Nixon urges national duty as he campaigns for social reforms
The president spoke to older Americans about shared responsibility and a revenue sharing plan, urging continued civic involvement and values. He visited Vernon Indiana to inaugurate a road marker at his mother’s birthplace, then toured Indianapolis before a Purdue University retirement tribute.
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Vernon
Ind
Hannah Milhous Nixon
California
Indianapolis
Chicago
Frederick L. Hovde
Purdue University
Johnson memoirs align with Pentagon Vietnam origins study
Lyndon B Johnson's unpublished memoirs reveal the administration prepared for large scale U S military involvement in Vietnam as early as 1964. Newsday reports the book supports key findings of the classified Pentagon study on the war's origins. Johnson discusses adviser battles over bombing and gradual pressure against the North.
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Garden City
N.Y
Lyndon B. Johnson
White House
Vietnam
U.S
Newsday
Long Island
Pentagon
Legislature Returns to Zero in Tax Talks Stalemate
Minnesota legislators resume work after a month without a tax agreement. Senate Leader Holmquist says trouble as Conservatives fail to gain caucus support for the latest plan. House and Senate adjourn to 5 pm Monday while leaders hold weekend talks to craft a bill acceptable to both sides.
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Senate
Stanley Holmquist
House
Capitol
Holmquist
Wendell Anderson
Severe storms leave Rochester battered with injuries and damage
Volunteers joined cleanup as winds up to 80 mph toppled trees and roofs across Rochester Minnesota. Mayo Clinic reports about a dozen injuries with one man suffering a broken leg. The storm caused widespread damage, power outages, and evacuations in several neighborhoods and nearby towns.
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James Watson
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LeSueur
Minesota
South Dakota
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John Marshall Garden
Heritage
Click Riemersman
New Ulm
Winona
Mississippi River
Moving Co
Nelson Tire Twin Co. Employes
Dodge County
Manterville
Fairfax
Heavy fighting around abandoned Fire Base Fuller
Reports say fierce clashes continued around Fire Base Fuller as U S B52 bombers supported South Vietnamese troops targeting mortar crews in the hills below the DMZ. North Vietnamese forces had overrun Fuller, but some American advisers escaped to safety while artillery pieces were moved out.
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Fuller
Demilitarized Zone
le Trung Hien
Dmz
Associated Press
Michael Putzel
U.S. Command
Sarge
Putzel
U.S
Senate extends draft and boosts Gis pay in new bill
The Senate approved a two year draft extension and a 2.7 billion dollar pay increase for servicemen, while adding a nine month withdrawal plan if POWs are released. The measure also trims the overall force to 2.4 million, keeps conscientious objector service, and expands draft appeal rights.
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Senate
White House
Congress
House
FBI extortion attempt targets publisher Ridder
The FBI reports an unsuccessful extortion attempt of 30000 dollars from Walter T. Ridder, publisher of a newspaper. A former employee was critically wounded in a gunfight during the incident.
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FBI
Gary, Ind
Walter T. Ridder
Ridder
Supreme Court weighs appeals in Vietnam war study case
The Supreme Court considers government and The New York Times appeals over publication of secret Pentagon history material. A 6 p.m. deadline looms before a ruling that could allow The Washington Post to publish freely while The Times faces a ban on using items in the 47 volume study. The Justice Department argues publication harms national security and diplomacy.
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Supreme Court
New York Times
Pentagon
Washington Post
Times
Justice Department
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Post
the Times
U.S. Circuit Court
New York City
Erwin W. Griswold
U.S. Circuit Court For
District of Columbia
New heroin test proves effective for Vietnam GI screening
A civil lab in Washington says its FRAT assay detects heroin up to five days after use and is 100 times more sensitive than older methods. WRL officials cite screening over 2500 urine samples daily as Vietnam troops move through treatment centers and new centers open at Long Binh and Can Rang Bay.
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Vietnam
Washington Reference Laboratory
WRL
Bette Hamman
Steele
Defense Department
South Vietnam
United States
U.S
Long Binh
Can Ranh Bay
Governor names Gray probate and juvenile judge
Probate Judge Donald A. Gray of Long Prairie Minnesota was appointed Todd County probate and juvenile judge by Governor Wendell R. Anderson on Thursday.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Donald A. Gray
Long Prairie
Minn
Todd County
Wendell R. Anderson
Art auction sets record at Christie’s with $8.7 million
Titian Death of Actaeon and 26 Old Masters sold at Christie’s in London for a record 8,735,580 dollars. A London dealer, Julius Weitzner, bought the Titian for 4,032,000 dollars and declined to identify the ultimate purchaser, saying he did not know where the painting would go. He indicated willingness to bid higher.
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Titian
Actaeon
Christie’s
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