North Korea accuses U S of reversing truth on spy plane
North Korea denounces U S claims that the downed reconnaissance plane was in international air space. KCNA says the U S plane violated DPRK air space and accuses Maj Gen James Knapp of fleeing the Panmunjom meeting. South Korea holds rallies and President Park studies Nixon statements amid renewed flights. Soviet destroyers offer condolences and debris handover.
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Tokyo
North Korea
United States
U.S
Sea of Japan
Lee Choon-sun
Panmunjom
U.S. Navy
Lee
U.S. Air Force
James B. Knapp
U.N. Command
Knapp
North Korean Central News Agency
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Seoul
Chung-Hee Park
Nixon
Washington
Chongju
Hoengsung
Tax Change Debate Shapes Social Security Tax Plan
The discussion centers on a 0.4 point Social Security tax hike and a wage base rise to $9,000, with Nixon weighing endorsement of Johnson’s speedup. Advisers review the issue as current law says withholding rises to 5.2 percent on employers and employees and the base climbs to $9,000 on Jan 1, 1971.
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Johnson
Nixon
Ers
White House
Congress
Court moot citation taints Powell case, 91st Congress seated
The case is deemed moot as the 90th Congress is history. Powell, re-elected, began serving in the 91st Congress in January after paying a $25,000 fine and losing 22 years of seniority. His lawyers frame their plea to avoid direct confrontation between the Court and the House.
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Powell
Court
House
Protests Continue at Cornell and Morehouse Demands
Thousands gathered at Ithaca for Parents Week as Negro students occupied Willard Straight Hall and white students clashed, resulting in minor injuries and evictions of parents and staff. In Atlanta, trustees faced student demands to name the university for Martin Luther King Jr. and to resign white trustees, with a black studies program demanded and guards present.
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Nejeto
Cornell
Atlanta
Annaarad Thilant
Failing Dikes and Floods Hit Midwest as Dams Break
Floods spread across the upper Midwest with dike failures and rising rivers. Minot and North Dakota face millions in damage as public dikes hold and private dikes fail. Mondale tours 184 flood zones. Mississippi crest predicted at 16 feet in Wisconsin. Guards patrolling dikes, levee work starts. Red River recedes but earlier flooding lingers.
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Associated Press
South Dakota
North Dakota
Souris
Midwest
Minol
N.D
Feah
Walter Mondale
Minnesota
Minot
Civil Defense Clals
Mississippi River
Dubuque
Clinton
Towa
Weather Bureau
Mississippi
la Crosse
Wis
U.S. 18
Prairie du Chien
Clem Mara
Frederick J. Clarke
U.S. Army Engineers
Iowa
Fulton
Rock Island
Army Engineers Flood Control Center
Andahisia
Red River
Grand Forks
Fargo
Red Cross
Big Soux River
Sioux Falls
New England
U.S. Weather Bureau
Hartford
Conn
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
North Korea crisis fuels U S Navy moves at sea
U S officials weigh costs of missions against intelligence gathered as Washington strengthens reconnaissance flights beyond the twelve mile limit. Pyongyang denounces the downing and hints at a formal reply while North Korea’s broadcasts frame the incident as a propaganda campaign. U S assets including carriers and a battleship are dispatched to the Sea of Japan area as searchers, with Soviet aid, locate wreckage about 90 miles offshore.
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Page One Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Pyongyang
U.S
Panmunjom
North Korea
Washington
Nixon
New Jersey
Sea of Japan
Korean Peninsula
Dulski Criticizes Postal Rate Increases and Reform
Postal Dulski, angered by a recent rise in salaries for Congress and executive branch members, calls for postal reform before any rate hikes. He criticizes an across the board rate increase and favors a compromise plan retaining a Cabinet rank postmaster general while adopting Kappel style reorganizations.
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Dulski
Congress
Buffalo
At&t
Frederick R. Kappel
Kappel
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Japan
Thomas R. van Winkle
Blum, Tex
Tachikawa
Hargrave Summer School
Col. J. H. Cosby
Cayuga Lake
Ithaca, NY
Willard Straight
Diqzi
Danville
Riverside
Jim Walter
Jim Walter Homes
America
Mage
JIM Walter Corp
Tate
Masonic Temple
Famerican
Tational Bank and Trust Company
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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