B-1 Bomber Debate Drives Senate Budget Fight
A compromise defense proposal may calm some senators as debate over the B-1 bomber grows. The Administration seeks 370 million for three prototypes while allies push a cheaper option to blunt anti-B-1 sentiment. The split ties to broader arms control and domestic spending priorities in a loaded Senate Armed Services panel showdown.
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New York Times News Service
Washington
Senate
Armed Services Committee
Congressional
Pentagon
Homan
U.S
Egypt ties Suez reopening to full Israeli withdrawal
Egypt says it will permit Suez Canal reopening only if Israel withdraws from all territories occupied in the 1967 war. A Moscow communique with the Soviet Union links canal access to a full Israeli troop withdrawal to pre June 1967 frontiers. Haaretz reports Sisco may visit Israel in July with new partial settlement proposals.
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Suez Canal
Israel
Moscow
Mahmoud Riad
Tel Aviv
Haaretz
Joseph Sisco
U.S
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Foreign Ministry
Sisco
William P. Rogers
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Argentina to try Braniff hijacker in kidnaping case
Argentine officials say they will try Robert Lee Jackson for air piracy and theft of the plane despite U S export extradition requests He and Lydia Sanchez surrendered at Buenos Aires airport after police blocked refueling and halted the aircraft The FBI has charged Jackson with air piracy and assault with a deadly weapon
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Industries seek permit to discharge wastes to Tennessee River
Nine industries and government plants in Huntsville Decatur and Limestone County applied to the U S Army Corps of Engineers for permission to continue discharging wastes into the Tennessee River. President Nixon ordered new federal controls with a July 1 permit deadline. Applications came from Marshall Space Flight Center and several local plants plus Monsanto Wolverine Tube and Goodyear in Alabama.
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Tennessee River
Nixon
Huntsville
Marshall Space Flight Center
U.S. Army Missile Command
Command
Decatur Industries
Monsanto Co
Wolverine Tube Division
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co
Amoco. Chemicals Corp
Prestolite Co
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Athens Stove Works, Inc
Limestone County
Supreme Court
Alabama
Nashville
Corps
Tennessee
Cumberland
Burge r says high court workload limits quality
Chief Justice Warren E Birger warns the Supreme Court cannot keep up with 4000 appeals a year and must ease its growing workload to maintain the high standards expected. He notes past volumes of 1100 to 1300 in earlier decades and proposes cost and time reductions in the judiciary while avoiding firm solutions.
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New York
Warren E. Birger
Supreme Court
American Bar Association
Burger
Federal Judiciary
ABA
Planning Shortfalls Behind Vietnam Troop Buildup
The Johnson era faced inadequate planning and foresight, contributing to a growing U.S. troop buildup in Vietnam. The New York Times discusses this in the sixth Pentagon Papers installment. See page A-5 of today's Decatur Daily for the report.
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U.S
Vietnam
New York Times
Decatur Daily
Airliner crash at Toronto Airport kills 108
On this date in 1970 a Canadian airliner crashed at the Toronto airport, killing 108 passengers and crew. Weather notes list a 20 percent rain chance Tuesday with high near 90 and low around 66. The page includes ad and weather listings for Athens and a weather map for the Tennessee Valley.
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Toronto
Christmas Day Festivities Extend Across Valley Town
Tennessee Valley residents marked the nation’s birthday with sunlit celebrations and a one day festival in Decatur. The event featured greased pole contests and speeches honoring American heroes as thousands enjoyed the holiday with a day off work.
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Tennessee Valley
Decatur
America
Viet Cong rocket attack kills three at Da Nang base
Rockets struck the Da Nang Air Base barracks area at midnight, killing three American airmen and wounding 37. The attack, the worst at the base this year, followed by two American helicopters shot down nearby and a confirmed drop in U.S. troop strength to 239,500. Kissinger completed a 24 day Saigon visit amid talks on Viet Cong peace proposals and troop withdrawals.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S. Air Force
da Nang Air Base
White House
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Nguyen van Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nixon
Thieu
Bangkok
Washington
U.S
Vietnam
Thailand
da Nang
A Shau
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