Premier’s Warning Prompts France Reform Drive
Premier Jacques Chaban-Delmas denounced France’s archaic society and urged sweeping economic, social, and administrative reforms. He won a confidence vote 369-85 and outlined measures to strengthen industry and agriculture, expand training, reform state media, and boost transport, railways, and regional autonomy as France faces crisis and competition.
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New York Times
Paris
Jacques Chaban- Delmas
Oily Trail Left By Barge At Buzzards Bay
The barge Florida ran aground off Chapaquoit Point in Buzzards Bay and leaked diesel over coastal beaches. It was towed to West Island with a plastic containment boom as cleanup crews assessed damage. About 44,000 barrels of diesel were aboard, with nearly two miles of beaches affected including Old Silver Beach. Walter Hickel sent experts to assist in the cleanup.
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North Falmouth
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Nixon to Seek 10 Percent Social Security Increase
President Nixon announced he will ask Congress for a 10 percent rise in Social Security payments, effective next April, as he signed a bill extending federal support for local programs for older Americans.
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Washington
Congress
Senate Rejects Move to Slow New Bomber Program
The Senate narrowly defeats a proposal to halt development of a new strategic bomber replacing the B52. It approves the Nixon plan for full-scale engineering of the Advanced Manned Strategic Aircraft with $100 million next year, marking another setback for Pentagon critics. The chamber also backs Proxmire's amendment to cap independent defense research at $468 million, trimming last year's overhead spending by about 117 million.
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Nixon
Pentagon
George S. McGovern
D-S.d
MacGovern
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Senate Armed Services Committee
United States
Saafer
Stennis
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Defense
The
Defense Department
Mass Denunciations Rally in Maoist China Deaths Reported
AP reports mass denunciation meetings in Communist China turning into people s courts that sentenced alleged anti Maoist elements to death. In Beijing crowds of over 30 000 watched as prosecutors asked for guilt and execution squads fired outside stadiums. Similar sessions were claimed in Canton Wuhan Shanghai and Taiyuan with executions witnessed by crowds. Leaders Mao and Lin Piao are said to have ordered the denunciations to crush opposition.
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Communist China
Peking
Canton
South China
Wuhan
Shanghai
Taiyuan
Mao Tse-tung
Lin Piao
Mao
Lin
Laird signals draft cuts as Vietnam troop reductions grow
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird indicated draft calls will fall in the coming months due to Vietnam troop reductions and a 20,000 man overall cut in U.S. armed strength. He said October’s draft call of 29,000 likely will be reduced and pressed Congress to enact reform to remove inequities in the draft.
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Melvin R. Laird
Vietnam
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Nix
Nixon
Army
Navy
Air Force
United States
Agnew Opposes Mandatory Pupil Busing
Vice President Spiro Agnew voiced opposition to mandatory busing for school integration at the Southern Governors Conference in Williamsburg. He urged halting gerrymandered districts and argued for integration without coercive social engineering, while governors pressed for clarification on the administration’s stance and implementation.
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Williamsburg
Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
Agnew
Virginia
Mills E. Godwin Jr
Haynsworth Seen Gaining With Liberals
Judge Clement Haynsworth faces Senate Judiciary Committee questions on his Supreme Court nomination. He denies any conflict of interest from a 1963 decision, citing no personal benefit from the ruling and noting disclosure of outside finances. Senators Tydings Fong and Cook, seen as liberal moderates, indicated no disqualification concerns after the testimony.
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AP Company
Clement F. Haynaworth
Senate Judiciary Committee
U.S. Supreme Court
Strom Thumond
Ernest Hollings
Washington
Clement IF. Waynsworth
Senate
Supreme Court
Haynsworth
Judiciary Committee
Joseph D. Tydings
D-Md
Hiram J. Fong
Hawaii
Marlow W. Cook
R-Ky
Waynsworth
Tydings
Fong
Cook
AML
Court of Appeals
Deering-Milliken Textile Combine
Darlington
D.C
Textile Workers Union
Five Day Forecast Notes Mixed Temperatures
The outlook shows temperatures near seasonal normals through the period with cooler days through Friday and warmer conditions later in the week. Showers are expected Saturday.
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