Mikva criticizes Pentagon safeguards as gobbledybook
Illinois Rep Abner Mikva denounces Defense Department steps to oversee domestic security probes as inadequate and vows legislation to make home military intelligence gathering a felony. He says files on him exist and questions assurances by Stanley Resor and Melvin Laird while a new review council forms. He testifies next week.
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Illinois
Pentagon
Abner J. Mikva
Army
Gobbledygook
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Pentagon Review Council
United States
Laird
Mikva
Stanley Resor
Adlai Stevenson III
Senate
Resor
Ogden Reid
R-N.y
Sen
Stevenson
Rep
Otto) Kerner
North Vietnamese Attack Strikes Laos Border Artillery Base
U S sources report a major assault by North Vietnamese forces on a South Vietnamese artillery base six miles inside Laos near the Ho Chi Minh trail. The base housed South Vietnamese rangers and faced heavy mortar rocket and artillery fire, with 80 wounded and a missing U S crewman as helicopters were unable to land.
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Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
U.S
Associated Press
Michael Putzel
Khe Sanh
Putzel
South Vietnam
Hoang Xuan Lam
Creighton W. Abrams
Vietnam
Highway 9
Sepone
Ohio lawmakers push death penalty abolition and explosives control
In Columbus the 109th General Assembly sees Rep. Hale and Rep. Smith introduce a bill to eliminate capital punishment, while Sen. Ocasek files a rival measure restricting it to second offenses and on‑duty officers. Explosives bills and a voter registration proposal also surface amid a cautious start to the session. Gov. Gilligan flags no executions while the Supreme Court considers constitutionality.
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Ohio
General Assembly
Phale D. Hale
Larry Smith
Cleveland
Oliver Ocasek
Akron
Ocasek
John J. Gilligan
U.S. Supreme Court
Senate
House
Keith McNamara
C. J. McLin
Dayton
McLin
William Bowen
Cincinnati
American Federation of State
Patricia Krenwinkel Confesses to Tate Murders in Court
Los Angeles AP report: Patricia Krenwinkel testifies she killed two persons in the Sharon Tate murders and carved War on one victim’s chest. She describes chasing Abigail Folger and stabbing, then stabbing again. confirms Charles Manson was not involved in the killings. She notes LSD acidity and paranoia as she recalls leaving the scene.
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Sharon Tate
Abigail Folger
Actress Tate
Lena LaBianca
LaBianca
Charles Manson
Susan Atkins
Miss Tate
Malibu
Manson
Leslie van Houten
Charles
Watson
Linda Kasabian
Miss Folger
White Resigns Kent Post Wants To Stay As Teacher
Kent State University President Robert S. White has submitted his resignation after delays to restore full operation post May 4 campus disturbances. He seeks a six month sabbatical and hopes to return as a professor in education administration. White’s move follows a grand jury report faulting lax campus control and amid mixed reactions on campus.
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Kent
Kent, Ohio
Kent State University
Robert S. White
Ohio National Guardsmen
Cleveland
State Takes No Action On Dropping Kent Indictments
Attorney General William J. Brown met with a 20 student committee and said no decision was made to drop the Kent State indictments. Brown formed a five attorney review team to study the disturbances that led to 25 indictments after four students were killed by guards. Cleveland activists and students expressed mixed satisfaction with the current course.
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Kent
Columbus, Ohio
Atty
William J. Brown
Terry Hardy
Cleveland Police Action Council
Brown
Freshman Rep Seiberling backs bill to ban strip mining
Washington AP reports 28 House members including Rep John F Seiberling Jr D Ohio introduced a bill to end strip mining of coal within six months of enactment. Proponents cite ecological damage and population loss in southeast Ohio while acknowledging 25000 30000 miners would need other work.
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Washington
John F. Seiberling Jr
Ohio
Hechler
Egypt demands no peace concessions as Egypt Arabs clash with Israel
Cairo accuses Israel of seeking territory not peace in a long Al Ahram piece by Mohammed Hassa nein Heikal. In Washington the Ways and Means Committee tentatively backs a 31 billion debt limit rise to 430 billion, with a sale of up to 10 billion in long term bonds possible.
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Egypt
Israel
al Ahram
Mohammed Hassanein Heikal
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Nixon
Treasury
Record Low Traffic Death Rate In 1970
The National Safety Council reports 1970 had the lowest traffic fatality rate in records, with 55,300 deaths a 2 percent drop from 56,400 in 1969. The rate fell to five deaths per 100 million vehicle miles traveled from 5.3 the prior year despite 3 million more drivers and 4 million more vehicles nationwide.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Hardin Says Food Prices May Rise This Year
Secretary of Agriculture Clifford M. Hardin told the Senate House Economic Committee that housewives can expect higher food prices this year and should be prepared to pay more without complaint as bargains on food appear in the market.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Clifford M. Hardin
Hardin
Senate House Economic Committee
Classified Page Fragments Spark Editorial and Obituary Notes
Readable bits show a classified page with sections on Editorial Entertainment Obituaries and Television Theaters. The fragment hints at women’s topics and ongoing local notices.
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