Barge Flooded in Wisconsin to Halt Oil Spill
A barge that leaked thousands of gallons of No 2 fuel oil into the upper Mississippi River was partially flooded by Wisconsin officials to trap remaining oil in four compromised compartments. About 64,000 gallons leaked after a collision with a wing dam near Alma.
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Alma. Wis
Mississippi River
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Chester Forkum
Army Corps of Engineers
George Stroube
Wing Dam
Alma
Stroube
Godfrey
Dairyland Power Cooperative
House Panel Calls 384.3m HUD Funding Cut
Washington AP report: House Appropriations Committee proposes a 19 percent, 384.3 million cut in HUD funds within a 14.9 billion omnibus bill. The package lowers urban renewal and model cities spending, adds 7.5 million for an official VP residence, and boosts Veterans Administration funding to 7.7 billion while preserving key rent and housing programs.
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Washington
Department of Housing and Urban Development
House Appropriations Committee
House
Nixon
Veterans Administration
Lyndon B. Johnson
HUD
Congress
NATO Eyes 2–3 Month Stand Against Soviet Attack
NATO’s top civilian Timothy W. Stanley says the United States and Western Europe could deter a major Soviet conventional attack for two to three months without nuclear weapons. The time would depend on warning time to mobilize U.S. and European forces, contrasting British Defense Minister Denis Healey's claim that Soviets could overrun Western Europe in days.
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Brussels
Pentagon
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
United States
Denis Healey
Western Europe
Air traffic delays loom as controllers call in sick
News briefs from Washington report major delays as controllers at New York Denver and Houston call in sick and other staff adhere to new regulations. In New York, LaGuardia stacked 32 planes awaiting takeoffs while operations were cut by at least half.
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Washington
New York
Denver
Houston
LaGuardia
Patman pushes national usury law amid rate hike hearings
Rep. Wright Patman demands administration stance on possible national usury ceiling as House Banking Committee opens hearings into the 8 percent prime rate. Treasury Secretary Kennedy testifies as Patman accuses Wall Street banks of pressuring loan costs and questions Kennedy's conflicts of interest with Continental Illinois.
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Edmond Lebreton
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Wright Patman
Patman
House Banking Committee
Treasury
David M. Kennedy
D-Tex
Wall Street
Banking Committee
Kennedy
Continental Illinois National Bank of Chicago
Viet Cong Assault Rages Around Tay Ninh City
Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces launched six assaults on Tay Ninh 50 miles northwest of Saigon as about 300 guerrillas and infiltrators fought Allied troops in the streets. The offensive, strongest of the summer, left roughly 200 enemy dead and caused about 1,000 civilians to flee. Fire Base Washington near Tay Ninh faced heavy pressure with 35 enemy killed, six prisoners taken, and 14 Americans wounded. Lt Col Carmichael, wounded slightly, remained in command.
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Associated Press
Saigon
Tay Ninh
Cambodia
Washington
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
9Th
Robert D. Carmichael
Columbus
Allies fault Reds in Vietnam peace talks in Paris
In the 22nd session of the talks, U S and South Vietnam accused North Vietnam and the Viet Cong backed provisional revolutionary government of blocking progress by demanding a Saigon government ouster and insisting on force. Ambassador Walsh urged mutual troop withdrawal and rejected a one sided South Vietnamese withdrawal or a preliminary coalition mandate. The new provisional government, seated last Thursday, plans to follow the NLF peace plan with Mrs Nguyen Thi Binh leading the delegation.
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Paris
United States
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Saigon
Lawrence E. Walsh
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
North Vietnam
Pham Dang Lam
Walsh
National Liberation Front
NLF
Nguyen Thi Binh
Ex IRS supervisor and three executives indicted in Newark
A former IRS supervisor, Trodyne Corp. president, Taral Mason Contractors Inc. chief, and a public accountant were indicted by a federal grand jury on bribery and conspiracy charges. Atty Gen John N. Mitchell announced the two indictments in U S District Court in Newark.
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Washingto
Internal Revenue Service
Atty
John N. Mitchell
U.S. District Court
Newark
IRS
Trodyne Corp
Taral Mason Contractors, Inc
Five Senate Republicans back Lindsay bid in GOP race
Five leading Senate Republicans across New England and the Mid-Atlantic endorsed John Lindsay for re election despite his loss in the GOP city primary. Senators Brooke Hatfield Mathias Goodell Javits said Lindsay remains a national figure with broad urban support, predicting a fusion ticket style race against Marchi and Procaccino.
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Washington
Senate
New York
John V. Lindsay
Lindsay
Edward W. Brooke
Massachusetts
Mark O. Hatfield
Oregon
Charles McC. Mathias Jr
Maryland
Jacob K. Javits
Charles E. Goodell
Mathias
Marchi
Mario Procaccino
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
LaGuardia
Goodell
Javits
Hatfield
Brooke Goodell
GOP
Charles Percy
Illinois
Hugh Scott
Richard S. Schweiker
Pennsylvania
Percy
Spiro T. Aznew
Pittsburgh
Nixon
Fires Out Of Control Across Western Canada In 300 Count
More than 300 forest fires raged across western and northwestern Canada with many out of control. British Columbia Alberta Saskatchewan and the Yukon faced critical conditions as 199 fires burned in BC 19 in Alberta three in Saskatchewan and one in Manitoba. The Yukon reported a 100000 acre blaze near Pelly Crossing prompting evacuations of about 150 residents.
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Edmonton
Alta
Canada
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Yukon
Northwest Territories
John Gass
Whitehorse
Manitoba
Pelly Crossing
Minnesota governments miss millions due to conservative estimate
ST PAUL AP Because of an estimate that turned out to be conservative local units of government in Minnesota appear to be getting short changed about 6 million this year.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Head launches bid for a Senate endorsement
Atty. Gen. Douglas Head, 39, declared his bid for the GOP Senate endorsement in St. Paul, framing the campaign around law and order. He pits himself against Rep. Clark MacGregor for the party’s June endorsement as he criticizes Eugene J. McCarthy’s status and emphasizes strengthening local police agencies.
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ST. Paul
Douglas Head
U.S. Senate
Head
Clark MacGregor
GOP
Senate
Eugene J. McCarthy
McCarthy
GOP group report Nixon warned on deep student unrest
A 37 page report by 22 House Republicans to President Nixon finds campus discontent runs deeper than feared. They urge no rash cuts to federal aid, say colleges bear primary responsibility, and propose a Youth Foundation and Teachers Corps as well as broader student opportunities. They toured 50 colleges and stressed both widespread concern and general student decency.
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Washington
Nixon
House Republicans
GOP
National Youth Foundation
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Johns Hopkins
NSF
National Science Foundation
William D. McElroy
Johns Hopkins University
McElroy
Leland J. Haworth
Brazil
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
Reds
Michael Goldsmith
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John Marchi
By Gerry Nelson
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John Beckler
House Education and Labor Committee
William Brock
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