Harris Eyes Democratic Presidential Bid Over Senate Reelection
Sen. Fred R. Harris prepares to launch a Democratic presidential campaign in a crowded field, forming a staff led by Jack Hood Vaughan with Herbert Allen Jr. and J. D. Williams as key aides. Harris has not finalized plans but is viewed as virtually certain to run, despite talk from supporters urging a White House bid.
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Washington
Fred R. Harris
Senate
Oklahoma
Harris
National Party
Jack Hood Vaughan
Peace Corps
U.S
Colombia
National Urban Coalition
Herbert Allen Jr
New York
J.D. Williams
White House
CIA warned of Viet Cong terms in Paris talks in 1968
CIA assessment for President Johnson predicted a coalition style government under Communist control and a fixed U S withdrawal timetable as Viet Cong demands. The findings, disclosed in Pentagon papers, anticipated Hanoi's approach and warned Thieu Ky risks if bombing stops without concessions.
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Spencer Davis
Associated Press
Washington
Paris
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Lyndon B. Johnson
U.S
North Vietnam
Thieu-Ky
Hanoi
Pentagon
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Cosmonauts Die From Air Pressure Seal Failure
Moscow reports three Soyuz 11 cosmonauts died from a rapid air pressure drop caused by loss of the capsule seal. The special government commission cited multiple potential causes for the seal failure and said the incident occurred on June 30.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
Vladislav N. Volkov
Viktor I. Patsayev
Salyut Space Laboratory
Salyut
Earth
Hillsboro man killed by car near Florence on U.S. 43
William H. Grissom, 44, of Hillsboro, was struck by a car driven by Clancy L. Greer, 23, of Russellville, as he walked with family along U.S. 43 near Florence. Grissom died at the scene. no charges filed. Funeral services by Elliott Funeral Home. The fatal weekend toll in Alabama rose to 11.
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Florence
William Howard Grissom
U. S. 43
Here
Grissom
Clancy L. Greer
Russellville
Lauderdale County
Jessie M. York
Greer
York
Elliott Funeral Home
Moulton
Alabama
Julie Christine Hilyer
Fairhope
Camp Mitchell Presley
Silas
Jessie Earl Mazingo
Toxey
Ernest Calvin Smith
Eufaula
William Lee Weeks
Phenix City
Herman Edward Boulding
Clarence Edward Boulding
Brantley
Stanley Parks
Point Huron
Mich
Norman Mosley
Atmore
Francis Alfred Randall III
Alpine
Billie Sol Estes Free From Federal Prison
Billie Sol Estes, once a powerful Texas fertilizer financier, left La Tuna Federal Correctional Institution in El Paso at 12:03 a.m. a free man after serving over six years of a 15 year sentence for fraud tied to a nonexistent fertilizer storage tank empire. He rode away with wife Patsy and a teenage daughter. reporters and photographers stood nearby as the family departed.
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Billie Sol Estes
Right
Dawn
la Tuna Federal Correction Institution
EL Paso
Tex
Texas Fertilizer
la Tuna Federal Correctional Institution
Estes
Patsy
Son
Parolee Billie Sol Estes Eludes Pursuit Near UT El Paso
Billie Sol Estes, paroled near the University of Texas at El Paso, requested a private dismissal after a parole review. He, 46, had been convicted in 1963 on seven counts of mail fraud and sentenced to 15 years. Estes plans to live with his wife in Abilene and work on a brother’s farm, with parole restrictions on self employment without Parole Board approval.
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Billie Sol Jr
University of Texas At
U.S
Alexander Hamilton dies after Burr duel in 1804
The notice recalls the death of American statesman Alexander Hamilton on this date in 1804 from wounds suffered in a duel with Vice President Aaron Burr. It notes the Tennessee Valley region as the context for today’s weather and calendar items.
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Alexander Hamilton
Aaron Burr
Army Drug Test To Be Expanded
The United States Army will extend urinalyses for drug abuse to troops in the United States and Europe, expanding the Vietnam program begun in June. A six month half million dollar contract with the Washington Reference Laboratory will boost testing volume and cover 2 to 5 percent of eligible troops, focusing on those in hospital passages, separations, new enlistees, and overseas returnees. Results require 98 percent accuracy for morphine related substances using chromatography and follow up tests.
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Washington
United States Army
Europe
Vietnam
Army
Washington Reference Laboratory
Martin Rubin
Georgetown University
Federal Drug Administration
Washington Narcotic Treatment Administration
Nixon
Jerome Jaffee
U. S
Lawrence Vineburgh
More Gunships Set For Thailand Duty
The United States prepares a 56 million modification to add gunships in Thailand for next season against Laos supply routes on the Ho Chi Minh trail. Air Force gunships, converted transports armed with heavy guns, have accounted for about two thirds of 25 000 North Vietnamese trucks destroyed or damaged in Laos since last November.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Washington (Ap
Vietnam
United States
Thailand
Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Pentagon
Air Force
Hanoi
U.S
North
Nixon signs $2.25 billion emergency jobs act
President Nixon signed today a $2.25 billion emergency job act designed to create temporary jobs in state and local government with an immediate effect in areas of high unemployment. The act subsidizes job creation to bolster employment nationwide.
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San Clemente, Calif
Nixon
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