Women's Rights Amendment Clears House Vote
The U S House approved a proposed constitutional amendment guaranteeing equal rights for women by a 346 to 15 roll call vote, sending it to the Senate with no time limit on state ratification. Debates centered on possible impacts on alimony, child custody, and military service drafting.
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Julia Hansen
D-Wash
Charlotte Reid
R-Il
Martha Griffiths
D-Mich
Margaret Heckler
R-Mass
Washington
Senate
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
House Judiciary Committee
Celler
Bomb Threat Delays Brandt Moscow Trip
Chancellor Willy Brandt’s flight to Moscow was delayed nearly two hours after a bomb scare aboard the plane. No bomb was found as security teams surrounded the aircraft and the airport was sealed off. Brandt stressed the Moscow treaty aims to safeguard German interests and anticipated Berlin’s isolation improving before ratification.
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Germany
Willy Brandt
Moscow
Soviet Union
Ruediger von Wechmar
von Wechmar
Brandt
Berlin
Chuckle Remark on People with Little to Say
A brief witty note observes that those with little to say require long listening to realize it. Copyright content included.
Fear for Life of Second American Kidnap Victim
In Uruguay the bodies and threats around the Tupamaro hostage crisis escalate as Aloysio Dias Gomide and Claude Fly remain in captivity. Mitrione’s murder and a new note threaten Dias Gomide with execution unless prisoners are released, prompting Congress to suspend civil rights for 20 days and boost security actions.
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Uruguay
U.S
Tupamaros
Dan Mitrione
Aloysio Dias Gomide
Mitrione
Claude Fly
Fort Collins
Colo
Dias Gomide
Congress
Jorge Pacheco Areco
Pacheco Areco
Fear Mail Robbery Nets Over $1 Million
Five armed men seized 23 mail bags at Ancienne Lorette airport while police say the bags may hold more than $1 million in money and securities. The thieves attacked a Brink's Express truck, disabling a tire, as 50 bags were unloaded from Air Canada Flight 350 from Montreal.
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Ancienne Lorette
Brink’s Express Co
Bernard Grenier
Air Canada
Montreal
Kirk Vows Court Suit To Halt Disposal Off Florida Coast
Florida Governor Claude Kirk vowed to seek a court injunction to block the U S Army plan to dispose of deadly nerve gas rockets in the Atlantic about 300 miles east of Cape Kennedy. The two 24 and 46 car trains traveled from arsenals to Sunny Point NC amid protests and cheering crowds along routes.
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S. C
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Macon
Alcoholism Measure by Hughes Passed by Senate
The Senate approved a 395 million dollar three year program to create a National Institute for the Prevention and Control of Alcohol Abuse within the Public Health Service. The bill, sponsored by Senator Hughes, aims to treat alcoholism as a medical social issue and coordinates current federal efforts across disease prevention education welfare and highway safety.
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Senate
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National Institute For the Prevention and
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Drona
Lao peace talks advance as princes meet premier
Pathet Lao envoy Prince Souk Vongsak and Premier Prince Souvanna Phouma held their third meeting to discuss arrangements for peace talks, according to official sources in Vientiane.
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Vientiane
Laos
Pathet Lao
Souk Vongsak
Souvanna Phouma
Regulator urges drastic reform of federal agencies
ST LOUIS UPI Federal Trade Commissioner Philip Elman called for radical structural reform of regulatory bodies including elimination of most regulators and a single commissioner per agency He urged creating a separate trade court to decide cases and criticized agency independence as promoting complacency and delay through multi member structures.
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UPI
Philip Elman
Elman
FTC
Congress
American Bar Association
U.S. Soldier Fails Second Hijack Attempt in Vietnam
Pvt. George Hardin, 20, of St. Louis, tried a second hijack aboard a C-141 at Bien Hoa and threatened crew with an M 16. Maj. Jack Greer grabbed the rifle and T Sgt Laurence Nelthrop helped subdue Hardin as a crewman was seriously wounded.
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U.S
Vietnam
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St. Louis
Bien Hoa
Hardin
Air Vietnam
Tan Son Nhut
da Nang
Maj
Jack Greer
Davis
Okla
Laurence Nelthrop
Tacoma
Wash
Pleiku
Hong Kong
P.O. Holds Off on Postage Increase Through November
The post office delays fourth class rate hikes until November 14 to spur early Christmas mailing. After that date parcel post rates rise 15.4 percent and catalog rates increase 6 percent, following prior approval by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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UPI
Interstate Commerce Commission
Transit Chief Says Buses Best Traffic Curb
UMTA head Carlos Villarreal told a Senate subcommittee that buses remain the quickest solution to urban congestion though current operations burden the poor disabled and elderly. He urged greater public ownership subsidies and envisioned new buses with turbines, lower floors, and dedicated bus only lanes to speed travel.
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UMTA
Carlos Villarreal
Senate
Villarreal
James Pearson
R-Kan
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