Nixon warns defense cuts derail nuclear disarmament talks
President Nixon told about 4 000 construction workers that any defense budget cut would render the United States powerless in negotiations on a mutual force reduction in Europe. He warned no deal would occur if the U S bargains from weakness and urged backing for his Vietnam policies while defending federal spending at 268 billion dollars.
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Nixon
U. S
Europe
National Conference of Building and Construction Trades
Vietnam
Cambodia
Rep
Ford
President Nixon Eyes Europe Tour To Discuss Trade And Aid
President Nixon plans a full European tour to consult with NATO allies on trade military aid and troop levels. He named Britain France Italy and West Germany as initial stops and said Pompidou may visit the U S before autumn for conferences.
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Washington
Europe
Nixon
NATO
Gerald L. Warren
Great Britain
France
Italy
West Germany
U.S
Pompidou
Marion Brothers Drowned Below Cedar River Dam
Two Marion men, Donald W Chapman aged 18 and Danny L Chapman aged 24, drowned while riding a rubber life raft downstream below the Cedar River dam near the Rural Electrification power plant. Firemen and Linn County deputies tried to reach them as the raft capsized in turbulent water, with a rescue boat also overturning. Bodies were recovered. both were pronounced dead on arrival at local hospitals.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn
Cedar River
Marion
Donald W Chapman
Danny L. ‘Chapman
Brockman Drive
Linn County
William McAllen
House Republicans Win Rollback Test
In Washington, House Republicans scored a lopsided procedural victory as they push to defeat strict price, interest, and rent rollbacks and back a one year extension of President Nixon's wage price controls. The 258 to 147 vote defeated a Democratic bid to halt debate on the rule governing floor discussion of the bill.
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Washington
UPI
House
Nixon
GOP
No Cheap Food Again Official Warns of Higher Prices
Washington officials at the Newspaper Farm Editors Association meeting warned American consumers will not see cheap food again. James McLane cited 1947 level price influences and 59.4 percent annualized increases while Carroll Brunthauer cautioned that stabilization plans and wage bargaining are strained.
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Washington
James McLane
Agriculture Department
Carroll Brunthauer
Farm Editors Assn
McLane
The
Living Council
Nixon
U.S
LeFebure Expands Plant as Cedar Rapids Growth Grows
LeFebure plans a multi million dollar addition at 308 Twenty ninth Street NE with ground breaking expected this fall and completion next year. employment may rise about 20 percent over 18 months from 1000 current. Kidde meeting in Cedar Rapids earned praise for 1978 first quarter gains and record backlog with strong sales and earnings.
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LeFebure
Twenty-ninth Street
Kenneth Watts
LeFebvre
Walter Kidde and Co
Kidde
Midwest
Clifton
N. J
Fred Sullivan
State Pay Study Incompleted By Frank Nye
Des Moines reveals salaries for 48 top Iowa officials could rise by 118 144 to align with private business. Gov Ray criticizes the outside study for not determining fair pay for six key commissions. specifics include commerce and employment security chairs and staff, with current rate for commerce chair at 15 000 and security commissioners at 14 500.
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Des Moines
Robert Ray
Hays Associates
Chicago
Ray
Nor
Employment Security Commission
Commerce Commission
Commission
Maurice van Nostrand
Chuckle Caption About a Secretary’s Long Workday
A light joke notes the secretary does not mind morning work but despises the long wait until quitting time. The quip highlights workplace rhythm and the universal wish for a quicker end to the day. Copyright attribution appears at end.
Closings and Cuts At 274 Military Bases Reported
Pentagon officials say 274 bases will be closed or reduced with 16 000 military and 26 000 civilian jobs eliminated. Ft Dix will stay open while New England areas face heavy impact. Boston Naval Shipyard Portsmouth NH facilities slated to close, Westover AFB MA likely closed, Lakehurst and Ft Monmouth NJ to be cut back, Navy Air Engineering Center PA to close.
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Washington
Pentagon
Senate
Richard Schweiker
R-Pa
Ft. Dix
New Jersey
Appropriations Committee
New England
Boston Naval Shipyard
Portsmouth
N. H
Naval Ship Yard
Schweiker
Air Force Base
Massachusetts
Lakehurst
Ft. Monmouth
Pennsylvania
Navy Air Engineering Center
Viet Reds Capture Town in Laos and Cambodia
Pentagon reports and field dispatches describe B-52 and F-111 air strikes near Tha Vieng Laos as Communist forces overrun a town near the Plain of Jars. South Vietnamese troops cross into Cambodia and clashes rise near Hong Ngu and Phnom Penh as U.S. warplanes pound targets close to Takeo and Takhman amid cease-fire tensions.
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Tha Vieng
Plain of Jars
Laos
Vietnam
Paris
Pentagon
Jerry Friedheim
le Trung Hien
Saigon Command
Hong Ngu
Mekong River
Saigon
Hien
United States
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
U. S
Pacific Command
Hawaii
Friedheim
Vientiane
Phnom Penh
Takhman
Takeo
Cambodia
Tinh Bien
Diplomat Dwelling Struck by Shots in Washington
New Zealand diplomat Gerald Hensley said pistol fire hit his Washington residence early Monday in a Black September attack. The assailants, misidentifying him as a Jordanian, left a red painted wall message claiming vengeance against Zionists. Hensley noted the shots narrowly missed his parents, who were visiting.
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Washington
UPI
New Zealand
Black September
Gerald Hensley
U. S
Hensley
Egyptian Seeks Halt to Israel Aid at United Nations
At the United Nations Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed el Zayyat urged the U S and other nations to halt military and economic aid to Israel. He accused Israel of adopting murder and assassination as policy and noted a Beirut raid that killed three Arab guerrilla leaders as evidence of escalating aggression. He called for possible sanctions including interrupting economic relations and severing diplomatic ties, while stopping short of expelling Israel from the U N.
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United Nations
API
Egypt
U.S
Israel
Mohamed el-Zayyat
Security Council
U.N
Beirut
El-Zayyat
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