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Budget deficit for the year ending June 30 stood at 25.4 billion, higher than January and March estimates. In Saigon, U.S. forces reported setbacks with 24 Americans killed and five enemy bodies found. a U.S. Navy pilot shot down a MIG-17 over North Vietnam. Shreveport police walkout proposed amid racial violence concerns, with a conference planned for September. A House Senate conference on a Post Office manpower exemption looms to avoid postal cuts. In Seoul, North Korean infiltrators killed one U.S. soldier and wounded two. James Farmer warned that electing George Wallace could turn the U.S. into a police state. In Columbus, Ohio, 50 days remain for voter registration for the November election.
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Saigon
U. S
North Vietnam
Shreveport
John Herringon
Philadelphia
Order of Police
Herrington
Union Holds Out Over Steel Contract Offer Amid Negotiations
United Steelworkers delay action as talks on a three year package touted at 78 cents wage rise and 5 percent bonus proceed stalled. Local leaders say ratification or strike hinges on leadership selling the deal to members. Proposed boosts include a 20 cent immediate wage increase plus 12 and 13 cent raises, higher pensions, an extra paid holiday, and seven cent raise for top job classifications.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers Union
Anthony Tomko
Mc.Keesport
Basic Steel Industry Conference
Liberal Catholics Split Over Papal Ban on Birth Control
The Associated Press reports mixed Catholic reactions to Pope Paul VI's encyclical prohibiting artificial contraception. Some liberals support conscience based morality while others welcome the pope’s reaffirmation of Christian truth. Critics include Commonweal and Triumph magazine, and several clergymen and leaders, with broader debate among Jewish and Protestant groups and Billy Graham weighing in with dissent.
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Associated Press
Paul VI
Commonweal
Publica
Triumph Magazine
Washington
Mary Louise Birmingham
Hackensack, N.J
Ike Nixes Surrender In Republican Platform
In Miami Beach the Republicans move toward a flexible Vietnam plank as Dwight D. Eisenhower urges against a camouflaged surrender. A nonpartisan committee, of which he is a member, backs avoiding pullout or massive escalation, signaling support for a broad statement allowing the presidential candidate leeway. Nixon supporters on the platform committee expect the draft to reflect that stance.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Richard
M. Nixon
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Rockefeller
John G. Tower
Texas
Platform Committee
Talks between Czechs and Soviets continue near border
Prague reports the Soviet Politburo and Czechoslovak Presidium intensified talks on liberalization as a Czech general opposed to reforms remained in contact with Soviet officers. No outcome announced while the War saw meeting on counterrevolution charges echoes across the border.
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Cierna
Prace
Samuel Kodaj
Strecno
Slovakia
Soviet Union
East Germany
Poland
Bulgaria
Hungary
Warsaw
Soviet Ukraine
Czechoslovakia
Rockefeller Says Nixon Backers Whistling In Darkness
Nelson Rockefeller in Denver calls Nixon backers claiming 700 delegate votes as whistling in the dark. AP survey shows Nixon at 542 first ballot delegates while Rockefeller has 202. Humphrey leads Democrats with 79213 votes toward 1312 needed. McCarthy at 42314. Wallace seeks ballot access in all 50 states. Percy predicts growing separation from Nixon camp.
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Denver
Nixon
Gallup
Hubert H. Humphrey
Eugene J. McCarthy
McCarthy
Associated Press
Humphrey
Carthy Humphrey
America
Los Angeles
National Association of Counties
Washington
George C. Wallace
Sen
Charles H. Percy
Bill
Police Shot In 2 Cities As Racial Violence Spreads
In Peoria Illinois and Seattle Washington gunfire and rioting injure officers and civilians during a surge of racial violence. In Peoria eight officers were shot with five treated and three admitted as violence spread to other areas. Seattle saw a sniper wound two officers amid firebombing and rock throwing. Gary Indiana used beefed up patrols to restore order with 64 arrests and a new 14 member Negro community liaison commission.
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Peoria
St. Francis Hospital
Seattle
Black Panther Party
Panther
Gary, Ind
Gary
Fulbright Challenged In Arkansas Primary
In Arkansas Fulbright faces renomination in the Democratic primary as he defends his Vietnam war stance calling it to stop the killing of servicemen and bring them home. He notes the war costs billions that could fund domestic priorities. Challenger Jim Johnson leads criticism alongside two rivals.
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Little Rock, Ark
J. William Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Jim Johnson
Fulbright
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