Senators Lash Out At White House Over Mansfield Troop Cut
Two Foreign Relations Committee members challenged White House refusal to discuss a compromise on halving U S troop commitments in Europe. Senators Case Pell and Cooper pressed Secretary Rogers during a tense session, criticizing Ziegler and Acheson while urging a possible compromise and warning of lost U S Soviet troop cut prospects if Mansfield's amendment passes.
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White House
Carl P. Leubsdorf
Washington
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
U.S
Europe
Clifford P. Case
Rn.j
Claiborne Pell
DRI
William P. Rogers
John Sherman Cooper
R-ey
Mike Mansfield
Nixon
Mansfield
Ronald L. Ziegler
Acheson
Pell
Rogers
United States
Fulbright
Britain
Governors withhold tax details spark privacy debate
A nationwide AP poll finds most governors discuss taxes but many refuse to disclose exact amounts. Reagan reports $81,000 state taxes since 1967, while 16 others provide specific figures, including Carter at 1900.81 state and 11438.50 federal. several governors decline or extend filing, highlighting privacy concerns and varied transparency.
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Louise Cook
California
Ronald Reagan
Regan
Reagan
Massachusetts
Francis W. Sargent
Calvin L. Rampton
Utah
Mike O'Callaghan
Nevada
Kentucky
Louie B. Nunn
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard B. Ogilvie
Armed Forces Day Protests Span Nation Wide
Servicemen veterans and civilian dissenters planned counter demonstrations at military installations to mark Armed Forces Day. Protests, largely peaceful, featured picketing rallies and leafleting led by groups such as the American Servicemen's Union and Vietnam Veterans Against the War. Major events were planned at Ft. Dix New Jersey Griffis Air Force Base and West Point with thousands expected to participate.
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American Servicemen’s Union
People’s Coalition For Peace and Justice
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
National Welfare Rights Organization
Army
Air Force
Navy
Marine
Coast Guard
Ft. Dix
N.J
U.S
Trict
6Th Armored Cavalry
Fort Meade
Howard H. Cooksey
Griffis Air Force Base
Rome
N.Y
Boston
Buffalo
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Washington
Sadat Tightens Grip as Ministers Rebel in Egypt
President Anwar Sadat moved to consolidate power after a cabinet purge sparked by a bid to topple him. Six ministers and three ASU officials were placed under house arrest, with a judiciary panel probing alleged irregularities. Sadat pledged to burn tapes and replace ASU leadership, signaling further changes amid street demonstrations.
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Associated Press
Anwar Sadat
Egypt
Sadat
al Ahram
Arab Socialist Union
ASU
Mohammed Fawzi
Shawari Gomaa
Interior Ministry
Gomaa
Mahmoud Salem
Alexandria
Delight
Cairo
Ali Sabry
Reds Kill A S Viet Viet Drive Opens New Offensive
Saigon says sixty North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops were killed in a new Cambodian offensive along a 25 mile eastern corridor. Fourteen more enemy soldiers died in clashes, while South Vietnamese casualties stood at one KIA and eight WIA.
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Saigon
Cambodia
Kompong Trach
U.S
South Vietnam
Ese
Hau Nghia
Long An
Kandol Chrum
Weekend Summary On The Hill
Washington AP reports a week of congressional activity with bills enacted into law and others moving between chambers. Proposals include lowering voting age to 18, a Social Security boost, SST funding, school desegregation aid, public works, welfare reforms, agency reorganizations, revenue sharing, and foreign aid extensions.
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Washington
Congress
House of Senate
House
Senate
Sente
Vietnam
Sunny and warm forecast for Sterling area today and Sunday
The Chicago Weather Bureau at 11 a.m. reports Sterling and vicinity will have sunny skies and warmer conditions with a high in the mid 80s today. Fair tonight with a low in the mid 50s. Sunday will be mostly sunny and continue warm with a high in the mid 80s.
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Chicago
Sterling
Vicinity
Digesting The News Briefs From The Day
A digest of AP wires reports across cities. Topics include religious debates among American Baptists in Minneapolis, wage increase approvals by a White House board, Nixon administration plans to detain felons awaiting trial, Armed Forces Day demonstrations, Interior Department access to Trans-Atlantic Pipeline documents, a Marine Corps court martial for aiding the enemy, FCC fairness doctrine review, Atomic Energy Commission resume of underground testing, USPS first rate increase, and five American deaths from a mine attack near Da Nang Saigon.
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Warren E. Hearnes
Missouri
John Bell
Mississippi
Robert Docking
Kansas
John J. McKeithen
Louisiana
William L. Guy
North Dakota
Bob Scott
North Carolina
George Wallace
Alabama
John J. Gilligan
Ohio
West Virginia
Arch Moore
A. S. Viets
George Esper
Kompong Track
Phnom Penh
High Command
Am Rong
Chongkai
Twon
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Gazette
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Interior Department
Marine Corps
Federal Communications Commission
Las Vegas
Postal Service
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