Safeguard Foes Taking Up Charges With Soviet Egypt
The United States takes up Israeli accusations of cease-fire violations with Russia and Egypt. Washington says evidence suggests forward deployment of surface-to-air missiles on the Egyptian side before the truce and possibly after, but not conclusively. Officials push for diplomatic handling and peace talks while defending Israel’s right to military support if needed.
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Russia
Egypt
Middle East
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Nixon
Rogers
McCloskey
U. S
Moscow
U.N
Tel Aviv
Panel Calls Government Out of Supersonic Transport Plan
A House Senate efficiency panel urged ending SST development citing a potential 3 billion cost to taxpayers and little public benefit. The panel criticized 290 million in subsidies proposed this year and sent the report to the full joint economic committee.
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Washington
House-Senate
Joint
Subcommittee On
Proxmire
Dwis
Senate blocks last-ditch Safeguard expansion plan
The Senate defeated a Brooke amendment 53 to 45 on the $19.2 billion military procurement bill blocking expansion of the Safeguard anti missile system. Brooke argued a middle ground to limit sites. Jackson rejected any compromise predicting higher costs and limited incentive to talks.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
Brooke
R-Mass
Nixon urges Senate ratification of 1925 gas ban pact
President Nixon asks the Senate to ratify the 1925 Geneva protocol banning gas warfare while exempting tear gas defoliants and other chemicals not harmful to humans. He says the U S supports the protocol and notes 85 parties, including major powers, are now signatories.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate
United States
U. S
Aiken
Foreign Relations Committee
Man
Reports Persist of Viet Push into Laos
South Vietnamese command denied charges of operating in Laos while informants said patrols crossed the border. Patrols were said to be landed by U.S. helicopters along the Ho Chi Minh trail to direct bombing targets. The U.S. warned of air losses with three American aircraft down near Da Nang and six crewmen killed, two missing.
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Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Washington
State Department
U.S
Associated Press
Horst Faas
da Nang
Zsa Zsa Robbed of 600000 in Broadway Jewelry Heist
Zsa Zsa Gabor lost more than 600000 in jewels during an elevator robbery at her Waldorf Towers residence in New York. Two well dressed gunmen roped the actors and threatened her and her housekeeper before fleeing. Gabor, star of Forty Carats, will continue the show and praised the police for their help.
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New York
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Waldorf-Towers
Miss Gabor
Highway Head Seeks Study After Dual Rest Stop Deaths
Iowa highway chairman Thompson asked for a staff report on why rest stop attendants did not investigate a car where two University of Iowa students died. John F. Flack Jr. of Oxford and Mary Lou Eggers of Tiffin, both 19, died of carbon monoxide poisoning in Flack's car found at an Interstate 35 rest stop near Ankeny. Their joint funeral was set for 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Christ the King Lutheran Church.
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Derby Thompson
Burlington
Iowa Highway Commission
John F. Flack, Jr
Oxford
Mary Lou Eggers
Tiffin
University of Iowa
Flack
Interstate 35
Ankeny
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Collision Kills Two Trainmen Near Pearisburg Va
Two Norfolk and Western freight trains collided near Pearisburg Virginia killing two crew members. Several others were injured and transported to hospitals as a large pile of derailed rail cars blocked the area.
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Pearisburg, Va
Norfolk & Western Railway
Iowans Split Over Safeguard Amendment Vote
Washington brief reports Senator Hughes of Iowa backed the Brooke amendment to curb Safeguard system expansion while Senator Miller of Iowa opposed the measure. The vote reflects a split in the state's senators on defense policy.
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Washington
UPI
Hughes
Iowa
Miller
Safeguard anti missile system cleared for two new bases
The defeat of the Brooke amendment clears the last major legislative hurdle to deploying the Safeguard system at Whiteman AFB Missouri and Warren AFB Wyoming. Defense Secretary Laird had said the Pentagon could neither support nor accept the amendment. The plan would redirect 322 million dollars saved to bolster anti missile defenses at Malmstrom Montana and Grand Forks North Dakota, while Brooke framed the measure as a compromise after earlier rejected proposals.
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America
Russia
Defense Laird
Pentagon
Malmstrom Air Force Base
Mont
Grand Forks Air Force Base
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Inflation slows as economy nears expansion
The Commerce Department reports signs of slowing inflation and expects consumer spending to drive growth through 1970 and 1971. Increased employment and wage gains, plus tax cuts, should lift spending across categories while early inflation easing appears from thinner profit margins and weakening raw materials and wholesale prices.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Police Judge Resigns Post In Iowa City
Iowa City officials met in executive session as Police Court Judge Marion Neely offered a Sept. 15 resignation. Mayor Loren Hickerson said the council would discuss interim court operations and hoped to confer with Neely. Neely stated the resignation was not due to pressure and cited a targeted campaign against him.
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Iowa City
Marion Neely
Loren Hickerson
Neely
Hickerson
Woman Fakes Labor to Foil Japanese Air Hijack
Police captured a 24 year old hijacker aboard a Boeing 727 after a Japanese woman passenger began labor pain ruse. The hijacker, Sachio Inagaki of Hamamatsu, demanded a rifle and gasoline but was tackled by officers as the plane landed safely at Hamamatsu.
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Tokyo
Hamamatsu
Nagoya
Sapporo
Sachio Inagaki
Haircut Row Strains Malaysia Singapore After Detention
Singapore police detained three young Malaysians for 17 hours and cut their hair triggering a diplomatic row with Malaysia. Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew canceled a Kuala Lumpur visit, apologizing for the incident as officials insist no ethnic or political motive.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Singapore
Republic
Lee Kuan Yew
Trans Caribbean airliner hijacked to Cuba from Newark
Flight 401 carrying 154 passengers en route to San Juan was diverted to Havana nine hours after departing Newark at 1 a.m. It landed at 5:19 a.m. and returned to Miami at 12:33 p.m. Officials said passengers would stay aboard while a new crew headed to San Juan. Pilot William Cunningham reported the hijack by radio. This marked the airline's first diversion to Cuba.
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Cuba
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Havana
Newark
William Cunningham
Long Island
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