Ten Senators and Representatives Urge Military Cutback
A bipartisan group of nine senators and 36 House members urge greater congressional control over the military, a one million man reduction, immediate troop withdrawal from Vietnam, an interim Saigon coalition government, and a U.S.-Soviet moratorium on testing and missile defense deployment. They call for new review committees to prioritize domestic needs over defense spending and warn of a slide toward a national security state.
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Washington
House
Congress
Congressional Group
United States
South Vietnam
Saigon
William B. Saxbe
Ohio
Ken Hechler
U.S
Europe
Rockets Hit Saigon And U.S. Bases In Vietnam Air Attacks
Rockets and mortars struck Saigon and several U.S. field camps overnight. Two civilians were killed and 25 wounded in Saigon's rocket alley as other base camps near Da Nang and Lai Khe reported light casualties. U.S. air strikes targeted enemy concentrations across central Vietnam while North Vietnamese forces attacked Marines near the DMZ.
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Saigon
U.S
Nth Light Infantry Brigade
da Nang
24Th Corps
Phu Bai
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Lai Khe
Artllery
Dak To
Central Highlands
Sak
Highlands
U. S
Demilitarized Zone
Tak To
Student Drowns In Elk River
A 20 year old Morris Harvey College student Jerry Franklin Siders of 141 Della Street drowned in the Elk River near Procinus around 2 30 pm. His body was recovered about 3 20 pm by Clendenin Fire Department Rescue Squad. A second incident near Charleston involved 14 year old Nancy Haynes who struggled in the Elk River around 5 30 pm and was aided by local firefighters with a rescue boat on standby due to the holiday.
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Elk River
Jerry Franklin Siders
Della St
Morris Harvey College
Siders
Vicky
Procinus
Clendenin Fire Department
Nancy Haynes
Re. J. Charleston
Charleston
Mark Wolford
Conners
Charles Mace
Walford
State forecast shows showers and storms likely
Mostly cloudy forecast with showers and thunderstorms likely. Highs expected from 78 to 84 degrees. Details on Page 4.
Rockefeller Revises Absentee Voting Bill in West Virginia
Secretary of State John D Rockefeller edits an absentee voting bill approved by the House but blocked by the Senate. The revision removes a ban on open absentee voting and adds safeguards against mass or illiterate or handicapped assistance. He plans to brief the interim committee and seek July passage to affect the 1970 primaries.
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Secretary of State
John D Rockefeller
Gov. Moore
Rockefeller
House
Senate
West Virginia
League of West Virginia
Moore
Noah Floyd
Mingo County
Lyle Smith
D-Cabell
West
Riots Threaten Curacao as Thieu and Nixon Alarm
Reports warn of renewed unrest in Curacao as regional tensions intensify. Leaders Thieu and Nixon are urged to take firm action while authorities monitor potential demonstrations and clashes.
Nader Attacks Loud Rock Music Forms Casts Shadow
Nader targets loud rock music forms in a national discourse drawing focus to campuses and legislatures. Calls for cooler campuses emerge as lawmakers weigh cultural safeguards. St Albans and Dunbar hopefuls address the trend amid local town elections.
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Nader
Safeguard
St. Albans
Dunbar
Oilmen sentenced to death in Biafra raid
Eighteen oilmen including 14 Italians three Germans and one Lebanese were sentenced to death in Biafra the Biafran Overseas Information Service announced Sunday night. In Washington two representatives urged retirement of Lewis B Hershey head of the Selective Service System and others commented on his tenure. In Prague the Czechoslovakian Communist party rejected any bid to internationalize the Moscow world conference amid Warsaw Pact invasion fallout. In Washington Secretary Volpe said mass transit is the nation’s biggest transportation problem.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Pfeighteen
Biafra
Biafran Overseas Information Service
Washington
Lewis Bo Hershey
Congress
Frank Thompson Jr
D-N. J
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
Hershey
New York Times
Prague
Communist Party
Moscow
Soviet Union
John A. Volpe
Pompidou Leads French Presidential First Round Victory
Georges Pompidou won a strong first round showing in Paris with about 45 percent, ahead of interim President Alain Poher at 24 percent and Communist candidate Jacques Duclos above 20 percent. Poher faces pressure to withdraw while Duclos could force a runoff against Pompidou.
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Paris
Georges Pompidou
Alain Poher
Jacques Duclos
Duclos
Communist Party
Pompidou
Central Committee
Poher
de Gaulle
Francois Mitterrand
Auto Club Study Finds High Defect Rates in Cars
The Automobile Club of Missouri told a Senate panel that 45 percent of vehicles under 500 miles and 90 percent of five year old cars showed safety defects. Half of 1968 models had defects, with wheel alignment most common. Recheck found only 65 percent of paid repairs completed satisfactorily.
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Washington
Senate
Automobile Club of
Misour
St. Louis
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Senate Judiciary Committee
Hart
Missouri
St.Louis
Auto Club
Rockefeller reschedules Venezuela stop to avert bloodshed
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller, on a Latin American mission, halts next stop in Caracas at request of President Rafael Caldera after threats of disorders. He postponed amid student riots and potential violence, as Venezuelan officials warn the trip could affect US Latin American relations.
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Port OF Spain
Trinidad
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Venezuela
New York
Rafael Caldera
Caracas
Rockefeller
United States
Quito
Ecuador
Bolivia
Aristide Calvani
Gov. Rockefeller
Latin America
Calvani
Minister warns against sex education in Kanawha County
Kanawha County minister Rev. Charles Meadows of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Elkview says he may seek a court injunction to block sex education in public schools. He broadcasts that teachers train students to breed like animals and compares the issue to communism citing evolution debates. He cites conservative pastors who support his view and urges fundamentalists to organize against the program scheduled for fall.
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Kanawha
Charles §. Mearows
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church
Elkview
Meadows
West Virginia
WCAW
Kanawha County
Charleston
The Gazetteer Comedic Page Highlights Crossword Ho The Women
The Gazetteer features a cross section of amusements and entertainment with comic page notes and theatre style columns. Include ho humor, bridge and TV notes along with obituaries and want ads sections.
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the Gazetteer
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New York Times Service
China
South America
Armed Services and Appropriations Committees
Vietnam
Curt Brown
Mary Jane Hedrick
Tucker County Bank
Carol Deegan
The
Associated Press
Kone
Curagao Non
Thieu
Nixon
Artateyt
James A. Haught
Meatows
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