VFW chief urges draft reform and China trade limits
VFW national commander H R Rainwater criticizes drug use in Vietnam as similar to colleges, calls for overhaul of the Military Code of Justice, favors four year draft extension and compulsory service. He opposes unilateral Vietnam withdrawal while POWs remain and criticizes CBS for the Selling of the Pentagon documentary. He supports limited trade with Red China for non essential materials and condemns perceived media bias.
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Bemidji
Minn
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Vietnam
H.R. Rainwater
Rainwater
U.S
Shake
Indochina
North Vietnam
VFW
Mail thief testifies he saw top secret military plans
Robert F. Cudak, 29, testifies before the Senate investigations subcommittee that a national theft ring stole $100 million in valuables from U S mail pouches. He says some papers were top secret documents from Army, FBI, and CIA, read by him, burned or sunk, with loot sold at a fraction of value to fences in New York and New Jersey. He notes a warning tied to JFK Airport and mentions a lodge brother who was an FBI agent. He is serving seven years for robberies.
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Senate
Robert F. Cudak
U.S
New York
New Jersey
Cudak
Senate Permanent Investigations Subcommittee
John L. McClellan
John F. Kennedy International Airport
Army
FBI
Jacksonville
Fla
Englin Air Force Base
Department of the Army
Central Intelligence Agency
Charles H. Percy
R-Ill
New York Times
Pentagon
Vietnam
Highway officials defend I 90 design amid bridge crash claims
Minnesota highway officials say Interstate 94 between St Paul and Minneapolis carries no inherent design flaw despite a high accident count on the Dartmouth Avenue bridge near the University of Minnesota exit. They attribute most crashes to driver error, stressing the road itself is safe.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Highway Department
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Dartmouth Ave
University of Minnesota
James Murchie
Public
Mora prepares year round school plan in four groups
Mora Minnesota elementary students will start a year round schedule next month, the first of its kind in Minnesota. Four groups will rotate attendance with 45 days of classes followed by 15 days off, beginning July 6 for group one and ending September 1 for group four. Superintendent Pius Lacher proposed the plan after voters rejected two bond issues totaling 5.9 million dollars for a new building and expansion.
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Mora
Minn
Minnesota
Pius Lacher
My Lai trials linked to Medina case and Calley
Aubrey Daniel the Army prosecutor who secured Calley's My Lai murder conviction will testify on whether improper command influence affected Capt. Ernest Medina's trial. Medina, 34, is charged with killing 102 Vietnamese civilians. Calley was convicted of 22 murders.
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FT. Mcpherson, Ga
Aubrey Daniel
Army
William L. Calley Jr
Ernest Medina
Medina
Montrose
Colo
My Lai
Calley
Ban on animal Lungs for Food Begins June Seventeenth
Agriculture says lungs from cattle calves and sheep will be banned as human food beginning June 17. The ban followed a 1969 proposal due to inadequate inspection procedures to detect diseased or unfit lungs amid protests from groups seeking to retain lung meat for specific ethnic markets.
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Washington
Three Named to Hamline University Board
The Hamline University Board of Trustees approved three Minnesotans as new board members. Mrs. George Benz of White Bear Lake, Kenneth H. Dahlberg of Deephaven, and the Rev. Willard Ailin of Rochester were named at Hamline in a Wednesday announcement by President Richard P. Bailey.
Kenosha Woman Bound Over In Duluth Forgery Case
Kathryn Moore 28 of Kenosha faces forgery charges after a municipal court hearing in Duluth where a bank employee described her cashing of an $800 stolen check at a local bank. An outstanding Mankato warrant accuses her of bilking six banks out of $4,800, with similar schemes linked to Austin and Rochester.
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Duluth, Minn
Kenosha
Wis
Duluth
Kathryn Moore
Larry D. Johnson
North Shore State Bank
Mansfield
Ohio
Johnson
Western National Bank of
This Day in History June 17 1971 Highlights
A compact recap of notable events on June 17 across history including Sir Francis Drake’s California landing in 1759 John Wesley’s birth in 1703 the 1775 Bunker Hill battle 1940 France seeking peace terms 1959 De Valera as Irish president 1963 US Supreme Court ruling on school prayer 1967 China’s first hydrogen bomb 1971 Nixon inflation appeals and other items.
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Francis Drake
California
John Wesley
England
Bunker Hill
France
Germany
Eamon de Valera
Irish Republican
U.S. Supreme Court
China
United States
Soviet Union
FCC receives radio applications for new FM stations
The Federal Communications Commission announced applications from Plano Michigan Marion Illinois Siouxland Broadcasting Inc Laverne Minnesota Melvin Pulley Cottage Grove Minnesota for permits to operate new FM stations. Proposed frequencies include 107.1 100.9 and 92.1 megacycles.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Plano
Dennis F. Doelitzsch
Marion
Ill
Laverne
Minn
Siouxland Broadcasting Inc
Old Highway 16
E. Laverne
Waseca
Melvin Pulley
Grey Cloud Trail
Cottage Grove
Minnesota 5 Day Forecast Sees Showers North and South
The forecast calls for variable cloudiness with showers and possible thunderstorms in the north and south on Saturday. Sunday brings a mix of cloudy east and partly cloudy west with a chance of showers east. Monday trends fair to partly cloudy with highs in the 70s north to 80s south. Overnight lows range from the low 50s in the north to the low 60s in the south, cooling to the low 50s statewide by Monday.
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Minn
Antitrust suits move to Minneapolis for trial
Thirty one antitrust suits against antibiotic makers will be tried in U S District Court in Minneapolis after the U S Court of Appeals declined to change venue to New York. Judge Miles Lord set September 1 as the trial date with defendants including Pfizer Inc American Cyanamid Bristol-Myers Squibb Squibb Beech Nut and Upjohn Co The actions involve states the U S government Kuwait and South Vietnam insurers and labor funds alleging a conspiracy to monopolize the antibiotic market from 1954 to 1966 in ABC Powers Argentina Brazil and Chile.
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New York
U.S. District Court
Minneapolis
U.S. Court of Appeals
Miles Lord
Pfizer Inc
American Cyanamid Co
Bristol Beyers Co
Squibb-Beechnut Inc
The
Upjohn Co
U.S
Kuwait
South Vietnam
Labor Union Health Funds
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