Hoover says FBI to boost China intelligence countermeasures
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover told a closed Senate hearing that Washington will intensify efforts against Chinese Communist intelligence gathering and revolution activities in the United States. He warned Peking regards the US as its chief enemy as Congress reviews FBI appropriations amid Nixon’s China trip debates.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Congress
FBI
United States
Peking
Hoover
Senate
Nixon
People’s Republic of China
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
China
John G. Tower
R-Tex
Javits
Cooperstown
N.Y
Mike Mansfield
White House
Mansfield
Hugh Scott
Scott
National Review claims release of secret Vietnam war documents
The National Review asserts possession of secret Vietnam files including a 1954 contingency plan for a nuclear demonstration in Indochina and a 1962 proposal revived by the military. A Feb 12, 1965 note suggests the idea remained alive in military and some intelligence circles. The issue says documents come from larger files not in the Pentagon Papers and notes no confirmation on Pentagon study inclusion.
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New York
The
National Review
Vietnam
U.S. Defense Department
Indochina
Pentagon
New York Times
Washington Post
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
William F
Local News Tip Contest Offers Cash Prizes
Readers are invited to call The Decatur Daily with news tips. A winning tip earns $5 and a $5 bonus for regular subscribers. Calls should be placed to 353 4612. The offer appears in MAGAZINE on page 5 and promotes a $10 value per tip.
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Decatur Daily
Apollo 15 Countdown Proceeds On Schedule
The Apollo 15 countdown began at Cape Kennedy on the two year anniversary of Apollo 11 with a target blastoff next Monday at 8 34 a m CDT. Crew rehearsals and system checks continued as the Saturn 5 rocket received power to its stages.
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Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace
Cape Kennedy
Fla
White House Rebukes Agnew For Statement
The White House publicly rebuked Vice President Agnew for criticizing black leaders in the United States versus African officials. Press Secretary Ziegler noted Nixon meets with domestic and foreign black leaders and has respect for both, signaling a mild rebuke amid ticket speculation.
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Agnew
New York Times
Washington
United States
Africa
Ronald L. Ziegler
Nixon
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Kenya
Jomo Kenyatta
Congo
Joseph Mobutu
Madrid
Ziegler
Phone Workers Set To Return After Tentative Pact
Telephone workers prepared to resume work under a proposed contract as seven postal unions gathered to discuss a tentative deal with the U S Postal Service. The two agreements cover more than 1 million workers nationwide and brighten a labor scene dimmed by potential railroad tieups.
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Washington
U.S. Postal Service
Postal Service
Post Office Department
Spukesman
ON THIS DATE 1969 Armstrong and Aldrin Moon Landing
The entry recalls that in 1969 American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin Jr. became the first men to land on the moon. It notes telephones for placing ads and weather details for Athens with highs around 86 and lows near 65, plus a weather map on page 3.
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Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin Aldrin Jr
Moon
Center To Open In Two Months
Decatur prepares Alabama's first retardation training center with 80 percent completion and a September opening for first students. Dr. Stonewall Stickney and Dr. Joseph Gallagher toured the site noting plans for age grouped classes, small class sizes, and behavior oriented programs aimed at returning residents to families and communities.
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Decatur
Alabama
Stonewall Stickney
Stickney
Lurleen Wallace Developmental Center
Joseph Gallagher
Gallagher
Wallace Center
Decatur Center
Mental Health Department
Bryce Hospital
Tuscaloosa
Giant Puzzle Confronts 24 Bank Employes
Boise AP reports two dozen bank employees are in a guarded room for a week reconstructing about $847,000 in shredded checks. Some checks have been photographed and all recoded, aiding recovery of nearly $300,000. A janitor had shredded the bundle at the First Security Bank home office.
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Nancy Campbell
Vicki Nelson
First Security Bank of
Boise
Idaho
Boise, Idaho
First Security Bank
Draft lottery set for August amid draft law doubts
Washington AP brief notes the 1972 draft lottery scheduled for August 5 as Congress faces uncertainty over renewing the draft law before September. In a separate session, the Senate approved an $18.7 billion appropriation bill for housing veterans and space programs with an 87 to 0 vote, exceeding Nixon's budget by over $1.2 billion.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Nixon
Reston Recovers After Chinese Appendectomy
James Reston underwent emergency appendectomy in Peking Saturday night under local anesthesia. The operation lasted 75 minutes with two surgeons, Prof Li and Dr Chiu, and Reston remained conscious throughout. Acupuncture was used to ease post operative pain and Reston spoke via translated explanations from a Foreign Ministry official.
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Jean Leclerc DU Sablon
Agence France-Presse
Peking
New York Times
James Reston
Reston
Chiu
Foreign Ministry
Information Department
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Alfred M. Worden
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