Defense chief resists safeguards compromise in Senate stalemate
Secretary Laird firmly opposes any watered down Safeguard plan despite Senate deadlock. Officials say he reiterates full support for the President's ABM proposal to guard two Minuteman squadrons in the U S. The Senate leans toward a compromise delaying deployment while boosting radar and computer testing at two Pacific sites.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Nixon
Senate
Laird
Congress
U.S. Northwest
Pacific
Storm damages tally in Kansas City area tops 2.5 million
Storms Wednesday night caused about 3.6 million dollars in fixed property and contents damage across Kansas Missouri and Illinois. About 2.5 million of the losses occurred in the Kansas City metropolitan area per Insurance Information Institute estimates. Most remaining losses were around the St. Louis area in Missouri and Illinois.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Illinois
The
Insurance Information Institute
St. Louis
Market Slump Hits 1969 Low As Dow Dives
The market suffered its fourth straight day of decline and hit a 1969 low. Wall Street erases about 100 billion in two months as the Dow Jones average tumbles to 847.79, down 13.83 that day from the May 14 peak of 968. The two month fall totals roughly 12 percent.
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New York
Wall Street
Von Braun predicts Apollo 11 success with caveats
Wernher von Braun says Apollo 11 should succeed but warns of many pitfalls in the pioneer project. He envisions two to three moon landings annually after Apollo 11 and sights 1985 as a promising target for a crewed Mars landing.
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Huntsville
Ala
Wernher von Braun
von Braun
Mars
Boston church official fined for plane disturbance
Tilford Dudley, 62, national affairs director for the United Church of Christ, was convicted in East Boston District Court of disturbing the peace. He was fined $200 after boarding an American Airlines flight bound for Cuba and prompting the crew to delay takeoff. Dudley, a Harvard Law School graduate, headed home from his church’s biennial meeting when police removed him.
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Boston
Tilford Dudley
United Church of Christ
American Airlines
Cuba
East Boston District Court
Dudley
Harvard Law School
Washington
Gun Identified in Slaying of UM Coed Margaret Phillips
State Police crime lab confirmed a .22 caliber semi automatic pistol recovered from the Huron River as the weapon used to kill Margaret Phillips, 25, a University of Michigan coed. The gun was found in mud near a bridge on U.S. 23 where Ernest Bishop Jr., 28, admitted it may have landed after being tossed.
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Ann Arabor
Mich
State Police Crime Laboratory
Huron River
Margaret Phillips
University of Michigan
Ernest Bishop Jr
Ann Arbor
Conviction Reversed in Spock Draft Conspiracy Case
The 1st U S Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the conviction of Dr Benjamin Spock and three others who were found guilty by a federal jury in June 1968 on charges of conspiring to counsel young men to avoid the draft.
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Boston
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Benjamin Spock
Pressure on foe near Saigon as cities guarded
Forces keep pressure on four enemy divisions in the 3rd Corps area from Saigon toward the Cambodian border. Spokesmen say extraordinary precautions protect Tay Ninh City and An Loc, 50 and 60 miles from Saigon, as intelligence links the North Vietnamese 1st 7th and 9th divisions to potential targets.
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Saigon
3Rd Corps
Tay Ninh City
An Loc
U.S
Remove House Request
Ralph Caldwell city housing officer will ask the city commission Monday for permission to remove a house at 1710 S Edith. The house owner L L Rowan McAllen Texas was notified a month ago it was unfit for habitation. Mrs Dorothy Pogue sought a restraining order until September but Caldwell says no order was received within 30 days and removal proceeds. This is the first structure removed under the new housing code and may guide time and cost estimates for future removals. The commission meets Monday at 7 30 p m in the Memorial Building.
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Ralph Caldwell
City Commission
S. Edith
Caldwell
L. L. Rowan
McAllen
Texas
Dorothy Pogue
Commission
Memorial Building
Yates Center Queen Wins Talent Event
PRATT Kan AP. Thirty two hopefuls enter the second round of the Miss Kansas pageant tonight with memories of past winners who later captured Miss America.
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Yates Center
Queen
Tax Board Hears Patterson Farm Land Appeal in Topeka
The State Board of Tax Appeals heard E P Patterson county attorney Parsons R 1 and John White contesting Patterson land valuation Thursday in Topeka. The 320 acres with buildings was valued at 39340, Patterson contends worth about half. The session also noted Miss Kansas pageant events with Wassenberg and Buttermore winning prelims and scholarships totaling 51050 plus gifts, with judges named from several states.
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Tribune
Elaine Buttermore
Woodson County
Pratt
Wichita State University
Vernon Buttermore
Council Grove
Yates Center
E. P. Patterson
Parsons R
John White
Patterson
State Board of Tax Appeals
Topeka
Nixon praises Thieu peace plan for possible swift settlement
President Nixon welcomed Thieu's proposals calling for free elections supervised by an international body with Viet Cong participation if they renounce violence. Observers doubt it ends the Paris talks stalemate as Hanoi demands U.S. troop withdrawal and regime change. Nixon noted readiness to accept any outcome from free elections and warned Hanoi.
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Washington
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Midway Island
Thieu
Saigon
Paris
Eace
Hanoi
Viet Cong
United States
Ronald L. Ziegler
Plan of Subsidies For State Town Building Bonds
The House Ways and Means Committee tentatively backed federal subsidies to spur state and municipal bond financed improvements with taxable interest, while preserving tax free bonds as an option. The plan opens federal taxation on development bond interest and aims to advance a tax reform package by August 13. Rep. Al Ullman sponsors the subsidy plan to offset higher interest costs for municipalities.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Wilbur Mills
al Ullman
D-Ore
Ullman
Nixon
Uillman
Cash and Bike Thefts Reported
Two thefts were reported Thursday. A pop machine at Derby Refining Co. on 1111 N. Santa Fe was broken into with $6 in small change missing. A 20 inch bicycle was stolen from a residence during the week, according to Mrs. Floyd Gates.
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Derby Refining Co
N. Santa Fe
Floyd Gates
Intercepted Letter Raises Cuba-Hijack Suspicions
A reader-letter ponders whether Russian ships bound for Cuba have been hijacked, reflecting wartime paranoia about naval security and foreign threat in the era.
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Cuba
Event of the Year Tonight At Erie Beantown U S A
The 96th annual reunion features free beans served from 6 p.m. on the courthouse lawn. American Legion Auxiliary members cleaned and cooked beans in iron kettles. Tonight includes a Legion Hall dance, Saturday sports, children's events, and Legion prize awards.
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Erie
Beantown
U.S.A
American Legion Auxiliary
the Legion Hall
Bill Tipton
John Nepote
Tom Burress
James Beech
Legion
Apollo 11 crew deemed fit to fly moon mission next week
Doctors at Cape Kennedy reported Neil Armstrong Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins physically ready for launch scheduled for 9 32 a m EDT next Wednesday. The team underwent a four hour exam as countdown proceeded and medical data gathered will aid in flight and post flight comparisons.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Michael Collins
Charles A. Berry
Neil
Mike
Buzz
Floyd Young sentenced in grand larceny case
Floyd Dale Young, 20, of Fort Scott, pleaded guilty in district court to a felony count of grand larceny from an e2 break-in at the Wayside Club south of Chanute on May 15. He received up to five years in the state reformatory in Hutchinson. Brother Wayman Young, 22, pleaded innocent and remained in county jail awaiting disposition. Officers arrested them May 15 after the club break-in, with $27.56 in cash and liquor and other items taken.
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Floyd Dale Young
Fort Scott
Chanute
Young
State Reformatory
Hutchison
Wayman Young
Monkey Returns After Rooftop Rescue
City firemen answered a report at 414 S. Ashby where a monkey climbed onto a residence roof. While officers reached for the frightened animal it leaped into a park department net and was returned to Monkey Island in Katy Park.
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S. Ashby
Park Department
Monkey Island
Katy Park
Ashby
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Little Rock, Ark
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