Safeguard Funds Approved In House Committee Action
The House Appropriations Committee backed a 1.45 billion construction bill that includes 2.5 million for the NORAD Cheyenne Mountain command center and 14.1 million for Kwajalein Island tests. The panel criticized prior budget handling and signaled future Southeast Asia needs with about 200 million remaining from prior appropriations.
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Washington
Safeguard
Congress
House
NORAD
Cheyenne Mountain
Colorado
Nixon
Kwajalein Island
Pacific
California
Appropriations Subcommittee
U.S
South East Asia
Controversy Over Haynsworth Nomination To Supreme Court
The article outlines opposition to the Haynsworth Supreme Court nomination grounded in alleged conflicts of interest and ethics concerns. It notes Judiciary Committee support praising his integrity, while Senators Bayh Burdick Hart Kennedy and Tydings dissent citing discriminatory decisions and ethics issues.
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Abel Fortas
Haynsworth
Senate
Supreme Court
Earl Warren
Judiciary Committee
U.S
Birch Bayh
Ind
Quentin N. Burdick
Philip A. Hart
D-Minard
M. Kennedy
Joseph D. Tydings
D-Act
Haynsorth
Hart
Armored car robbery nets $1.377 million in Brooklyn chase
Three robbers, in a stolen 1968 Chevrolet, moved most of the bags from an armored car to a waiting vehicle in a residential area. Police recovered eight coin bags and two bill bags left behind as the trio fled toward downtown Brooklyn. A resident alerted police after seeing nonuniform men load money. A lookout alert covered the eastern seaboard, but the suspects escaped. Historical context cites prior large cash heists in Plymouth Mass and Boston with larger sums reported in Britain.
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Page
Brooklyn
Seaboard
U.S
Plymouth
Mass
Court rules on juvenile jury trials retroactivity issue
The court holds that adult jury trial rights cannot retroactively apply to juveniles. It leaves open future cases to decide whether juveniles may gain jury trial rights for crimes that would carry lifetime sentences for adults. Justice Fortas had expanded juvenile rights in May 1967, while DeBacker’s juvenile hearing occurred March 28, 1968, and the landmark adult jury-right ruling was issued May 20, 1968.
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Abe Fortas
DeBacker
Black
Douglas
William Line
Fremont
Richard Kuhlman
Dodge J County
Congress Expels Mrs Gandhi as Old Guard Remains
The party headquarters, once ruled by Nehru, hosts expulsion of Mrs Gandhi as 21 member policy panel meets with 11 present. Key figures such as Kamaraj and Morarji Desai attend, while Gandhi’s supporters boycott. Some MPs back the split, predicting a new vibrant Congress despite the leadership’s justification.
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Ghai
Ritm
Nehru
Nixon Extends Bipartisan Call to Back Paris Peace Talks
President Nixon invited a bipartisan congressional delegation to the White House to join a phone talk with Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge. The aim was to affirm support for Nixon’s negotiating position at the Paris peace talks as antiwar demonstrations pressed Congress to back the administration. Representatives and senators from both parties attended or were counted in support, with leaders stressing Hanoi should not delay the talks or misread U.S. unity.
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Nixon
Lodge
Washington
White House
Wednesha T
Henry Czhot Lodge
Paris Beece
Jim Wright
D-Tex
Vietnam
Texan
Himsalf
Wayne Heyes
D-Chin
Gordon Allott
R-Colp
Allott
Wright
Hin
Ronald L. Ziegler
House
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Sen
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate
Hanoi
Paris
Hayes
Les Arrends
R-Ill
Ross Adair
R-Ind
Samuel Devine
R-Ohio
Samuel Stratton
D-N.y
Ed Edmundson
D-Okla
Jim jKee
D-W
Fire Damages Abingdon Facility Incurred Losses
A DeBusk company estimated damage including fire effects on facilities and equipment near the blaze at 100000 to 125000 dollars. Owner Bill DéBusk was among three injured and listed in critical condition at Abingdon Hospital with burns over most of his body. Two Abingdon firemen were less seriously hurt. Fire engines from Abingdon and nearby counties battled the blaze and prevented spread to other petroleum tanks and nearby tobacco warehouses. Firefighters remained on site overnight with foam and retardant, monitoring for recurrence.
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DeBusk
Bill ‘DéBusk
Abingdon Hospital
Burrs
Abingdon
W. C.poole
Bob McCormick
Washington County
Damascus
Glade Spring
Meadowview
Explosion Damages New York Building Two Arrested
An explosion shattered walls in a restroom area of the Manhattan Criminal Courts building near police headquarters. Police pursued a fresh wave of bomb threats following earlier blasts as two arrests were reported in connection with the incident.
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New York
iCourts
Manhattan
Fire Brought Under Control At Abingdon
Firemen from five localities tackled a heavy blaze at DeBusk Petroleum Co in Abingdon after an explosion. two men were arrested by FBI agents. A separate bomb threat forced CBS to evacuate three floors at Rockefeller Center. One woman from Brooklyn injured. multiple blasts have rattled the city in recent months.
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Abingdon
DeBusk Petroleum Co
Ase Hare
Norma Davis
Brooklyn
Beekiman
Phillips Petroleum“distribution
Nig Fcourt
Taj
RCA
Rockefeller Center
General Motors
Fifth Avenue
Chase Manhattan
Wall ‘Street
Matrine- Midland
Lower Broadway
Federal Office
Federal Plaza
Armed Forces Induction Center
Whitehall Street
Macy’s
Herald Square
Apollo 12 aims for pinpoint lunar landing despite tank damage
Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad Jr Richard F Gordon Jr and Alan L Bean monitored the Downey California built craft as NASA postponed a Sunday launch. Officials said the team may juggle countdown holds totaling over 10 hours to address fuel tank trouble while pursuing a precise touchdown near the Surveyor site within a few hundred feet if liftoff occurs Friday.
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North American Rockwell Co
Downey
Calif
Charles Conrad Jr
Richard F. Gordon Jr
Alan L. Bean
Donnelly
NASA
DDT phase out guides pesticide control and health review
The report stresses phasing out DDT while guiding control and study of persistent pesticides like aldrin dieldrin heptachlor chlordane and lindane. It warns reduced DDT use may raise other chemicals and cautions against overly tightening residues while weighing evidence and human welfare. Finch discussed proposals with Hardin and Hickel and envisions a cooperative agreement avoiding new Congress action. The commission will send the report to the Environmental Quality Council for its November 20 meeting.
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Finch
Secretary of Agriculture
Clifford Hardin
Secretary of Interior
Walter J. Hickel
Congress
HEW
the Interior
Commission
Environmental Quality Council
United States
Baptists Reject Plan to Change Virginia School Ties
Delegates at the Virginia Baptist General Association meeting voted 437 to 386 to keep the current relationship with seven Virginia schools and urge campuses to seek to minister to the denomination. The move preserves funding levels and calls for closer work with the Virginia Baptist Foundation and the association’s educational committee.
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Virginia
Roanoke
Virginia Baptist General Association Convention
Virginia Baptists
General Association
Ministry of Education
Virginia Baptist Foundation
Virginia Baptist General Board
Ernest L. Honts
Norfolk
Richard L. T. Belae Jr
Sparta
Honts
Talbot Park Baptist Church
Committee of
Ray. Allen
Wise’ Baptist “Church
Wise
Robert L. Yates
First’. Baptist Church
Waynesboro
Sec
Ond
William L. Lumpkin
Free Mason Street Baptist Church
Sfesit
Committee of 24
Women's Missionary Union
Reuben Alley
The
Religious Herald
Baptist’ General Association of Virginia
Priuicture
Bluefield College
Charles “Harman
Baptists
Theodore F. Adams
Richmond
Baptist World Alliance
General Association of Virginia
Women’s Missionary Union
WMU
Phoen
Roanoke Letter Carriers Grow Beards for Bill Support
Roanoke AP The National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 524 voted to grow beards until a proposed government employee pay increase is enacted. If the Virginia state convention approves, mail carriers statewide may join. Charles E. Parker, branch president, says the beard policy aims to press for a 54 percent raise, despite potential presidential veto.
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Roanoke
Branch 524
National Association of Letter Carriers
Virginia
Charles E. Parker
Parker
Alexandria
NALC
Senate
Beta lipoproteins linked to heart attack risk study
Abnormal beta lipoprotein levels may raise heart attack risk even when cholesterol is normal, a new test detects these proteins by plasma ultracentrifugation. Researchers found individuals with normal cholesterol but high beta protein levels, suggesting overlooked candidates for coronary disease.
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Heart Association
Council On
Lees
Fresearch
Tet massacre toll rises near Hue in 1958 searches
Vietnamese authorities report 136 victims uncovered in five days of digging near Hue with 17 bodies found in a sand dune grave near Quang Tri City. A mass funeral is planned for Friday for about 200 victims. Death toll from the Hue battle era c. 1968 reaches over 3,000 with around 2,300 bodies recovered.
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Hue
Quang Tri City
Demilitarized Zone
Social Security earnings rule debated by Mills
Mills rejects 50 percent pay increase as unconstitutional due to payroll tax rise. He supports raising the monthly earnings limit for retirees from 146 dollars, or 1680 per year, but opposes fully waiving all pensioner earnings limits. He warns the change would add 2.5 billion to costs, arguing reforms should aid those dependent on Social Security.
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Mills
Troops Parade Route Stationed as City Tensions Rise
Former Attorney General Ramsey Clark announced a task force of more than 100 local lawyers to patrol the city after a monument rally. Clark reported no real sign of major violence. Students for Democratic Society leaders planned a Labor Department rally nearby after the monument event, with national secretary John Penh ngton saying the group lacked a permit. General Electric said it would do what is necessary to make the demonstration happen.
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Ramsey Clark
Clark
Students For Democratic Society
Labor Department
John Pennington
Protests Across Nations Press War Stance and Mobilization
Protesters plan a bonfire to burn war toys at the University of Northern Iowa for symbolic memorials. In Buffalo 202 empty chairs symbolize war dead from Erie County while Wilmette church members begin 36 hour vigils. Washington moves about 9,000 not trained regular troops as a precaution. DC mayor foresees no violence. A New York coalition linked to the Revolutionary Communist and SDS plans a large Saturday march, with funding discussions totaling up to 300000 dollars as mobilization efforts continue.
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University of Northern Iowa
Buffalo
Erie County
Wilmette
Ill
First Congregational Church
Washington
Walter Washington
District of Columbia
New York
Revolutionary Contingent
Students For
Sea Democratic Society
Justice Department
Armove
Sea Association
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Hargrave Military Academy
Oak Hill Academy
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Virginia Intermont College
Calcere H. Cosby
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