Congress Ends Official Vacation Faces Busy Schedule
Congress ends its official summer vacation and returns to work on taxes housing and military issues. Senate debates the military authorization bill and a big new cargo plane faces funding fights while the tax reform bill moves through the Finance Committee with testimony from Treasury Secretary Kennedy and administration spokesmen. The House tackles auto safety and toys while shaping a broad housing bill and food stamp program debate looms.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
David M. Kennedy
Kennedy
House
Agriculture Committee
Kennedy inquest turmoil prompts cautions on conduct
The inquest and related statements trigger concerns over conduct and publicity. Judges and attorneys warn of possible actions against parties not in trial, while Kennedy aides seek cross examination rights as inquest questions constitutional implications and potential for further delays.
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Reardon
Quinn
Dinis
Edward B. ‘Hanify
Kennedy
Young
Chappaquiddick
Boyle
Joseph J.hurley
Hanify
Libyan Coup Seizes Power As Idris Sways Abroad
Libyan coup leaders announced a bloodless takeover under Col Saad Eddine Abbou Choureb. A curfew spread across Tripoli as the new revolutionary council claimed nationwide support and sought to calm markets and borders. King Idris reportedly abdicated and appealed for British aid, which was declined. British officials emphasized noninterference in Libyan internal affairs amid the upheaval.
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Libya
U.S. Air Force
Tripoli
Tobruk
el Adem
Saad Eddine Abbou Choureb
Cairo
Abdelhadi Boutaleb
Boutaleb
Wheelus
Thes
New
Revolutionary Council
Idris
Ahmad Ain Suf
Tripoli Radio
Hassan el-Rida
London
Omar el Shelhi
Michael Stewart
Governors debate welfare and health reform at conference
Governors challenge Rockefeller’s federal takeover of welfare and demand higher funding. Lester Maddox resists centralized control while John McKeithen backs state authority. Wyoming's Stanley Hathaway faces AMA counterproposal favoring private plans with government aid for the uninsured.
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Rockefeller
Lester Maddox
Georgia
John J. McKeithen
Louisiana
McKeithen
Nixon
Maddox
Commission
Stanley Hathaway
Wyoming
American Medical Association
Nixon plans post office reorganization and appeals board fills
President Nixon advocates a cabinet free Post Office with a nine member board for centralized management. Blount optimistic about committee approval and Senate passage. North California scene shifts to San Clemente as Nixon fills two National Selective Service Appeal Board vacancies naming Levi Jackson and Elmer Banks Jr. to full membership.
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Blount
Senate
House
San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
National Selective Service Appeal Board
Yale
Levi Jackson
Detroit
Elmer Banks Jr
Winter Park
Fla
Jackson
Ford Motor Co
Dearborn
Mich
Banks
Commercial Bank of
South Seminole Bank
Fern Park
Comb
Two Former Prisoners Describe Life In POW Camps
Washington AP two former prisoners of the North Vietnamese described life in POW camps as hunger heat occasional torture and endless boredom Navy Lt Robert F Frishman and Postal Clerk 3C Douglas B Herdahl spoke at Bethesda Navy Hospital where they have been treated since August 8 Frishman said prisoners faced beatings rope suspensions cigarette burns fingernail removal and forced statements He spent long periods in solitary confinement and lost 50 pounds Herdahl said he spent over seven months in solitary confinement and believes he was released due to being a seaman He plans to visit families of other POWs and seek further treatment. Herdahl will return to Bethesda after leave
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Washington
Navy
Robert F. Frishman
Long Beach
Calif
Douglas B. Herdahl
Clark
D. Frishman
Herdahl
Canberra
Bethesda Navy Hospital
Frishman
Cmdr
R. A. Stratton
Stratton
Hegdahl
San Diego
Bethesda Hospital
Hurricane Francelia Aims For Central America Area
Hurricane Francelia, with 110 mph winds, tracked toward the Caribbean coast of Central America after brushing the Bahia Islands. Evacuations were urged from Tela to Stann Creek as heavy rain and 10-foot tides threaten flash floods along lowland coasts.
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Teguigalpa
Honduras
Francelia
Bahia Islands
Central America
Red Cross
National Hurricane Center
Miami
Tela
Stann Creek
British Honduras
Caribbean
Guatemal
Puerto ‘Barrios
Guatemala
Money-Raising Reception For Bernadette Devlin Protested
About 50 pickets protested a $100-a-person money raising reception for Bernadette Devlin outside the home of New Jersey Assemblyman Frank Dodd. Rev Carl McIntire led the demonstration calling Devlin a "miniskirted Marxist" and vowed to bring Ian Paisley to confront her. Devlin, 22, defended Irish Catholics, said Paisley could only mudsling, and planned to leave US before Paisley arrives. debate on NI issues aired on NBC TE show.
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West
Orange
Njn1
McIntie
Bernadette
New Jersey
Frank Dodd
New York City
Miss Devlin
McIintire
Marx
Paisley
United States
Stratton Mills
Northern Ireland
Mid-Ulster
House of Commons
Mills
Belfast
National Association For Irish Justice
Irish Republic
Ulster
Great Britain
Min
Talks Reject Harriman Bargaining Option in Vietnam
The North Vietnamese rejected former envoy Harriman's idea of trading an end to raids for a halt in Viet Cong terrorism. They demanded a total halt to U.S. aggression and indicated they would not concede in exchange for B52 actions.
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U.S
W. Averell Harriman
United States
Harriman
Vietnam
Debbie Debbie Poems About Freedom After Baltimore Operation
Debbie Debbie, the youngest of four children, has an I Q of about 120 and writes letters and poetry. She hopes to keep good grades without curtailing writing. In a poem after the Baltimore operation she said she had been set free of a fear she had for many years and titled the work The Six Best Men of My Life.
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Debbie
Baltimore
Fire burns tent at Indian Congress convention
A fire broke out in the big tent at a National Congress convention in Faridabad India amid heated arguments inside an AP report cites a party member. The incident highlights tensions within the ruling party during the gathering.
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Faridabad
India
Congress Party
Two AWOLs Seek Sanctuary at Episcopal Convention
Two American soldiers AWOL from Hawaii turned up at a Notre Dame Episcopal Church convention appealing for sanctuary. Delegates split in support as FBI noted no military request yet. Airman Louis Parry and Marine Cpl Louis Jones urged conscience rights while pledging jail rather than fight in Vietnam.
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South Bend, Ind
Episcopal Church
FBI
Bob Radde
Ned Cole
Syracuse
University of Notre Dame
George Barrett
Rochester
N.Y
Louis Parry
Mountain View
Calif
Cpl
Louis Jones
Charleston
S.C
Vietnam
Richard Fernandez
New York
Hawaii
Detroit
Night of looting and unrest rocks North End city
Violence erupted around 8 p.m. as a mob attacked a mattress factory and a fire station, injuring twelve including three police and three firemen. Firemen were forced to evacuate from a burning site. a police dog handler was shot in the leg. Fort Lauderdale declared a state of emergency and curfew after a second night of clashes that saw over 100 arrests amid mainly Black and Puerto Rican crowds. Opinions split between police blame on youths and a NAACP attorney calling the events a response to oppression. A separate investigation followed a deadly Parkesburg gunfight that killed 30-year-old Harry Dickinson. }
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North End
Anthony Fasanelli
Fort Lauderdale
Robert Johnston
Johnston
Alice Hastings
NAACP
Norman J. Pine
Parkesburg
Harry Dickinson
Dickinson
Vietnamese warfare escalates near Cambodian border
U S officers expected heavier enemy action this week to mark North Vietnam’s independence anniversary. Helicopter crews spotted enemy troops near An Loc 12 miles NW and two miles east of the Cambodian border. Air strikes followed with 16 enemy dead and 72 bunkers destroyed. No U S casualties. Across South Vietnam on Monday 46 enemy soldiers were killed, one U S service member died and six were wounded. Fighting centered in an arc 55 to 80 miles NW and NE of Saigon near Loc Ninh An Loc and Song Be.
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U.S
North Vietnam
U.S. 11Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
An Loc
South Vietnam
Saigon
Loc Ninh
Song Be
Growth Taken From Lung Of Dirksen
Washington AP A team of Army surgeons removed a growth from the right lung of Everett Dirksen the Senate Republican leader at Walter Reed Army Hospital The operation involved the upper lobe of the right lung The growth described as a ring nodule had unclear malignancy status Postoperative condition was satisfactory Dirksen born 1896 Pekin Illinois first elected to the Senate in 1950 now minority leader since 6th term venturing details of his hospital stay and diagnosis remain limited
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Washington
Everett M.dirksen
Senate
Dirksen
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Illinois
House of Representatives
Ho Chi Minh and Vietnam leaders outlined after illness
The report notes Ho Chi Minh’s illness and Vietnam’s leadership likely to be a collective of figures such as Pham Van Dong Truong Chinh Vo Nguyen Giap Le Duan and Le Duc Tho. It recalls Giap’s prominence and Ho’s various names and early life, including studies in Hue and Saigon and time as a cabin boy.
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Xuan Thuy
New Xiaen
Nixon
Anaes
Hanoi
Phanim van Dong
Truong Chinh
National Assembly
Vo Nguyen Giap
le Duan
le Duc Tho
Paris
Giap
Vietnam
Viet Cong
Ho Chi.Minh
Southeast Asia
Ly Thuy
Song Man Tho
Sinh Cim
Nguyen Ai Quoi
Nguyeo
Hue
Saigon
Europe
Pike’s Quiet Exit From Church Sparks New Religious Center
The article recalls Pike’s move away from organized Christianity to found the Foundation for Religious Transition in Santa Barbara. It notes his wife and mother seeking his return, his Look Magazine disclosure, and Pike’s prior roles as bishop of California and dean of St John the Divine, along with his split from Bishop Myers over his third marriage.
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Pike
Jim
Santa Barbara
Pearl Chambers
Myers
San Francisco
Psychologist warns scientists may inflate drug abuse claims
Dr Helen N Newlis of the University of Rochester told the 77th APA convention that researchers may overstate adverse effects of drugs like LSD by stressing certain findings and using abstract terms. She urged precise definitions, noted public misinterpretation, and warned against generalizing limited data to society at large.
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Washington
Helen N. Newlis
University of Rochester
Newlis
American Psychological Association
Congress
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