Irish Truce Offer Rejected by British Leader
William Whitelaw rejected as an ultimatum from terrorists an Irish Republican Army week long cease-fire in exchange for peace talks. Protestant leaders praised the move, while the Ulster Defense Association postponed Belfast protest actions. Bernadette Devlin accused Whitelaw of surrendering. IRA Provisional chief Sean MacStiofain announced the offer from Free Derry.
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Northern Ireland
William Whitelaw
Britain
Irish Republican Army
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IRA
Provisional
Protestants’ Ulster Defense Association
UDA
Londonderry
Sean MacStiofain
Provisionals
Derry
Senate deadlock may stall Social Security hike ahead of elections
Washington AP reports Senate Finance Committee nears completion of a large welfare and Social Security bill. Aimed at boosting checks by 10 percent, with plans for Medicare drugs and a $750 million widows’ supplement, the package faces splits among proposed welfare reforms and a potential 20 percent across the board raise. If kept together, time constraints threaten passage before August 10.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Robert M. Ball
Nixon
House
Limited reach seen for Workfare welfare work rules
Washington reports a federal Workfare law requiring 1.5 million welfare recipients to register for work or training will have limited effect on swelling welfare rolls. About 140,000 able bodied fathers will sign up, with hundreds of thousands of mothers added as recertifications occur, but fewer than half may be called for interviews.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
PUC to Rule on Curtailment of Gas Service in Energy Crisis
Ohio Public Utilities Commission expected to rule today or Thursday on Columbia Gas of Ohio plan to curtail new residential service amid a regional natural gas shortage. Utilities in Kentucky Indiana and West Virginia face similar limits as states brace for an energy crisis.
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West Virginia
Ohio
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Ohio Gas Co
Thomas Morgan
Columbia Gas
Robert Combs
Western Kentucky Gas Co
William Bell
Indiana Gas Co
Hoosier
West
Virginia
West Virginia Public Service Commission
Combs
Public Service Commission
Lexington Home Builders Association
PSC
Indiana Public Service Commission
Kennedy says he could consider ticket boost for McGovern
The Globe Washington bureau reports Ted Kennedy was asked if he could be persuaded to run with Sen. George McGovern. Kennedy said it could matter if it made a difference but would differ for the presidency and vice presidency. He noted no talks with McGovern on the vice presidency. Kennedy believes McGovern is close to a first ballot nomination and cautions about future developments.
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Kennedy
George McGovern
South Dakota
Massachusetts Democrat
McGovern
Dispatch
Sen. McGovern
the Globe
Soviets Reduce Naval Presence Near Vietnam Coast
Pentagon sources report the Russian naval concentration in the South China Sea has fallen to its lowest level since mine barriers closed North Vietnamese ports. About 13 Soviet ships and subs still near area have dispersed, with some heading to Vladivostok and others toward the Indian Ocean or home waters. One tank-landing ship returned from the Indian Ocean as officials warned of possible Soviet counteraction.
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South China Sea
United States
Pentagon
North Vietnam
U.S
Indian Ocean
Nixon adviser: reporters ask dumb questions at press conferences
Los Angeles AP: John D. Ehrlichmann says President Nixon has few news conferences because journalists ask poor questions. He complains conferences yield flabby and fairly dumb queries and do not elucidate much.
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Los Angeles
Nixon
John D. Ehrlichmann
Podgorny visits Calcutta as Vietnam talks open
Soviet President Nikolai Podgorny arrived in Calcutta and urged the United States to halt bombing North Vietnam. He is the first high ranking Soviet official to meet North Vietnamese leaders since Nixon and Brezhnev discussed Vietnam in Moscow.
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Nikolai Podgorny
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Soviet
High Command
Nixon
Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
Vietnam
Moscow
Portable toilets top safety concerns for 1968 conventions
John Eckoff of the Dade County Public Health Department warns that 500 portable toilets may not suffice for 100,000 convention campers in Miami Beach. He notes the crowd would face long lines and limited access, leaving little time for activities beyond basic needs.
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Miami Beach
Fla
John Eckoff
Dade County Public Health Department
Senate panel refuses to report nursing home fire bill
Ohio Senate committee declines to report the five fire safety standards measure despite backing from nursing home administrators and hospital officials. The bill would require sprinkler and alarm systems in all nursing homes by July 1974 and had cleared the House 90-1.
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Senate
Maloney
R-7
Young
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