Global Briefs Summary of Vietnam, Labor, and Korea News
Secretary of Defense Clifford will travel to South Vietnam before the Honolulu meeting with President Johnson and South Vietnamese leader Thieu to assess the war. Illinois Bell reports the electrical workers strike at 11,800 members remains unresolved, delaying DNC communications setup. Federal spending cuts threaten 4,000 small post offices and Saturday mail. Britain to hand Singapore naval base to Singapore this year for conversion to commercial use. Two US patrols exchange fire near the DMZ. one Army lieutenant dies. A Marysville Marine, linked to a 2-year-old kidnapping case, commits suicide after the child is returned unharmed.
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Medical payment aid for seniors in Ohio mental hospitals
Inside Today reports a plan to offer medical payment assistance to patients over 65 in Ohio mental hospitals. Other items mention Tri-County Technical Institute recruiting students for a mid management program and John M. Will appointed to Meigs County draft board. Wallaces shows gains while Humphrey edges Nix in the latest Gallup poll.
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Reagan denial hits campaign chatter on air date
The Associated Press report that Ronald Reagan would announce a presidential bid on July 21 was denied by Reagan's office. Lyn Nofziger said the time is to show a film of a speech, not to announce. Nixon plots in the North and West with Rockefeller caution the South. Humphrey backs Israel aid and disarmament talks. McCarthy urges arms control and NPT support. Wallace via Alabama students pursues ballot access in Massachusetts with 61,000 signatures due by July 29. about a third collected awaiting Monday totals.
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American Students Released After Soviet Border Arrest
Two California students, James Kratzer of Davis and Larry Watson of Northridge, released by Soviet police after arrest at Brest on the Soviet Polish border for allegedly smuggling old icons and anti Soviet literature. Stanford Austrian affiliate reports they are en route to Vienna and expected Friday. Kratzer allegedly obtained propaganda from the Chinese Embassy in Moscow and both acquired icons from in Moscow. Export of icons without permission could carry up to ten years in prison.
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Pacifistic Guardsman Convicted in Ohio Court Martial
An Ohio National Guardsman, John M. Lenehan, 24, was court-martialed in Cleveland and sentenced to 21 days hard labor for refusing riot duty during April’s racial disturbances in Youngstown. A conscientious objector, he may appeal, saying the sentence seems light. The case marks Ohio’s first known court martial over riot duty refusal, with Lenehan noting his non combatant status after joining the guard in 1965.
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Lull in Ground War Shows Fewer Enemy Killed
In Saigon and around the DMZ area the United States and allies reported a week with the lowest enemy fatalities in a year and a half while U.S. casualties rose modestly. Allied air raids and patrols continued as generals warned of a planned third major offensive aimed at Saigon and DMZ fronts.
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Steel Talks At Standstill 3 Weeks Before Deadline
PITTSBURGH AP Top negotiators for United Steelworkers report money talks toward a new labor contract in the steel industry are at a standstill with only three weeks before the August 1 deadline. President I W Abel told a 200-man advisory committee that it would be foolish for the industry to doubt they mean business. Abel indicated local presidents should prepare for a strong strike vote as the expiration nears, while noting it is too early to tell if a strike will occur. He urged members to know that they mean business up here and that if a strike is necessary, they will strike. A official urged for a 95 percent rank and file strike vote.
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Housing Aid Bill Okaved
The House passed a 5.4 billion dollar three year housing bill with subsidies aimed at about 500000 low income families. Debates trimmed spending, two controversial programs were cut, and the measure moves to conference with the Senate for final approval.
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Spock vows to keep opposing war after conviction
Dr Benjamin Spock, age 65, vows continued resistance to the Vietnam War after receiving a two-year prison sentence and a $5,000 fine for antidraft activities. He spoke after being sentenced in US District Court alongside Yale chaplain William Sloane Coffin Jr., author Mitchell Goodman, and Harvard student Michael Ferber, who also faced penalties.
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Baltimore Crisies name Earl Weaver new manager
Earl Weaver, a long time player and manager at minor league level, was appointed to replace Hank Bauer as manager of the Baltimore Crisies. The development follows an earlier story on page 16.
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