Senate votes Tuesday on draft exemption in Vietnam bill
In a renewed push, Senator Gaylord Nelson seeks to bar draftees from combat in Vietnam after December 31 unless they volunteer or reenlist. Supported by Hubert Humphrey, the measure faces strong opposition over fairness and precedent as the Senate weighs extending the Selective Service Act beyond June 30.
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Cam Ranh Bay hit as 1.5 million gallons of fuel burned
Communist commandos blew up five fuel storage tanks at Cam Ranh Bay in a Sunday night raid destroying about 1.68 million gallons of jet fuel and aviation gasoline worth $285,000, then shelled the base with mortars. No injuries reported.
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Guardsmen sent to Chattanooga amid city violence
National Guardsmen and state troopers were ordered into Chattanooga to back up police amid sniping, firebombing, and looting. One man was wounded by gunfire during the violence, as authorities said 1,500 to 2,000 soldiers would assist patrols in the city of 113,000 amid three days of unrest starting Friday night.
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Washington Window Congress to repeal mothers place in home
Congress plans to repeal the idea that a mother belongs in the home and will vote to require welfare mothers to work or train for jobs under a new family assistance program. About 2 million welfare mothers could be affected, with 3 million families on welfare nationwide and 15 million people on welfare overall. Many lack high school education or basic reading skills, sparking concerns about job availability and readiness.
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Podgorny to meet Sadat in Cairo amid purge tensions
Soviet President Nikolai V. Podgorny travels to Cairo for talks with Anwar Sadat after Sadat's purge of top officials sparked concern over shifts in Egypt Soviet relations. Meetings aimed to secure assurances that the purge would not signal a policy drift.
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Beirut
Ismail Sabry
Labor unions poured 1.1 million into Senate campaigns
American for Constitutional Action says labor groups gave 1.1 million to 20 Democrats and four Republicans elected to the Senate last year, with the largest 105,966 to Sen. Harrison A. Williams Jr. of New Jersey. ACA notes 41 Senate candidates benefited in 1970, including 17 who lost.
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Harrison A. Williams Jr
D-N.j
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Howard Metzenbaum
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Robert Taft Jr
Rohio
Williams
John V. Tunney
D-Calif
Stuart Symington
Dmo
Vance Hartke
Dind
Philip Hart
Dmich
Adlai E. Stevenson III
D-Ill
Frank Moss
Utah
Hubert H. Hemphrey
D-Minn
Winston L. Prouty
Vermont
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Thomas J. Dodd
Connecticut
Metzenbaum
Albert Gore
Tennessee
Ralph Yarborough
Texas
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