US tells France atom warheads to be withdrawn
Paris reports that the United States informed France it is withdrawing nuclear warheads from French rockets after Charles de Gaulle’s NATO exit, saying bilateral control treaties no longer apply. France to formally leave NATO Friday. memo reaffirmed an April 12 note.
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France
Charles de Gaulle
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Foreign Office
U.S
Charles F. Bohlen
West Germany
Jean Crepin
Europe
Crepin
Alliance
Germany
Johann Adolf von Kielmansegg
Fontainbleau
Prouty amendments adopted in Senate vote
The U S Senate approved most of nine amendments by Senator Winston Prouty to the Manpower Services Act aimed at limiting the labor secretary’s power. States would establish merit and salary systems and decide on employment offices in small cities, shifting control away from federal authority. France’s NATO withdrawal proceeded with command changes and staged troop withdrawals, including Gen Crepin’s replacement by Gen von Kielmansegg and transfers from Evreux to Mildenhall.
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Washington
API
United States Senate
Winston L. Prouty
R-Vt
Manpower Services Act
Secretary of Labor
Bombing and Ground Fights Deepen Vietnam War Battle
U S jets bombed three oil dumps and a radar center near Hanoi as ground fighting surged 60 miles north of Saigon where the 1st Infantry Division clashed with roughly 2,000 to 2,500 Viet Cong. U S air strikes killed about 200 communists near Hue and Viet Tri, with weekly American casualties near 893.
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Viet Tri
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France and Russia Join In Political Partnership
Moscow pact with De Gaulle pledges close cooperation in international policy and a six month foreign minister meeting cycle. A hotline between the Kremlin and the Elysee is proposed and Western European nations urged to join. De Gaulle tours Red Army drills in rain before signing in the Kremlin. Brezhnev or Podgorny to chair the Russian state. De Gaulle to leave NATO by Friday deadline.
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Nikolai Podgorny
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Russia
Europe
Fair Housing Bill Survives First Congressional Test
Washington reports Johnsons fair housing measure survives its first congressional test with open occupancy provisions and stronger enforcement. The House Judiciary Committee approved the civil rights bill 24 to 9 and will send it to the House floor after the July recess to outlaw discrimination in sale or rental of larger housing developments and reform jury selection methods.
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Governor Rockefeller vetoes New York beer can bill
Albany N Y Gov Nelson Rockefeller vetoed the beer can bill passed at the request of communities to curb teenage drinking in public places. The measure would have made it an offense to drink or carry an open container in public for anyone under 18 and relied on youth testimony for illegal sales prosecutions. The veto cited Liquor Authority objections and concerns about testimony, while housing civil rights fights continued with a Mathias amendment to prevent discrimination by real estate brokers in housing sales or rentals.
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Inside Editorials on Vietnam War Escalation and Ore Bed Road Junkyard
A page four report notes an escalation in the Vietnam War and details Selectmen action on the Ore Bed Road junkyard. Page eight covers a North Bennington school meeting and readsboro holiday celebration preparations.
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North Bennington School Meeting
Readsboro
Utilities Commissioners Vote Phone Monitoring Investigation
New England public utilities commissioners voted to probe call monitoring by The New England Telephone Co. The inquiry, led by Rexford Roberts and due to file a report by July 15, will be independent of state investigations. Massachusetts hearings on electronic eavesdropping are planned for July 13.
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New England Telephone Co
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Connecticut
Commission On
Castro Breaks Silence Blames U S For Cuban Defections
Fidel Castro denounced U S interference over the Central American and Caribbean games in San Juan Puerto Rico accusing Washington of dirty politics. He criticized IOC head Avery Brundage and said U S actions blocked Cuba from competing while noting Mexico won the event and Puerto Rico was second.
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International Olympic Committee
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Bay of Pigs
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Congress Makes Public Selective Service Report
The Defense Department told Congress the draft remains essential for at least a decade but should induct 19 and 20 year olds before older men. It will rely on volunteers where possible and use the draft to cover residual needs. The long awaited report was made public at a House Armed Services hearing chaired by the committee. Assistant Defense Secretary Thomas D. Morris said Johnson ordered the study in 1964 and concluded the draft is needed for the foreseeable future, citing high costs and the Vietnam buildup as factors.
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Sealed Verdict Expected Today In Georgia Civil Rights Trial
A sealed verdict may be handed down today in the civil rights trial of three of six Ku Klux Klansmen accused in the 1964 ambush slaying of Lemuel Penn. The fate of all six may remain until all trials finish. Defendants on trial are Joseph Sims Cecil Myers and George Turner. The proceedings are in Athens with U S attorney Floyd Buford presenting witnesses. 21 government witnesses have testified.
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William A. Bottle
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Joseph Howard Sims
Cecil Myers
George Turner
Denver Willis Phillips
Herbert Guest
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Floyd Buford
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