Enemy Presses Back On Ap Bia After Early Victory
North Vietnamese troops reportedly return in force to Ap Bia mountain with up to 1000 fighters reoccupying the 3000 foot peak. U S commanders vow to commit up to an entire division to retake the position as Allied forces push a new operation in the A Shau Valley named Montgomery Rendezvous.
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Ap Bia
U.S
Washington
A Shau
Wright
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Senate
Melvin L. Zais
101St
Zais
Montgomery
American tourist killed in Arab shelling at Dead Sea
An American woman tourist was killed and another injured by shells fired across the Israeli Jordan ceasefire line on the Dead Sea shore. Shirley Anderson, 26, of Rochester New York, died from shrapnel while Elaine Bennet Bonnet, 27, of Lodi California, was wounded. The shells were said to come from Iraqi troops inside Jordan using Soviet 122mm guns. Both women had been mission teachers in Kinshasa Congo and were visiting Israel briefly.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Dead Sea
Shirley Anderson
Rochester
N.Y
Elaine Bonnet
Lodi
Calif
Hadassah Hospital
Jordan
Kinshasa
Congo
Miss Bennet
Kallia
Miss Bonnet
Jericho
Shirley
U.S
Moshe Kol
Space Rethink as Prices Rise and Gravity Seems Relieved
A playful editorial note suggests reconsidering space technology due to rising costs. The quip compares price inflation to gravity’s apparent repeal, signaling concern over budget and feasibility in space ventures.
Lindsay Margin Shrinks in New York Mayoral Primary
Early returns show Mayor John V. Lindsay leading Republican rival John J. Marchi but slipping margin NBC projects Marchi to win with 54 percent. Democratic field features Herman Badillo moving ahead of Wagner and Procaccino. Mailer and Scheuer far behind. Heavy turnout on a mild day.
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New York
John V. Lindsay
John J. Marchi
NBC
Marchi
Bronx
Herman Badillo
Puerto Rico
Robert F. Wagner
Mario A. Procaccino
Norman Mailer
James H. Scheuer
Lindsay
Wagner
James A H. Scheuer
GenTel seeks rate increase for West Virginia lines
General Telephone Co. said it filed with the Public Service Commission of West Virginia for higher monthly rates ranging from one to three dollars depending on exchange size. Logan C. Tate Jr. cited inflation and rising costs as reasons and outlined plans to improve service, install new equipment, and shift to individual line service. A PSC hearing will be scheduled for evidence presentation and public testimony.
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General Telephone Co
West Virginia
Anawalt
Athens
Bluefield
Bluewell
Bramwell
Coalwood
Davy
Gary
Kimball
Matoaka
Maybeury
Northfork
Oakvale
Princeton
Welch
Logan C. Tate Jr
Public Service Commission of
Tate
Public Service Commission
Troops redeployed in Pacific as Vietnam withdrawal proceeds
About 16 000 soldiers and Marines will be relocated in the Pacific region including the 9th Marine Regimental Landing Team to Okinawa and the 1st Brigade of the 9th Infantry Division to Hawaii. The moves align with the 25 000 troop withdrawal announced by President Nixon with 8 000 Army troops sent home.
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Washington
Vietnam
Okinawa
Hawaii
Japan
Far East
Pentagon
Pacific
9Th Marine
9Th Infantry Division
Iwakuni
United States
Pacific Command
Nixon
Midway
Korea
Thailand
Daniel Z. Henkin
Justices Reject Immediate Conduct Code Promise
The Supreme Court justices rejected Chief Justice Earl Warren's plea to adopt an on-bench conduct code immediately, postponing the issue to next term as Warren retires. Justice Thurgood Marshall also said he would follow existing restrictions for lower judges.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Earl Warren
Warren
Thurgood Marshall
Surtax Extension Clears Committee In Anti-Inflation Plan
The House Ways and Means Committee approved extending the income tax surcharge and most of Nixon’s anti-inflation package. The panel backed a 10 percent surcharge through December 31 and 5 percent through June 30 1970, a new low income allowance, repeal of the investment credit, and postponed excise tax cuts. Opponents warn of a tough House fight next week and in the Senate with a vote on a shorter extension possible if Rules Committee procedures allow.
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Nixon
House
Ways and Means Committee
Hale Boggs
D-La
Senate
Charles A. Vanik
Ohio
Rules Committee
Nixon Sets Security Council Meet On Missile Curb Talks
President Nixon calls a National Security Council session on U S Soviet missile curb talks and will hold a nationwide news conference at 7 p m EDT. Officials expect further talks after the council meeting as the United States advances its SALT review and prepares for potential negotiations in Geneva Moscow Washington or Vienna.
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Washington
Nixon
National Security Council
White House
Council
U. S
Ronald L. Ziegler
Security Council
East Room
Lyndon B. Johnson
Czechoslovakia
Istration
Geneva
Moscow
Vienna
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Brussels
Ziegler
Bluefield Ends City Services Outside Limits in Annex Plan
The Bluefield board votes to terminate city services outside the corporate line effective July 1 as part of annexation pressure for a four square mile Cumberland Road area. Mayor Clyde Stephens cites liability and unpaid calls while 725 required signatures lag at 325 collected to claim 60 percent of residents and property owners.
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Bluefield Board of Directors
Cumberland Road
Clyde Stephens
Bluefield
Stephens
C. Howard Leist
Senate votes down Williams amendment on spending ceiling
The Senate rejected by 79 to 16 an attempt by Senator Williams to tighten a proposed federal spending ceiling for the next year. The measure would have cut below Nixon’s figure, but Byrd led the successful committee plan, exempting items he deemed uncontrollable and totaling 106.7 billion dollars versus 89.7 billion for Williams.
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Washington
Senate
John J. Williams
R-Del
Williams
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate Committee
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
Nixon
Byrd
Hijacked TWA Jet Lands in Cuba With 80 aboard
A TWA Boeing 707 carrying 80 passengers was diverted from Oakland to Cuba where Havana authorities detained a tall Black man in a dark suit and hat. Report said a lone gunman armed with a revolver hijacked the flight, which departed Oakland at 12 10 p m EDT and landed at 6 29 p m at a rain soaked airstrip near Wilson Creek Nevada after diversion toward Kennedy Airport.
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Trans World Airlines
Cuba
Havana
Radio Havana
Fidel Castro
J. M. Frazier
Federal Aviation Administration
TWA
Oakland
Calif
Kennedy Airport
New York
Wilson Creek
Nev
Nixon Orders Broad Review of Chemical and Biological Policy
President Nixon ordered a sweeping review of the nation’s chemical and biological warfare policies. The study will consider the necessity of developing and testing such weapons and reexamine the 1925 Geneva protocol. The Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, along with the State and Defense Departments, will conduct the review.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
The
United States
Ziegler
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
State and Defense Department
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Demilitarized Zone
Nyc
Staten Island
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General Telephone
Charles E. Johnson
University of Oregon
Good-Pasture Bridge
Eugene
Nixon Review and Admin
William P. Rogers
Anatoly Dobrynin
Dobrynin
Capitol Hill
Wheeling
Bert Miller
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