Pentagon accuses over Safeguard defense study figures
Washington hearing pits Wiesner against Teller over the Safeguard missile defense program. Wiesner says the system wastes money and accelerates the arms race while Teller argues deployment is justified and urgent against Soviet threats. The session highlights conflicts over intelligence estimates and Pentagon pledges.
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New York Times
Washington
Defense Department
Capitol Hill
Senate Foreign Relations Disarmament
Jerome B. Wiesner
Kennedy
Johnson
Edward Teller
Teller
United States
Wiesner
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Pentagon
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Nixon
John §. Foster Jr
Defense Research and Engineering
Richard Helms
Central Intelligence
Fulbright
Defense
David Packard
Senate Armed Services Committee
Congress
Packard
Jerome Wiesner
Senate
Kennedy proposes 30 day voting residency limit bill
Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts introduces a measure to limit state and local residency requirements for presidential election voting to no more than 30 days prior to the election. The bill aims to ease eligibility rules and expand voter access.
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Washington
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
Presbyterians Offer Forum To Mexican Black Critics
In San Antonio the United Presbyterian Church invited Mexican American advocates and black militants to speak at its general assembly breakfast, amid a sit in by James Forman and allies demanding $80 million cash, a share of church income, and redirection of Southern and New Mexico land to Black and Mexican communities.
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San Antonio
Tex
United Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
General Assembly
Spanish America
James Forman
National Black Economic Development Conference
New York
Executive Council
Forman
Manhattan
National Mission Board
Presbyterian
181St General Assembly
New Mexico
Hardliners Seen Holding Hanoi Whip
Washington reports say a thin North Vietnamese leadership majority favors battlefield victory over negotiated settlement. General Giap leads a hardline faction opposing Paris talks, while Nixon asserts enemy doubts and hints at U.S. troop withdrawals tied to mutual pullback and reduced activity, with modernization of South Vietnamese forces key to any withdrawal.
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Washington
U.S
Vo Nguyen Gian
North Vietnam
Dien Bien Phu
Paris
Giap
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Nixon
Vietnam
Sout
United States
Melvin R. Laird
Nixon Surtax Extension Faces Bipartisan Opposition
Washington AP reports Nixon’s proposed income surtax extension meets resistance in and out of Congress. Rep. Vanik calls it in serious trouble amid urban policy strains and party splits. AFL-CIO demands broader tax reform, while liberal lawmakers seek tax reform first. House Republicans and Chairman Mills weigh administration pitches for a short extension to balance the budget.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Charles A. Vanik
Ohio
Tax Writing House
Ways and Means Committee
John W. Byrnes
Wisconsin
Afl-Cio Executive Council
House
Liberal Democratic Study Group
Vanik
Byrnes
Wilbur D. Mills
Kidnappers Take $100000 From LI Bank in Broad-Daylight
Bethpage bank manager Roy W. Fuchs, forced at gunpoint to take cash from the vault, delivered about $100,000 to gunmen who then abducted his wife and three children. After depositing the money, Fuchs followed taped instructions leading to a vacant lot near a Jericho motel, where the money was left. Mrs Fuchs later returned home with the children, all reportedly safe.
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Bethpage
N.Y
Long Island
Roy W. Fuchs
Huntington
Fuchs
Franklin National Bank
Green Meadow Lance
Jericho
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Arkansas Democrat
Intelligence Committee
Legislative Branch
Johnson Administration
Berkshire Eagle
Pittsdale
Massachusetts
Presbyterians
Linion Federal Savingis Association
Noah N
Pittsfield
ASML
Main St
Springfield
Eveeel
Winnie
Sears
Allendale Shopping Center
South Street
Pittsfield Street
Dalton
Rod
Mitchell
Dick Mog Sporting Goods
Fennet, Opp
City
Td Lot
Mills
Rogers Jewelry
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Berkshires
Fathers Day
Tion
North St. Ter
Longines & Wittnever Watches
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Allendale
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