Living costs rise sharply in May over inflation gains
The Labor Department reported a 0.5 percent May rise in consumer prices led by increases in clothing housing used cars and postage. The seasonally adjusted index reached 120.8 from 100 in 1967 with costs 4.4 percent higher than a year earlier. Grocery housing clothing transportation medical care and recreation prices all advanced.
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Washington
Labor Department
Nixon
Maurice Stans
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Court keeps block on Post articles from top secret docs
National and international items dominate the brief with the Washington Post Pentagon documents ban extended by an appellate court while a New York Times Vietnam case faces postponed hearings. Civil rights, sports and political notes from cities such as Columbus and Bristol are also summarized.
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Washington
Washington Post
Pentagon
New York
New York Times
Mercer judges bar hotpants in two county courts
Mercer County two courts of record issue guidelines on attire in courtrooms permitting tailored pantsuits while deeming hotpants inappropriate for official proceedings.
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Princeton
Mercer County
Stock market closes sharply lower after second setback
The ATT Metia tk stock market faced its second straight sharp downturn as prices ended the day notably lower amid moderate trading.
Calley Prosecution Alleges Army Obstructed Case
Former Army Captain Aubrey Daniel testified that he was barred from calling Captain Ernest Medina as a witness in the Calley trial. The order reportedly came from Col Robert Lathrop at Ft Benning. Another prosecutor feared Medina’s appearance could complicate his own My Lai murder case.
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William L. Chaze
Associated Press
FT. McPherson, Ga
Army
Aubrey Daniel
William L. Calley Jr
Ernest L. Medina
Daniel
Medina
Robert Lathrop
Infantry Training Center
Ft. Benning
Calley
F. Lee Bailey
Washington
Bailey
Maj
William Eckhardt
Eckhardt
My Lai
Miner Killed By Motor Car At Clinchfield Coal Mine
A Haysi Virginia man Henry Clayton Deel 40 died Monday afternoon in a mine accident at Clinchfield Coal Co Splash Dam mine in Haysi. He was pinned between motor cars when backing into the ribs of a motor car. Survived by widow Loujean Deel daughter Debbie Deel son Jeffrey Deel his parents Walter and Mrs. Deel Vansant two brothers Eddie Detroit Gary Vansant and two sisters Irene Sloan Connoway.
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Haysi
Clinchfield Coal Co
Henry Clayton Deel
Loujean Deel
Debbie Deel
Jeffrey Deel
Walter Deel
Vansant
Eddie Deel
Detroit
Mich
Gary Deel
Irene Sloan
Connoway
Examiner backs Blue Ridge hydro plan for New River
Federal Power Commission examiner William C. Levy recommends approval of the Blue Ridge hydroelectric project by Appalachian Power for a 50 year license. The decision limits spring and summer water releases and fixes year round storage at 400000 acre feet.
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Washington
Federal Power Commission
Commission
Blue Ridge
New River
William C. Levy
FPC
Appalachian Power Company
Appalachian Power
West Virginia
Levy
Welfare Reform Bill Clears First House Test
The House defeated an attempt to delete the welfare section by a 200 to 172 vote, moving the Nixon recommended 2400 dollar annual family income plan toward possible passage next, amid opposition from black lawmakers and conservatives. Rep Wilbur Mills warned against misunderstandings as debates continued.
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House
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Congress
National Welfare Rights Organization
Union
Mills
Nixon Applauds Teamsters Chief in Miami Beach
President Nixon praised Teamsters head Fitzsimmons after Hoffa’s resignation as national president. Nixon, visiting Key Biscayne, said his office door is open to Fitzsimmons and spoke briefly to the union’s executive board in Miami Beach.
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Nixon
Frank E. Fitzsimmons
Fitzsimmons
Miami Beach
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Key Biscayne
Teamster Executive Board
Union
Washington, D.C
Hoffa
Nashville
Don Vestal
Washington
U.S
Teamsters
United States
Playboy Plaza
Biggs
Nixon- Teamsters
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Vietnam Study Publication Fight Intensifies Across Courts
A U S District Court denied a preliminary injunction stopping The Washington Post from publishing parts of a secret U.S. Vietnam study. An appeals panel extended the restraining order until Tuesday as the government appeals and the New York Times case proceeds, with officials arguing the material is top secret while press groups defend First Amendment rights.
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Associated Press
Washington Post
Vietnam
New York Times
Pentagon
Times
Washington
U.S. District Court
Gerhard A. Gesell
Gesell
the Post
New York
Henry J. Friendly
2Nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Friendly
Doolin
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Executive Branch
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Bombers Hit Fuller Base With Sixty Tons Of Explosives
American B52s dumped 60 tons of explosives around Fire Base Fuller near the demilitarized zone in a bid to break a North Vietnamese assault on the mountaintop outpost. Fuller, held by South Vietnamese forces after U.S. withdrawal, sits on a stark 1800 foot peak four miles from the DMZ. The attack follows weeks of intensified enemy activity along the northern frontier. An accompanying report notes a DH6 helicopter was shot down in the Mekong Delta, with one crew member wounded.
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Saigon
Fire Base Fuller
Fuller
Hell
1St Infantry Division
U.S
Mekong
Reform aims at Social Security gains and welfare change
What and why of reform include a 5 percent rise in Social Security benefits with future increases, payroll tax hikes, and replacing federal state welfare with a largely federal system. The plan mirrors Nixon on a $2400 family of four floor, liberal and conservative views clash. costs rise, yet savings may flow to states.
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Washington
Nixon
Pentagon Estimates 25000 Viet Nam Drug Users
Pentagon officials say about 25 000 U S troops in Vietnam may use heroin with around half addicts a planning figure for a new anti narcotics program Lt Gen Robert C Taber said a more accurate count should be ready in 30 to 45 days The figure places heroin use at 10 percent of the 245 000 GIs overseas and 5 percent as heavy addicts The plan includes detox and treatment before return to duty and will expand to Germany and other overseas posts
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Pentagon
Vietnam
Robert C. Taber
Defense Department
Nixon
U.S
Taber
Manpower and Reserve Affairs
Saigon
Germany
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Ronald Reagan
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Reagan
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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