Nixon Wins Narrow ABM Vote in Senate
In a close Senate showdown, President Nixon wins approval for the Safeguard ABM program amid party splits. Senators Case and Cooper doubt deployment will occur soon, while Smith Hart and Cooper flag ongoing scrutiny of defense spending and ABM research funding.
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Senate
Nixon
Clifford P. Case
New Jersey
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Pentagon
Cooper
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Spiro T. Agnew
Clinton P. Anderson
Dn.m
John J. Williams
Rdel
White House
House
Thomas J. McIntyre
D-N.h
McIntyre
Hart Cooper
Hart
Charles Percy
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Tornado death toll in North may top 12
North Minnesota communities reel after eight tornadoes hit resorts from Brainerd to Duluth. At least 12 killed including a church camp couple. dozens injured and many still missing. Gov. LeVander to survey damage with National Guard deployment.
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North May
Outing
Minn
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Brainerd
Duluth
Roosevelt Lake
Civil Air Patrol
al Simonsen
Simonsen
Sioux City
Iowa
Harold LeVander
St. Paul
National Guard
Walhalla area eyes ABM base economic boom
Walhalla North Dakota residents anticipate benefits from an anti ballistic missile site after Senate votes. Gov Guy, once opposed, offers no comment after amendments failed. Preliminary road surveys cost 75000 dollars to access the site 15 miles south. Local editor Knudson cites 1500 2000 workers and 70 personnel expected at completion.
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Walahall
N.D
Walhalla
U.S. Senate
William L. Guy
North Dakota Highway Department
Carl Samdahl
Valhalla
Knudson
Charles Perry
Bismarck
North Dakota
Pentagon
Guy
Fallon Named Superintendent at Lino Lakes State Facility
John J. Fallon, assistant director of the Community Health and Welfare Council in Hennepin County, is named superintendent of the State Corrections Facility at Lino Lakes.
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ST. Paul
John J. Fallon
Community Health and Welfare Council
Hennepin County
Lino Lakes
Viet Cong Attacks Hit Cam Ranh Bay and Saigon School
Viet Cong struck Cam Ranh Bay's Army hospital and a Saigon language school, killing 13 and wounding 119. At Cam Ranh Bay two Americans died and 57 were wounded as attackers breached the convalescent hospital. in Saigon eight Vietnamese and 23 Americans were killed or hurt when a 60 pound bomb exploded before the school.
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Saigon
U.S
Cam Ranh Bay
Guage School
U.S. Air Force
Vietnam
U.S. Command
Lyndon B. Johnson
Cam Ranh
Collins seeks state appointed attorneys in EMU murder case
John N. Collins, charged with the stabbing death of EMU freshman Karen Sue Beineman, asked the court for court-appointed defense. His preliminary examination was postponed to Aug 14 while new counsel are appointed. Collins reported only owning a motorcycle. He is held without bond at Washtenaw County jail.
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Collins
Eastern Michigan University
Karen Sue Beineman
Washtenaw County
Ypsilanti
Edward Deake
Michigan
Arlington Teen Drowns at High Island Lake
A 16 year old from Arlington Minnesota, Jeffrey St John, drowned while swimming with two other teens at High Island Lake near New Auburn. His body was recovered at about 410 p.m. The St John family is listed as his.
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New Auburn
Jeffrey St. John
Six Arab saboteurs sentenced to life in Israeli court
Six Arab saboteurs captured May 4 in a clash with an Israeli Army patrol were given life terms by a military court. They pleaded guilty after blowing up a railway line to Beersheba and throwing grenades in Hebron, killing one man. One assailant died in the raid.
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Associated Press
Beersheba
Hebron
al Fatah
Nixon Kiesinger talks open European security at White House
President Nixon and West German Chancellor Kiesinger began talks at the White House focusing on European security and East West relations with no immediate decisions expected.
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Washington
Nixon
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
White House
Known tornado deaths in Minnesota Wednesday fatalities listed
A list names twelve victims of Wednesday’s Minnesota tornadoes. The deceased include Evelyn Carta of Bloomington Jens Gottliev of Minneapolis Rae Knighton of New Hope Arthur Olson of Richfield his wife Rebecca Dugan Edith Dugan Harry Long of St. Paul his wife Dennis Hietala of Duluth Edith Hietala of rural Aurora and Susan Marko of St. Louis Park.
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Auto Club Rd
Bloomington
Minn
Jens Gottliev
Lincoln St
Minneapolis
Rae J. Knighton
Meadow Lake Rd
New Hope
Arthur S. Olson
Augsburg Ave
Richfield
Olson
Rebecca Ann Dugan
Edith K. Dugan
Harry Long
Stryker Ave
St. Paul
Dennis Hietala
Hagberg St
Duluth
Arthur Hietala
Aurora
Susan Marko
St. Louis Park
Nixon proposes 10 billion in 12 year mass transit plan
President Nixon asks Congress to authorize a 10 billion, 12 year program to improve local bus rail and subway systems. It would start with 300 million in year one rising to 1 billion annually by 1975 with 500 million for research and rest for capital investments.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
House
Senate
I Am Re
Spock case dropped after circuit reversal ruling
The government abandons its prosecution of Dr Benjamin Spock and codefendant Michael Ferber following a First Circuit acquittal for Spock and Ferber on conspiracy to aid draft avoidance. The DOJ seeks Supreme Court review extension for Coffin and Goodman. Thieves also robbed Brant Felker store in Campbell River stealing $62.
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Washington
Benjamin Spock
Michael Ferber
Spock
Supreme Court
William Sloane Coffin Jr
Yale University
Mitchell Goodman
Erwin Griswold
Justice Department
Ferber
Coffin
U.S. First Circuit Court
Boston
Goodman
Veriet
Campbell River
British Columbia
Brant Felker
Vancouver Island
Felker
Twisters bring eerie winds over outing area
Outing Minnesota reels after killer tornadoes strike with little warning. Residents recall ominous skies and roaring thunder as homes damaged and a two year old remains missing. National Guardsmen assist looters watch, Crosby hospital treats injured while reporter Thomas Wensen surveys Roosevelt Lake area.
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Outing
Minn
F.C. Swanson
Minneapolis
Shriver Denies Kennedy Moon Landing Quote
U.S. ambassador to France Sargent Shriver denies remarks attributed to him in a Miami Herald story quoting John F. Kennedy about watching the moon landing from heaven. Shriver says the claim is fictitious and sent a letter to The Associated Press clarifying he never said it.
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Sargent Shriver
U.S
France
John F. Kennedy
Miami Herald
Cape Kennedy
Fred Andersen
Shriver
Kennedy
America
Associated Press
Herald
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