Kentucky late Tuesday killing ten people and injuring over seventy. Counties hit include Adair Russell and Butler Warren with extensive property damage reported. Governor Nunn deployed two National Guard helicopters for area assessment amid ongoing recovery efforts.
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Kentucky
Frankfort
Louie B. Nunn
National Guard
William L. Wakter
Civil Defense
Adair County
Tornadoes Hit Multiple Kentucky Towns In Deadly Storm
Reports say a tornado touched down near Columbia and Russell Springs with separate twisters in Thompsonville Illinois and Richardsville Kentucky. One woman killed in Thompsonville and 20 injured. 32 Salem area residents treated at Somerset hospital with 10 admitted. Rain left four feet of floodwater in Somerset as a six mile long swath formed with widths up to 14 miles.
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Jamestown
Russell County
Bulan Swanson
Somerset Hospital
Somerset
Rogers Seeks Update From Bruce On Vietnam Talks
Secretary of State William P. Rogers asks Ambassador David Bruce for a private up to date report on Vietnam negotiations as SEATO allies wind up a two day meeting. He says no new U S peace initiative is planned and outlines a forthcoming trip to Ankara and four Arab nations and Israel. Lam reports Saigon says South Vietnam has filled the gap left by 250000 U S troops and urges SEATO support for defense and stability. Rogers pledges continued economic aid to Vietnam as military phaseout continues and asks SEATO partners and Japan to assist in economic development.
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U S Air Strikes Support Cambodian and Vietnamese Forces
U S warplanes hit enemy positions on three fronts in Cambodia and South Vietnam. B52 bombers targeted bases and concentrations in eastern Cambodia near Highway 7 and around the Chup rubber plantation, while helicopter missions and fighter bombers aided task forces.
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Police Arrest 200 Activists At Draft HQ Entrance
Washington AP reports about 200 antiwar demonstrators blocked the Selective Service System headquarters. Police issued two warnings and made orderly arrests as activists lay themselves in a “carpet of bodies” to deter entry. Demonstrations continue as part of a campaign urged by the People’s Coalition for Peace and Justice.
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Tarr
Committee Sets Probe Of FBI
A committee of educators and former Justice Department officials led by Ramsey Clark will study the FBI role in American life. The group cites concerns over surveillance and political intimidation by the bureau and plans a formal investigation through the Committee for Public Justice.
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Justice Department
Atty
Ramsey Clark
Bureau
Committee For Public Justice
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Assty. Atty
Burke Marshall
Roger Wilkins
Justice
Woodrow Wilson School
Princeton University
Ohio official cites three soft spots harming state economy
Ohio Development Director David Sweet told the Senate Finance Committee that uneven growth in inner cities and rural areas, both with about 15 percent unemployment, marks one of three soft spots. He urged private investment of about 6.25 million for the coming biennium and emphasized advancing research, upgrading Ohio's economic position, and expanding skilled labor through vocational programs.
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Ohio
David Sweet
Sweet
Senate Finance Committee
Batelle Memorial Institute
Pollu
Department of Development
John J. Gilligan
Drug Traffic Blamed On Viet Officials
A U.S. House subcommittee faults high ranking South Vietnamese officials in drug traffic that killed 40 American GIs last year and caused 22 000 trips to sick call. It finds no proof the Viet Cong or North Vietnamese caused the heroin surge among GIs in Vietnam.
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House
U.S
Vietnam
Mason County superintendent sues board members for 2.5 million
I Brooks Smith filed a 2.5 million civil suit in Mason County circuit court accusing three board members and two former administrators of maliciously and falsely removing him from the office of superintendent. He seeks 1 million punitive damages, 1.5 million in actual damages, and costs totaling 10 thousand dollars.
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Mason County
I. Brooks Smith
Board of Education
Smith
Howard Schultz
Charles Eschenaur
Ray Ids
Bill Withers
Charles Chambers
Charles Withers
Chambers
Ted Stevens
Harry Siders
Eschenaur, Fields
West Virginia Supreme Court
Ohio House hears grant delay costs city drug abuse funds
In a Tuesday hearing the House Finance Appropriations Committee examined a threat budget request for 1971-73 seeking a $1.4 million increase. Testimony claimed delaying an funds application cost Ohio a $10 million grant to fight drug abuse in Cleveland.
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House Finance Appropriations Committee
Ohio
Cleveland
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