Senators Demand Laos Involvement Data From Nixon Administration
A bipartisan group of senators demanded full disclosure of U S involvement in Laos amid fears of Vietnam style escalation. They cited reports of Green Berets advising in Laos and questioned the lack of public casualty and mission figures. Senators pressed for testimony from Laotian ambassador Godley and criticized the administration’s secrecy.
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Vietnam War Casualties Edge Up Despite U S Losses Dip
In Saigon the weekly tally shows 83 Americans killed and 657 wounded, while South Vietnamese forces suffer 361 dead and 1,123 wounded. Allied reports place North Vietnamese and Viet Cong deaths at 2,469, with overall American and allied casualties climbing to tens of thousands.
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Javits and McGovern Oppose Carswell for Supreme Court
Senators Javits and McGovern announced they will vote against G Harrold Carswell s Supreme Court nomination citing civil rights record concerns. They noted a 1948 white supremacy speech and 1956 Tallahassee club formation as indicative of his views. Broader opposition was expected though confirmation appeared likely.
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California Declares State of Emergency After Bank Fire
Rampaging protesters burned a Bank of America branch in Santa Barbara as police and firefighters, outnumbered, watched. The California Highway Patrol declared a state of emergency and sealed Isla Vista near UC Santa Barbara. Sheriff Webster asked for 500 National Guardsmen as clashes with officers escalated.
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Nixon Victory Nears On Welfare Reforms
President Nixon looks headed for a House victory as the Ways and Means Committee moves to send a sweeping and costly welfare reform bill to the floor. Chairman Mills indicated committee approval would not be blocked, boosting administration hopes for passage as governors push for a revised bill with federal cost coverage.
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Sewing Machine Sold by Mrs Weekley in New Marshfield
Mrs John Weekley of New Marshfield reports her first experience with an Action Act sale. She sold a portable sewing machine and encourages others to profit from similar opportunities.
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Cincinnati Youth Charged in Triple Murders Probe
Cincinnati police charged 19 year old Otis Fairbanks with armed robbery and shooting in the Feb 16 assault on Vincent Johnson and questioned him in three killings. A UC coed Carol Sanders, 19, was fatally shot Jan 29 in Burnet Woods. Jerry Carpenter, 22, was found shot dead earlier. All victims were hit with a .22 caliber pistol.
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Pompidou Nixon In Conference At White House
President Nixon and Georges Pompidou met at the White House in a reception aimed at real progress on fundamental issues. After talks the leaders planned a Cape Kennedy tour for space facilities before Pompidou proceeds to Chicago New York and San Francisco. Nixon cited hope for results on Middle East NATO roles and shared fundamental understandings with the French president.
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Huddleston to be arraigned in Yablonski slaying case
Cleveland report says Silous Huddleston president of a Tennessee United Mine Workers local faces arraignment as a fifth conspirator in the slaying of UMW insurgent Joseph A. Yablonski. Huddleston, 61, of La Follette, Tenn., is held on 250000 bond in Cuyahoga County Jail amid a grand jury investigation that has already indicted four Greater Cleveland figures including Huddleston's daughter Annette Gilly and her husband Paul E. Gilly.
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Service Station Worker Slain in Cincinnati Robbery
James Tewart, 23, was found dead in a storage area of a Clifton Standard Oil station after a 3:20 a.m. robbery. He was last seen alive at 2:30 a.m. and shot in the back of the head. About $40 was missing. the station has a history of robberies.
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