Majority GOP Senators Push Nixon Resignation Amid Impeachment Fears
Top Senate Republicans weigh sending a delegation to President Nixon to urge resignation as the impeachment process looms. Senate GOP Leader Hugh Scott and Sen. John Tower report growing sentiment among Republicans that Nixon should retire, with Dole noting most would welcome resignation.
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Haig, Ford Meet Amid Rising Nixon Resignation Pressure
White House Chief of Staff Alexander Haig Jr met with Vice President Gerald Ford for an hour in Ford's office to discuss the crisis. Officials said they exchanged views on the situation as resignation remains a possible option and the mood in Washington grew more uncertain.
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Burns urges public service jobs program to curb unemployment
Federal Reserve Chairman Arthur F. Burns told Congress a public service jobs plan for up to 800 000 workers could be launched when unemployment reaches 6 percent, with an estimated $4 billion cost. He urged tougher antitrust enforcement and a stronger inflation monitor, warning inflation will take years to unwind.
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Burns urges stronger action to curb inflation and spur profits
Burns says confidence in profits and falling rates needed before gains show and notes impeachment inquiries have not halted policy planning. He supports a temporary inflation agency with wage and price controls and tougher antitrust enforcement, contrasting with Ash and Greenspan who favor looser rules.
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High Walker Philippe Petit Traverses Twin Towers Tightrope
French professional stuntman Philippe Petit, 24, walked a 9-foot tightrope between the 110-story World Trade Center towers in New York, with Empire State Building visible in the background. Police detained Petit and admitted him to a hospital for observation after he and two assistants allegedly hid in a tower overnight and set up the cable at dawn.
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Cypriots Retreat Amid Turkish Attacks on Lapithos and Vassilia
Greek Cypriot troops withdrew under shelling along the northern coast as Turkish infantry renewed assaults on Lapithos and Karavas. Reports said 58 engineers were trapped near Lapithos and many bodies and wounded were seen, with UN forces briefly trying to intervene.
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Cyprus
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U.N
Lapithos
United Nations Peacekeeping Force
Myrtou
Impeachment Backed by GOP Alaska to Maryland
Washington AP reports Republicans led by Minority Leader Rhodes and Rep Bauman endorse impeachment of President Nixon. Ten Judiciary Committee Republicans who opposed articles shift stance, urging resignation as possible. House vote looms August 19, Senate trial and potential removal follow if Nixon clings to power.
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Nixon
House
John J. Rhodes
Arizona
Robert E. Bauman
Maryland
House Judiciary Committee
Action Ads Draw Nine Calls For Sold Mare
Mrs. Rita Romine of Conestoga Trailer Park Athens praised Action Ads for an eight year old mare listed at 3. The first day brought nine calls and a buyer. She plans to use the service again and urges others to try the fast action.
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Conestoga Trailer Park
Athens
House Cuts South Viet Mil Aid to 700 Million
The House approved a defense bill cutting South Vietnam military aid by 300 million to 700 million, aiming to pressure Thieu to seek a political settlement with Hanoi and the Viet Cong. The vote was 350 to 43, with 83.4 billion overall defense spending. The panel also rejected 5.8 million for a new binary nerve gas weapon as too costly and a potential threat to chemical arms control.
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House
U.S
South Vietnam
Thieu
Hanoi
Senate
Israeli Planes Raid Lebanon After Frontier Attacks
Israeli planes raided suspected guerrilla targets in southern Lebanon twice. At least 14 Lebanese villagers were hospitalized after the attacks, which followed a guerrilla raid on the frontier and came a day after a mortar and artillery duel. Both sides blamed the other for the gunnery exchange.
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Lebanon
U S Jets Withdraw Half of F4 Phantom Fleet
Defense officials confirm the United States pulled 18 F4 Phantom jets from Nationalist China in late July. The move comes as mainland China places missile firing boats near the Taiwan Straits, though officials say the pullout is not connected to those deployments.
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Taiwan Straits
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