Senate votes to halt funding for bombing in Cambodia Laos
The Senate approved 63 to 19 a measure cutting off all money for continued US bombing in Cambodia and Laos. The Eagleton amendment, added to a 3.6 billion supplemental bill, aims to end funding amid ongoing peace talks and a Pentagon report of reduced raids. The move faces House-Senate conference hurdles before any final action.
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Washington
Senate
Cambodia
Laos
Thomas F. Eagleton
D-Mo
Nixon
Vietnam
Pentagon
Congress
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Robert Dole
R-Kan
Jesse Helms
R-N.c
North Vietnam
U.S
Southeast Asia
Eagleton
Mansfield
D-Mont
Senate Appropriations Committee
Peacekeeping group closes as four-nation panel stalls
In Saigon the Vietnam peacekeeping commission dissolved meetings amid East West procedural dispute as Canada faces withdrawal. New ceasefire violations are alleged with the first Communist tank attack since January 28. The Viet Cong demand another ICCS inquiry while Ambassador Gauvin takes chair but will not reconvene until a 10 day report dispute is resolved.
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Saigon
Vietnam Peacekeeping Commission
Canada
Viet Cong
United States
Vietnam
Cambodia
International Commission of Control and Supervision
Michel Gauvin
Indonesia
Poland
Hungary
Gauvin
Nixon and Pompidou Fail To Settle Key Differences
In Reykjavik Nixon and Pompidou sealed a new set of procedures to improve Atlantic alliance relations while failing to resolve specific trade monetary and military disputes. They left open the possibility of later summits but did not back a broader international charter or a transatlantic super negotiation.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Nixon
Pompidou
Arctic
U.S
Europe
Henry A. Kissinger
Nixon-Kissinger
United States
Atlantic
France
America
Lafayette
George Washington
Ity
Kissinger
Michel Jobert
Paris
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
Vietnam
At Least 48 Killed In India Air Crash
In New Delhi an Indian Airlines Boeing 737 attempting to land in a dust storm crashed near the airport. At least 48 of 65 aboard died, including four Americans. The jet broke apart near a sand bank as the pilot Capt. G P B Nair reported a sudden loss of control. Officials cited possible cabin pressure issues but offered no final cause.
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New Delhi
Indian Airlines
G. P. B. Nair
Madras
India
Delhi
Deputy Held In Death Of Wife And Two Sons
Delta County sheriff deputy Dennis Murphy was charged with the murders of his wife Janet 20 and two infant sons Randy 2 and Robbie 7 months after their bodies were found in a burned home. He was found handcuffed to farm machinery behind a fire station and had claimed two men attacked him while responding to a traffic accident. An inscription on the firehouse wall warned I will kill you Murphy First your wife and kids. Autopsy planned to determine exact causes of death.
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Escanaba
Mich
Delta County
Tony Marcinkoweiz
Dennis Murphy
Murphy
Janet
Randy
Robbie
Gerald Bouchard
Fayette
U.S. 2
Warden and deputy slain at Philadelphia jail
Two inmates charged in Holmesburg Prison killings after stabbing warden Patrick Curran and deputy Robert Fromhold during a dispute over prayer meetings. Guard captain Leroy Taylor injured while stopping further carnage. Inmates Frederick Burton and Joseph Bowen face new murder counts. city officials call for harsher penalties.
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Philadelphia
Holmesburg
Patrick Curran
Robert F. Fromhold
Fromhold
Frederick Burton
Joseph Bowen
Frank L. Rizzo
Joseph F. O'Neil
Leroy Taylor
Taylor
Burton
Bowen
Major upset as Irish republic elects Protestant president
Col in Frost AP writer reports 68 year old London born Protestant Erskine Childers defeats Tom O’Higgins 636162 to 587577 to become Ireland’s president A F de Valera 91 steps down in June leaving a parliamentary era He and his 95 year old poet wife will move to a Dublin retirement home Voters in Northern Ireland split along sectarian lines in council races Protestant Unionists win 108 seats and militant factions 39 Catholic tied SDLP 28 Alliance 26 Bombings and shootings in Belfast accompany results as the Irish Republican Army’s violence continues PMID
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Colin Frost
Associated Press
Erskine Childers
Childers
Eamon de Valera
de Valera
Dublin
Tom O'Higgins
National Coalition
Republic
Northern Ireland
Unionist Party
Alliance Party
Social Democratic and Labor Party
Haldeman Denies Involvement In Watergate Cover-Up
Washington AP H R Haldeman testified that he did not participate in any Watergate cover-up while serving as President Mixon's chief of staff. Senate and House committees cited conflicts between testimonies of White House aides CIA and FBI officials over the June 1972 meeting and possible CIA influence on FBI probes.
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Washington (Ap
H.R. Haldeman
Mixon
House
Haldeman
Senate
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Central Intelligence Agency
White House
CIA
FBI
Congress
House Intelligence Subcommittee
Lucien N. Nedzi D-Mich
Vernon Walters
L. Patrick Gray II
Justice Department
Nedzi
Gray
Prices Paid For Raw Farm Products Jump in May
Prices farmers receive for raw farm products rose 4 percent in May and were on average 33 percent higher than a year earlier, the Agriculture Department reported. Soybeans cattle cotton corn and potatoes led the gain while onions eggs tomatoes broiler chickens and strawberries fell. The increase resumes a cycle of rising farm prices after a 1.5 percent April decline.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Sumer
Crop Reporting Board
Skylab Crew Cancels Experiments To Save Power
SPACE CENTER Houston AP Astronauts of Skylab canceled experiments to save electricity Thursday while experts studied a possible space walk to repair a jammed solar panel. Charles Conrad Jr Joseph P. Kerwin and Paul J. Weitz cut back on experiments and worked on power sparing tasks as Mission Control weighs options.
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Conrad
Weather Summary for Virginia and the Carolinas
Virginia sees partly cloudy to scattered showers on Friday with highs around 70s to low 80s and variable clouds Friday night into Saturday. North Carolina forecasts showers in the mountains Friday night and Saturday with warmer highs in the 70s to low 80s and lows around 50s in the mountains and 50s to 60s elsewhere.
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Virginia
North Carolina
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Secret Service
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Indochina
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Ehrlichman
Senate Intelligence Subcommittee
Ste Nixon
Tate Ponce
Irish Republic
Belfast
Irish Republican Army
Britain
Conrad, Kerwin and
Weitzle
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