White House seeks compromise on Cambodia policy
The White House pressed talks with a bipartisan Senate coalition seeking to curb future U S military actions in Cambodia. Senators Cooper Church Mansfield and Aiken backed an amendment to the foreign military sales act, limiting funds for forces, advisers, mercenaries, and combat air support, while debating how to reference presidential command authority without bypassing congressional restrictions. Mansfield urged a middle ground recognizing the president’s commander in chief powers while reasserting Congress’s role.
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Washington
White House
Senate
Cambodia
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Frank Church
Idaho
Mike Mansfield
George D. Aiken
Vermont
Senate Republicans
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Nixon
Mansfield
Wyoming mine strike Idle workers at Pinnacle No 50
About 100 workers were idle at U S Steel Pinnacle No 50 mine near Pineville Wyoming County as United Mine Workers members protested the assignment of AFL CIO Iron Workers from American Bridge Division to the project. Alan Garcia Construction Co of Chicago is prime contractor. A related stoppage occurred recently at U S Steel Gary district mines in McDowell County.
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U.S. Steel Corp
Pineville
Wyoming County
United Mine Workers
U.S. Steel
American Bridge Division
Afl-Cio
Ironworkers Union
Alan Garcia Construction Co
Chicago
Gary District
McDowell County
Nixon Holds Formal Meet With Cabinet
President Nixon held his first full dress cabinet meeting after a month of crisis. The agenda showed youth and dissent on campuses discussed briefly before two key members were noted missing. Attending were Hickel Romney and Rogers in a frank three hour session focusing on Cambodia amid ongoing criticisms of the administration.
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Washington
Nixon
Nations
Interior
Walter J. Hickel
Housing and Urban Development
George Romney
William P. Rogers
Ronald L. Ziegler
Cambodia
Robert H. Finch
John N. Mitchell
Kent State University
Hickel
Small Budget Deficit Is Disclosed
President Nixon disclosed revised budget figures showing deficits for 1970 and 1971 despite surpluses forecast earlier. The administration pitched a 2.3 cent per gallon leaded gasoline tax to raise about 1.6 billion dollars and urged Congress to curb spending while pursuing tax reforms and targeted cuts.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Budget Bureau
Heavy Enemy Attacks In South Vietnam
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces launched their heaviest assaults in 12 days, shelling over 60 allied positions and overrunning a Mekong Delta outpost. U.S. aircraft hit targets in Cambodia and Laos as fighting spread, with casualties and huge weapon captures reported across Cambodian and southern Vietnamese fronts.
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South Vietnam
Saigon
Ho Chi Minh
Mekong
Indochina
Cambodia
Laos
Three More Testify In Martins Burglary Trial
On the second day of William T. Rabbit Martin Jr. burglary trial in Bluefield, Rufus Raymond Hampton and his pregnant girlfriend plus a Bristol hotel clerk testified. Hampton admitted aiding the break in at the Clyborne home and described the plan, the loot, and the route after the crime. He said Martin talked of a jewelry haul worth ten to fifteen thousand dollars and that the two knew someone might be home when they returned to case the residence.
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Rufus Raymond Hampton
Bristol
Jerome Katz
Hampton
Bluefield
Martin
Clyborne
Mercer County
Ira Mathena
Mary Ann Byrd
Virginia Avenue
William
Bill
Christian
Cumberland Road
Ingleside
Midway
Katz
Robert Holroyd
Bluefield Seat Cover Center
U N Council Condemns Israeli Raid In Lebanon
The United Nations Security Council condemned Israel's May 12 assault into southern Lebanon as a premeditated military action. The vote passed 11 to 0 with four abstentions, and the council warned of possible sanctions if repeated. Egypt accused Israeli raids on the Suez Canal area killing or wounding civilians, a claim denied by Israel.
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Associated Press
U.N. Security Council
Israel
Lebanon
Egypt
Suez Canal
United Nations
Security Council
United States
Colombia
Sierra Leone
Nicaragua
Cairo
Indian Village Remains Found Near Bland County
Archaeologists led by Col Howard A MacCord uncover six graves and a fort outline in Bland Valley near U S Rt 52. Four graves yield skeletons. site spans 500 years. Nomadic tribe of 60-75 residents, unearthed items hint at simple culture. Bones to Smithsonian for analysis. full report to follow Sunday.
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Mississippi River
U. S. Rt. 52
Bland County
Bastian
Rocky Gap
Howard A. MacCord
Virginia State Library
Richmond
MacCord
Virginia Archeological Society
Wayne Richardson
Bland
Brown Johnson
Virginia State Highway Department
Col. MacCord
Blacksburg
Smithsonian Institution
Daily Telegraph
Red Agents Say U S CIA Not Involved In Coup
A Communist source in Phnom Penh says East Bloc intelligence found no evidence of US or CIA involvement in the March 18 coup that ousted Prince Sihanouk and brought Gen Lon Nol to power. The informant says Moscow would have reacted more sharply if Washington were involved, and notes advance warnings allowed North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces to avoid the invasion path while Lon Nol’s government faced internal subversion and guerrilla attacks. The report also claims U.S. aid and South Vietnamese Skyraiders supported Cambodian troops, but warns such factors build support for the anti Lon Nol coalition.
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Phnom Penh
Associated Press
John T. Wheeler
Hanoi
Indochina
Cambodia
Lon Nol
United States
Central Intelligence Agency
South Vietnam
CIA
Norodom Sihanouk
China
Kremlin
Moscow
U.S
Kampong Cham
Sihanouk
COSVN
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Michigan
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Pennsylvania
Florida
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N.Y. Times News Service
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Tham Khnar
Doum Roka
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Fishhook
Martins
By Jim Calfee
Case the Home
Mathena
Whitethorn School
Maryland Avenue
Martin Laughed
U.N. Council
Nile Delta
Canal
Red
Viet Cong
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