McGovern proposes front line service for leaders at UC Berkeley
Senator George McGovern urged four amendments to draft law at a UC Berkeley rally. He would require top leaders including joint chiefs and the President to spend time in front line combat and limit the draft to those over 30, with a two thirds congressional war declaration. He also called for banning private profits from arms development.
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Calif
UPI
George McGovern
South Dakota
McGovern
McCloskey urges fund cuts over urging draft refusal
Rep. Paul N. McCloskey told about 500 UC students that Congress should cut off war funds rather than urge Americans to refuse Vietnam service. He challenged Nixon to change policies, warned of impeachment talk, and defended conscience over legality while denying plans to leave the GOP.
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McCloskey
Vietnam
Congress
McChoskey
Republican Party
GOP
California
Dope flow from Indochina prompts strict checks on servicemen
The Customs Bureau will intensify searches for returning servicemen from Indochina. All mail from Southeast Asia will undergo 100 percent examinations, and baggage and personal belongings of military personnel will be inspected. A recent seizure: 17 pounds of heroin from Bangkok sent via Fort Monmouth New Jersey valued at about 1.75 million dollars. From March 1 to April 24, 248 similar drug seizures were made through Army and Air Force post offices.
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Customs Bureau
Indochina
Myles J. Ambrose
Southeast Asia
Ambrose
Customs
United States
Special Bureau of Narcotics
Ft. Monmouth
N.J
Ame
Bangkok
Thailand
Army
Air Force
Marine pullout reduces Vietnam strength to 262000
The U S Command announced a major Marine withdrawal in Vietnam, cutting Leatherneck strength by 3085 to about 262000 men, the lowest in five years. The pace targets cut to 184000 by December 1, with about 9000 Marines remaining, mostly advisors, as units including the 1st Battalion 11th Marine Regiment and 1st Battalion 1st Marine Regiment depart for Camp Pendleton California.
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Adviers
United States
11Th Marine Regiment (Artillery
1St Marine Regiment
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Deadline set for Mideast peace effort
The United States and Egypt agree to a September deadline for progress toward a Middle East peace. The plan follows William P. Rogers quiet diplomacy with Israeli leaders in Tel Aviv and Cairo as efforts focus on an opening of the Suez Canal, closed since the 1967 war.
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Egypt
U.S
Middle East
An Nahar
Sad
Wit
Nehar
Beirut
William P. Rogers
Tel Aviv
Cairo
Suez Canal
Rogers says he has better view of war
Secretary of State William P. Rogers joined Israeli military chiefs on an aerial tour over Sharm el Sheikh in occupied Egypt. He said the trip gave him a clearer understanding of the terrain and the broader Middle East situation after talks with Prime Minister Golda Meir on peace efforts.
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UPI
William P. Rogers
Sharm el Sheikh
Egypt
Rogers
Golda Meir
Middle East
U.S
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
Israel
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Sharmel
Red Sea
Miss Bacon Closes Lid on Grand Jury Questions
Antiwar activist Leslie Bacon refused to answer most grand jury questions about radical activities citing rights under the Constitution. She stays in custody as a material witness in the Capitol bombing case while seeking release, and her statement accuses the government of attempting to smear the antiwar movement.
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Wash
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Miss Bacon
U.S
George Boldt
First National Bank of New York
Boldt
WVE
Poe
Washington
Capitol
New York
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