Injunction Sought To Halt Bluefield Elections
Attorneys for T Courtney Tanner seek an injunction to stop Bluefield city elections on June 10 and July 1 until five voting districts are redrawn by population. Judge F Morton Wagner scheduled a hearing as Tanner argues current districts violate constitutional rights due to unequal populations. He notes Districts One and Two hold 40 percent of voters while District Three to Five total 60 percent.
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T. Courtney Tanner
Bluefield
Norris Kantor
Mercer County
F. Morton Wagner
Wagner
Kantor
Dan Wells
Tanner
Bluefield Board of Directors
District One
District Two
District Three
District Four
District Five
Signs Of Disunity Within Communist Ranks
Moscow hosts a Red summit where East and West leaders seek unity while Western Communist delegations protest evasive language. Key issues include the Czechoslovakia invasion and the Brezhnev Doctrine as China and others boycott the conference.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Czechoslovakia
Communist Party
Central Committee
Great Britain
Australia
Spain
Belgium
Switzerland
Brezhnev
Howell Proposes Regional Offices in Virginia Campaign
Virginia gubernatorial hopeful State Senator Henry E. Howell Jr. vowed to create regional state action offices to cut red tape and bring government closer to residents at a Tazewell rally. He criticized the Norfolk and Western Railway plan to end passenger service and urged citizens of Virginia and West Virginia to share information for upcoming Interstate Commerce Commission hearings.
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Henry E. Howell Jr
Norfolk
Virginia
Tazewell County
Tazewell
Howell
Norfolk and Western Railway
N&w
Cincinnati
Interstate Commerce Commission
West Virginia
Maritime Tower
Monticello Avenue
Senators Clash Over C5A Loss Estimates At Hearing
Senate Armed Services officials examined Lockheed’s figures on the C5A contract as Air Force estimates of a $285 million loss for 120 planes clashed with Lockheed executives who said losses would be about $13 million. Lockheed chairman Daniel Haughton said spares costs change the picture and hinted the company could break even or profit on some scenarios.
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Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Air Force
Robert C. Seamans Jr
Lockheed
Daniel J. Haughton
Lockheed Board
Thomas R. May
Lockheed-Mariette Co
Haughton
Harry F. Byrd Jr
D-Va
Byrd
Seamans
Littering Comment Draws Gender Subtext
A scenic beauty expert says men are worse litterbugs than women. He suggests women tend to delegate disposal to husbands, implying differing habits between the two genders.
79 Persons Believed Dead In Mexican Jetliner Crash
A Mexicana de Aviacion Boeing 727 with 79 aboard crashed on a mountainside near Monterrey. Survivors were not reported as rescue crews battled bad weather and rugged terrain while searching for wreckage. Notable passengers included Rafael Osuna, Carlos Madrazo, and Raul Chapa Zarate.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Mexicana de Aviacion
Monterrey
Juan Antonio Margain
Red Cross
Rafael Osuna
Australia
Carlos Madrazo
Institutional Revolutionary Party
Nixon May Announce Troop Pullout At Midway Summit
Washington officials sparred with noncommittal comments ahead of the Midway Island meeting as speculation rose that Nixon will unveil U.S. troop withdrawals from Vietnam. Thieu indicated progress toward South Vietnamese responsibility, while a timetable remained undecided and subject to mutual accord and battlefield conditions.
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Nixon
Midway Summit
Washington
U.S
Vietnam
Midway Island
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Saigon
Administration
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
Pentagon
North Vietnam
Paris
William P. Rogers
Midway
Nixon urges nation to reject new isolationists at Air Force Academy
President Nixon told 676 graduates at the U S Air Force Academy to reject isolationist ideas and pursue a balance of strength and diplomacy. He warned against shrinking military programs and urged Americans to meet both domestic needs and global responsibilities, stressing belief and idealism as builders of society.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Nixon
United States
Four U S Fire Bases Abandoned by 25th Division
The U S 25th Infantry Division abandoned four fire bases Diamond 1 II III and Frontier City about 30 to 35 miles northwest of Saigon near the Cambodian border. Command says低 no longer needed due to reduced enemy activity the monsoon and better use of troops and 105mm howitzers elsewhere.
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Saigon
U. S. 25Th Infantry Division
Frontier City
U.S
Cambodia
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R-Ariz
Armed Services Committee
Capitol Hill
Barry Jr
California
China
North Korea
Albania
Yugoslavia
Japan
Netherlands
mid-Pacific
Thieu
Ronald L. Ziegler
Colorado
Air Force Academy
Service Academy
U.S. Air Force Academy
Aggree
Douglas Fleet Jr
Fleet
Tazewell, Va
Len, Howell
John C. Shelly
Tom Tinsley
North Tazewell, Va
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