Senate to probe Laos spending in secret session
The Senate will pause its draft debate to hold a secret session on U S military actions in northern Laos. Senator Stuart Symington cites hundreds of millions spent without congressional sanction outside normal appropriations. Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield says laying the cards on the table is constructive.
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Carl P. Leubsdorf
Washington
Senate
United States
Laos
Stuart Symington
D. Mo
Mike Mansfield
Foreign Relations Committee
Symington
Central Intelligence Agency
U.S
Missouri Democrat
Experts say war crimes charges unlikely in Vietnam
Three international law experts on television agreed that the United States and its Presidents could not be charged with war crimes in Vietnam though they could not rule on whether involvement was an illegal war of aggression. The two hour program America on Trial airs on National Educational Television.
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London
United States
Vietnam
America
ADA head condemns Nixon plan over dental care gaps
In Chicago, Dr. John M. Deines of the American Dental Association said Nixon health plan would be intolerable for excluding dental care and Medicaid. He urged remodeling to include dental services, noting millions of needy children would lose dental coverage. The ADA criticized AMA for also omitting dental care.
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Chicago
Nixon
American Dental Association
John M. Devies
Seattle
Wash
Deines
Association
Kennedy-Griffiths
Weather Outlook Shifts as Rain Likely Midweek
The forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy skies Wednesday with scattered showers or thunderstorms possible Thursday and Friday. A warming trend is expected late in the week with lows in the 40s to 50s and highs reaching the 70s.
Antiwar lobbying week targets 24 Senate votes in D C
The Lobby of Americans opens a week of lobbying and ads to win support for withdrawing U S funding of the Vietnam War by December 31. Former senators Clark Goodell Gruening and Young lead a Capitol rally as the campaign aims to sway votes for the revived McGovern Hatfield amendment though observers expect slim chances of passage.
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Washington
U.S
Lobby of
Joseph Clark
Charles E. Goodell
N.Y
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Stephen Young
Ohio
Capitol
Senate
Kennedy asks for Laos operation authority after Sullivan testimony
President Kennedy asked for authority to conduct U S operations in northern Laos in a letter dated April 23. The request follows testimony by William H. Sullivan deputy assistant secretary of state for Far Eastern affairs stating the United States has nothing to do with military operations in South Vietnam or Cambodia.
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Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Laos
Hanoi
South Vietnam
U.S
William H. Sullivan
Far Eastern
Cambodia
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