Laird Eyes Contract Cost Overruns
Washington reports a tougher Defense Department stance under Secretary Laird and Deputy Packard to curb cost overruns in major weapons programs. Actions include slowing development, warning firms against low bids, and tightening contract supervision to avoid late-stage changes.
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William Beecher
New York Times News Service
Washington
Defense Department
Pentagon
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
David Packard
Laird
Congress
Pompidou Poher Move to French Runoff in Tight Race
Georges Pompidou and Alain Poher advance to a runoff for the French presidency with the Communists poised to shape the result. Pompidou, 57, led first round with 43.95 percent in continental France, ahead of Poher, 60, who was provisional head after De Gaulle’s resignation.
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Paris
Georges Pompidou
Alain Poher
Pompidou
Rothschild
Charles de Gaulle
France
de Gaulle
Poher
Senate
Symington accuses Pentagon of differing safeguard views
Sen. Symington accuses the Defense Department of public versus closed session discrepancies over the Safeguard antimissile system. He hints a chart supports more research than deployment and could settle the debate if released. Sen. Percy urges a deployment compromise as ABM costs come under scrutiny.
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Symington
Pentagon
Washington
Senate
Stuart Symington
Defense Department
Missouri
Senate Armed Services Committee
Charles H. Percy
Illinois
Nixon
North Dakota
Montana
NBC
Meet the Press
Percy
CBS
Edward M. Kennedy
Kennedy
Supreme Court bans exclusion at private recreation areas
The Supreme Court ruled 7 to 1 that privately owned recreation areas offering swimming and picnicking cannot exclude Black individuals. In a separate ruling, servicemen are entitled to civilian trials for crimes unrelated to military duties. In Selma, Alabama, a Louisville and Nashville Railroad freight train derailed with six of 51 cars plunging into the Cahaba River raising explosion fears.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Selma
Ala
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Cahaba River
No Brand X Soap Powder For Post Lunar Washdown
NASA faces mounting warnings from scientists about back contamination of Earth from lunar life if any. Assistant Surgeon General David J. Sencer says NASA has improved precautions and sees little serious danger when Apollo astronauts return, likely in late July.
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New York Times News
New York
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space Agency
David J. Sencer
Interagency Committee
NASA
Sencer
Apollo
Markets and Commodities Report From New York and Chicago
Stocks ease in active trading as cotton softens in slow activity. Chicago grain futures show wheat mixed with solid demand for corn and mixed oats. Soybeans mixed with light demand. In livestock, hogs fall 25 cents with 5,500 receipts, top 27.75, while slaughter steers rise 25 to 50 cents with 8,000 receipts and top 37.50.
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New York
Senators and Representatives Call for national security overhaul
A cross party group of nine senators and 36 House members urged Congress to curb military power and cut the armed forces by one million. They demanded troop withdrawal from Vietnam, a Saigon interim government, a U S Soviet moratorium on multiple warhead testing, and new committees to oversee the defense budget reflecting domestic versus foreign priorities. The report arose from a two day conference and included mainly Democrats and one Republican signer.
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John W. Finney
New York Times
Washington
House
Congress
Congressional
United States
South Vietnam
Saigon
William B. Saxbe
Ohio
U.S
Europe
China
South America
National
U S Builds Vietnamese Forces Doubling Saigon Army Size
U S backed Saigon forces have more than doubled to 1,045,500 uniformed men, with plans to add about 100,000 by year end. U S military support continues as Vietnamese troops push into Viet Cong areas, while U S ground troops may stay active along borders.
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Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
United States
Mekong
Decatur Daily Raises Rack Price to Ten Cents
The Decatur Daily announces a rack price increase from five to ten cents per daily copy in all single copy outlets effective today. Home delivery subscription remains $2.40 per month. Readers may call 353-4612 to start delivery.
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Decatur Daily
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