State Department disavows Senate Irish resolution
The State Department quickly disavowed a Senate resolution urging President Nixon to end violence in Northern Ireland and withdraw British troops. A spokesman said it is a matter for those immediately concerned to work out. the U.S. Embassy in London said the resolution does not reflect administration policy. Lord Cromer warned withdrawal would worsen bloodshed.
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Hugh L. Carey
D-N.y
Northern Ireland
All Ireland
U.S
Ribicoff
AEC shifts policy role to referee public interest
Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg or Dr. Schlesinger states the Atomic Energy Commission will assume a limited role, acting as a referee to serve the public interest. He cautions industry against confusing duties and warns environmentalists to avoid broadside attacks while noting nuclear power could reduce emissions and waste from fossil fuels.
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Schlesinger
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Prayer amendment gains momentum for House vote
In Washington opponents of the proposed constitutional amendment to allow school prayer report growing optimism after 218 House signatures moved the measure from judiciary to the floor for a November 8 vote. Sponsor Rep. Chalmers Wylie, with opposition from church leaders, says he remains hopeful despite mounting criticism. A two thirds majority is required to pass, and 144 nay votes would block it.
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UPI
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Judiciary Committee
Chalmers P. Wylie
Rohio
Supreme Court
Wylie
Connally delays Phase II hearing in Congress
Washington The House postponed the vote on Nixon’s rush economic bill after Treasury Secretary Connally missed a banking committee hearing to attend an American Bankers Association convention in San Francisco. Rep Patman warned of an empty-chair session but canceled after Connally called to say he would return to Texas. Patman criticized the bankers group as influential lobbying power.
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UPI
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Connally
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D-Tex
Patman
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American Bankers Association
Texas
Montreal
Johnson cites 1965 Wallace request as pivotal in voting rights
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson writes that Wallace asking federal troops to protect Selma to Montgomery marchers marked the critical turning point in the Negro voting rights struggle. He notes Alabama could not fund protection and cites troops as citizens, not intruders, reversing the state stance. Johnson also reflects on 1968 riots and his early awareness of racial discrimination.
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UPI
Lyndon B. Johnson
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Martin Luther King Jr
Johnson
Wallace
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama National Guard
Selma-to
Washington Post
Senate doves push antiwar amendments to aid bill
Senate doves added two antiwar amendments to the House foreign aid bill in a bid to force disengagement from Vietnam. One would fund only troop withdrawal, the other set a national policy to disengage from Indochina by spring. The committee also reversed much of its prior cuts, leaving total aid at 3.2 billion.
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UPI
Senate
Vietnam
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House
Indochina
Saigon
White House
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Fulbright
FCC member links Agnew with broadcast censorship
United Press International reports that FCC Commissioner Nicholas Johnson told a Senate subcommittee that Vice President Agnew may have pressured the FCC to ban songs with drug themes. Johnson cites a White House meeting with broadcasters and executives and the subsequent illfated order. Dean Burch denies dancing to Agnew's tune, and CBS President Frank Stanton disputes conspiracy claims while condemning government intrusion into journalism.
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UPI
Nicholas Johnson
Federal Communication Commissioner
Spiro T. Agnew
FCC
Senate
Constitutional Rights Subcommittee
Agnew
Dean Burch
Johnson
Burch
Frank Stanton
CBS
Stanton
New York
The Stewardesses and a Double Bill at Williams College
Williamstown cinema continues ads for The Stewardesses rated X amid scarce decent films. A weekly double feature shows Bullitt and Bonnie and Clyde starring Steve McQueen Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, praised for graphic violence. Showtimes listed as 7 and 8 55, 7 and 9.
Soviet orbital interceptor tests noted by Jane's
London reports Jane's All the World’s Aircraft lists Soviet earth satellite tests that stalk and destroy other spacecraft. Interceptor launches include Cosmos 249 252 374 375 and 397 with 400 intercepted by 404. officials say Cosmos designations cover spy satellites and tests for a Fractional Orbital Bombardment System.
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OPI
Jane
John W.R. Taylor
Taylor
Cosmos
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