Nixon halves draft calls and delays inductions
President Nixon announced the cancellation of all November and December draft calls and ordered that 20,000 men scheduled for October induction be drawn over three months at under 10,000 per month. He cited Vietnam troop withdrawals and reduced mobilization needs as the reason, with Congress to act on draft reform or an executive order to cut years of possible induction.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Vietnam
Congress
Laird
Selective Service
Thieu Rejects Cease-Fire As First Peace Move
SAIGON AP President Nguyen Van Thieu rejects any immediate cease fire as unrealistic and warns it could lead to another Korea. He says future troop withdrawals depend on enemy activity and progress in Paris talks, with 60 000 U S troops to leave this year and further pullouts tied to negotiated gains. The interview aired on a pre taped weekly show.
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Thieu
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Vietnam
Korea
U.S
South Vietnam
Nixon
Paris
Thien
Gromyko Calls Speech Constructive at U N
At the United Nations General Assembly Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko promised a constructive speech in response to President Nixon on Vietnam and the Middle East. Discussions continued between U S and Soviet officials on missiles and the Helsinki talks with Dobrynin and Sisco meeting at the Waldorf. In Fall River, Mass, Louis Ostrich seeks review of a Registry license denial over not revealing his Social Security number, arguing rights violations and the risk of junk mail.
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United Nations, N.Y
Andrei Gromyko
Nixon
U.N. General Assembly
Vietnam
Middle East
Gromyko
Assembly
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
U.N
U.N. A
United States
Iis
Gromyka
Hanoi
Paris
United Nations
Soviet Union
Helsinki
U.S
Anataly Dobrynin
Joseph J. Sisco
Near East
South Asia
Waldorf
William P. Rogers
New York
Fall River, Mass
New Bedford
Louis J. Ostrich
Superior Court
Registry of
Motor Vehicles
Ostrich
House Votes To Abolish Electoral Middlemen
The House approved a constitutional amendment to abolish the Electoral College and base the presidency on the popular vote. The plan passed 339 to 70 after six days of debate, with 185 Democrats and 154 Republicans for, and 44 Democrats and 26 Republicans against. If ratified by three quarters of states, it would take effect for future elections, potentially as early as 1972, though Senate odds are uncertain.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Senate
Silvia O
Celler
D-N.y
House
Congress
Laser beams trigger tiny fusion bursts in deuterium
French scientists using the world’s most powerful laser generate successive tiny thermonuclear explosions by firing a pulse at ultra cold deuterium to heat nuclei to 15 million degrees. The process, aiming toward hydrogen bomb energy, faces questions of practicality and military secrecy.
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New York Times News
New York
Limeil
French Atomic Energy Commission
Paris
Melvin B. Gottlieb
Forrestal Research Center
Princeton University
Canada Cuts Commitment To NATO
Ottawa announces major force realignment reducing Canadian personnel in Europe from 9 800 to 5 000 by next fall and ending the European nuclear strike role of the air division by January 1972 A German based brigade will drop its Honest John battery as it reorganizes The Bonaventure carrier and an escort maintenance ship will be decommissioned in 1970 Most Atlantic naval forces remain NATO ready in emergencies.
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Ottawa
Canada
Europe
Defense
Leo Cadieux
Cadieux
Germany
Honest John
Bonaventure
NATO
Five Day Forecast Notes Temperatures Through Wednesday
The forecast projects average temperatures around 57 degrees across the five days ending Wednesday. Highs and lows are not specified, but overall the period should remain mild with consistent readings.
Haynsworth attacked by Meany in Senate hearing clash
Washington AP Senate Judiciary hearings into Clement Haynsworth appointment to the Supreme Court enter day four with disputed qualifications. AFL-CIO leader George Meany accuses Haynsworth of antiunion bias and ethics lapses citing a 1963 Deering Milliken case and Meany’s stake in Carolina Vend A Matic.
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Haynsworth
Supreme Court
Meany
Appeals Court
Deering-Milliken Co
Darlington
S.C
Textile Workers Union
Carolina Vend-A-Matic
Deering- Milliken
Nixon Bids Court Protect Black Homeowners
The Nixon administration asks the Supreme Court to protect Negro homeowners access to community recreation facilities, arguing 1866 civil rights law guarantees both housing and incidental benefits including pools and parks. The brief, filed as friend of the court, targets a Virginia suburb case where a white family was allowed property and a Negro family barred from Little Hunting Park facilities.
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Washington AP
Nixon Administration
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Erwin N. Griswold
Virginia
Washington, D.c
Paul E. Sullivan
T. R. Freeman
Little Hunting Park
Sullivan
High Court
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London
Associated Press
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