Reds Halve Viet Troop Infiltration
North Vietnam halved its infiltration into the South from 1969 levels and now averages 5,000 to 6,000 men monthly, down from 12,000. Communist strength in South Vietnam has fallen below 240,000, with 8,000 to 10,000 monthly KIA. Equipment shipments remain high as materiel flows southward amid Cambodia incursions.
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Nevada Man Held After Police Shootout Near Cascade
Richard Standish, 47, of Reno Nevada, was wounded in a Tuesday night shootout with law officers near Cascade after allegedly passing a bad check in Dyersville. He faced pending charges and was held in a Dubuque hospital in good condition with leg and hand wounds. Police said he fired six shots as officers fired ten, two hitting him.
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Ship Sinks Venom: Nerve Gas Loaded for Deep Ocean Dump
Stevedores load 418 steel-jacketed vaults of nerve gas aboard an old Liberty ship at Sunny Point. The ship will be sunk in 16,000 feet of water 282 miles off Cape Kennedy. Florida Gov Claude Kirk and the Environmental Defense Fund seek to block the depth in federal court arguing risks to marine life and health.
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Ways and Means Seeks Quota Based Trade Bill
The House Ways and Means Committee announced a sweeping foreign trade bill with mandatory quotas on textiles and footwear. It would grant the President broad authority to grant exceptions and set a complex procedure to limit other imports if rapid increases threaten U.S. businesses. Chairman Mills said he does not expect a presidential veto.
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Israelis Accuse Egypt of First Suez Cease-Fire Violation
Israeli military spokesmen say Egyptian forces broke the Suez Canal cease-fire first, with an east bank attack that caused no casualties. Israel reports five civilians killed by a mine in the Golan Heights. Jordan and Egyptian cease-fire lines see renewed gunfire. UN mediation talks in New York loom as Gahal hawks push a political offensive against Golda Meir.
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Plane Bomb Hoax Costs $25,000
A Western Airlines Boeing 720 with 125 people landed safely at Seattle Tacoma after officials paid 25000 in cash ransom following a bomb threat on flight 722 from Anchorage. The plane circled the airport for an hour while searchers looked. nothing was found and passengers deplaned.
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Nixon aide calls Manson remark unfortunate
Herb Klein, Nixon's director of communications, said the president made an unfortunate remark when he linked Charles Manson to eight murders. Klein spoke in Atlanta to Sigma Delta Chi and offered no explanation for the comment.
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Kidnapped American and Brazilian Diplomat Claimed Safe
An American agronomist Claude Fly and Brazilian Consul Aloysio Dias Gomide were held by Tupamaro rebels in Uruguay. The communique said they are well, but warned of execution if security forces attack. Fly's note to his wife described meals, a doctor visit, and a prior pneumonia recovery.
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Laos Reds Agree To Hold Peace Talks
Government sources report the Pathet Lao agreed to begin peace talks with Premier Souvanna Phouma's government at Khangkhai on the Plain of Jars. A Pathet Lao representative, Prince Souk Vongsak, is meeting with Prince Souvanna in Vientiane to arrange the talks. start date not yet set.
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Education Funding Bills Rejected Prompt Political Clash
Washington Democrats pressed to override President Nixon in two vetoed measures, the 4.4 billion education bill and an 18 billion package for federal agencies. Nixon called the spendthrift plans risky, while Republicans signal cautious support for a veto override amid an election year.
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Nixon Signs Post Office Reform Bill
President Nixon signed the postal reform bill saying bipartisan support showed the system at its best. He credited Postmaster General Blount for pushing reforms that replace the horse symbol with a streamlined bald eagle and move the post office to an independent, break-even agency with internal rate setting.
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Desegregation talks set with Southern states
President Nixon will meet in New Orleans on Friday with citizen representatives from Alabama Arkansas Louisiana Georgia Mississippi North Carolina and South Carolina to discuss school desegregation plans for the fall as announced by Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler.
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Man who claims boss in his own home lies about others
A humorous observation notes that someone who asserts control at home is likely deceptive in other matters as well, reflecting a common belief about domestic authority and trust.
Hughes Bid To Derail ABM Fails
The Senate defeated Senator Harold Hughes bid to halt Safeguard antimissile expansion and redirect funding to research. The 62 to 33 vote left two less restrictive amendments to curb the program still under consideration with further votes expected.
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Nixon may bring us out of Vietnam faster
The Iowa Republican group Volunteers for Vietnam met for an hour with President Nixon to discuss their 62 page report. They claimed Nixon was impressed with its depth and breadth and may move to end the Vietnam conflict faster than previously announced.
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