Nixon Tackles Drug Culture and Health Reform
President Nixon urged a broad national program to curb drug abuse and criticized Kennedy style nationalized health care. He warned authorities that medical overprescribing and a culture of easy pills fuel addiction while advocating a network of health maintenance centers and shared employer costs.
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Cycle Rules Reaffirmed By Sellers
DES MOINES UPI State Public Safety Commissioner Michael Sellers reaffirmed his plan to require safety helmets and goggles for motorcycle operators after July 1. He called the measures necessary to reduce traffic fatalities and noted wider national standards support. The plan faced opposition from motorcyclists and a senate resolution but Sellers cited authority and a DOT guideline to proceed.
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Navy reports two planes lost with four crew dead
In Tonkin Gulf two aircraft from the USS Oriskany crashed with four sailors missing or presumed dead. A Crusader jet failed to eject during a landing approach. A Sky Warrior tanker also crashed. Navy says neither crash involved enemy fire. In the Mekong delta Viet Cong attacks hit a village and ambushed relief forces, with 171 soldiers killed, 16 wounded and three missing.
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Declassification Push Drives Vietnam Papers Debate
UPI reports Secretary Laird ordered declassification within 90 days of papers on Vietnam origins. Laird denies leaking secret materials while press outlets cite studies and prior disclosures. In Sacramento, the assembly passed a bill to remove billboards from scenic highways by 1975.
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Signals Denote New Soviet Space Flight Blasts from Philip Drawl
London reporting that Prince Philip criticized radio signals tied to a Soviet spacer system, with Bochum observatory director Heinz Kaminski saying the remarks may reflect market policy but not a royal judgment. A palace spokesman denied anti Common Market tones, stressing factual references. The remarks coincided with Britain’s tense stance on Common Market negotiations as public opinion split on travel to California and New York.
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Pentagon report battles free press in high court
The United Press International dispatch outlines two cases where the Pentagon study leaks may reach the Supreme Court. The Washington Post and New York Times face fast-tracked appeals after U.S. district judges ruled in favor of publication, but courts blocked continued release pending rulings. The government argues national security risks. publishers sayFirst Amendment protections prevail.
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Mitchell to Globe Call From Boston
The Boston Globe reported AP that federal pressure had been applied to block publication of a series based on a secret Pentagon study of the war in Southeast Asia.
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Abodeely Denied Stay by U S Court in Abortion Case
Joe Abodeely’s bid for a stay and permanent injunction to bar Linn County authorities from arrest was rejected by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in St Louis. Abodeely, 40, had turned himself in at Fort Madison after being charged for profiting from referring women to an abortionist. He was sentenced to five years after pleading guilty. The denial ends federal court action in this long-running case.
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Defector Refuses Soviet Embassy Access
A Russian defector in London refused access to the Soviet embassy, with informed sources stating he would not meet officials there. The weekend defection prompted questions about his safety and political asylum prospects in Britain.
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Colonel Hackworth quits in disgust over Vietnam handling
Col David Hackworth, a highly decorated U S army veteran, resigns in protest over the war effort in Vietnam. He condemns Viet Namization and the Saigon army, calls South Vietnamese troops poorly trained and motivated by material rewards, and faults U S strategy and leadership as amateurish and conventional. He warns the fight was mismanaged and hints at deeper issues within the command structure.
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