Aerial search for graves in Feather River area continues
Infrared aerial photos processed to uncover more graves after 22 bodies found along the Feather River. Sheriff Whitaker says a San Francisco area firm aided the survey while suspect Corona pleads innocent to multiple murders. Investigators expand searches as water recedes and two potential gravesites await excavation.
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irriga‘Han
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Roy
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van den Heuvel
Red Bhill
Here
Sheriff's
St. Robert Till
Whiteaker
Hill
Connally pushes tax plan to House balking members
Treasury Secretary John Connally planned a second Capitol Hill trip to sell the Nixon administration’s $10 billion general revenue sharing plan to a hard to convince House Ways and Means Committee. He faced tough questions from Mills and others who warned the measure may not pass, as cities press for aid and critics urge alternate tax relief schemes with per capita comparisons across states.
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Secretary of the Treasury
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Connally
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
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John W. Byrnes
Wisconsin
Byrnes
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Navy Lt Doreen Jean sio to end 14 year career
Lt Doreen Jean sio, after receiving a Presidential citation for intense dedication on May 11 from Adm Elmo Zumwall, will likely retire June 30 ending a 14 year Navy career. Lt Twa, twice passed over for promotion, must leave the service by law despite a high fitness average.
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Doreen Jean ‘Sio
Adm
Elmo R. Zumwall
Chief of
Naval Operations
Twa
Two
Zumwall
AFL-CIO presses Congress to raise minimum wage now
Labor leaders urged immediate action to lift the federal minimum wage from 1.60 to 2.00 dollars or more, arguing higher pay boosts purchasing power and the economy. The testimony contrasted AFL-CIO plans with Nixon administration proposals calling for a staged rise starting at 1.80, with dates in 1974.
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UPI
Afl-Cio
Congress
America
Andrew Biermiller
Capitol Hill
Organized Labor
Bieriller
Senate Labor Committee
Sen
Harrison
A. Williams Jr. DeNah
Nixon
Hodgson
Army to give draftees civilian skills value in service
Washington AP reports Selective Service and the Army will send draftees a six month supply of civilian employment training information with induction notices starting in August. The goal is to identify a draftee's civilian skills and align them with military jobs while noting not every background matches a specialty. The pamphlet explains what to bring, what Army life may be like, and what relatives should know, aiming to ease the transition and improve placement.
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Washington
Selective Service
Army
U.S. Army
Chis
Baptists urge abortion bill amid Bible edition dispute
The Southern Baptist Convention passed a resolution urging legalization of abortion in specified cases while clashing over the Broadman Bible edition. The measure, backed by leaders including Larry Maddox, seeks new legislation and faced down amendments to soften language about emotional and mental health concerns.
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UPI
Southern Baptist Convention
Broadman
Tew
Larry Maddox
Maywood Baptist Church
Independence
Haz
Hugo Lindquist
Oklahoma City
Kenneth Barnett
Oklahoma
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