Senate probes blocked by access restrictions abroad
UPI reports Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff facing mounting barriers on fact finding trips. Investigators to Europe were barred from bases housing tactical nuclear weapons, while Cambodia visits were told to return to Washington for data. Obstructions echo two years of restricted access, with GAO requests blocked over classified material.
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Bipartisan Committee Urged To Regulate Federal Campaigns
Washington moved by a Twentieth Century Fund task force urges Congress to regulate federal campaigns after estimating more than half the money spent on congressional elections goes unreported. The proposal aims to increase disclosure and curb outside influence through stricter reporting and oversight.
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Yeti Sighted On Annapurna Trail In Moonlit Night
Kathmandu reports a fresh sighting of the Abominable Snowman by Don Whillans of the British Mt Annapurna expedition. He described a tall, gorilla-like figure 500 yards away at 2:30 a.m. and noted footprints the next morning amid poor visibility for photographs.
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Cosmonauts Near US Space Flight Record In 147 Hour Flight
Soviet cosmonauts Andrian Nikolayev and Vitaly Sevastianov in Soyuz 9 extended their flight to 147 hours, the longest for the USSR and surpassing Bykovsky but still short of the U S Gemini 7 record. They began June 1 and may stay aloft up to 18 days as experiments continue.
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UPI
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Foe Driven Back Near Angkor Wat
Cambodian troops pushed Communist forces from the outskirts of Siem Reap and its airport near Angkor Wat recapturing Siem Reap Airport and the nearby barracks. Kompong Thom was also retaken. U.S. and South Vietnamese losses and troop levels in Vietnam were updated as the Cambodian campaign entered its seventh week.
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