Safeguard Opposition On Defensive By John W. Finney
Senate confrontation over the Safeguard anti ballistic missile system narrows the opposition's momentum. Leaders say strategy sessions address recapturing initiative while voting odds hinge on absent members and undecided senators. The Armed Services Committee prepares a near one billion dollar procurement bill for phased deployment. The ABM opposition plans a counter proposal as the debate shifts from issues to concrete choices.
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John W. Finney
New York Times
Washington
Senate
Nixom
White House
ABM
Nixon
Senate Armed Services Committee
Two Teenage Boys Drown In Farm Pond
Two teenage boys, Arthur Holmes 16 and James Michael Holcomb 15, drowned while swimming Sunday in a pond on a Morgan County farm. The bodies were recovered in about seven feet of water by the Cullman County Rescue Squad after their father found the missing pickup and clothes.
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Morgan County
John McBride
Arthur Holmes
Eva
James Michael Holcomb
Baileyton
David Sandlin
Royal Holmes
Arthur
Bill Vincent
Gum Pond
Cullman County Rescue
Associated Press
Moss
Cullman State
Robert, Stewart
Wedowee
Curtis Aubrey Mayo
Lineville
Stewart
Mayo
Malone
Cragford
Randolph County
Connie Wilson
Frisco City
Escambia
Atmore
Michael Holcomb
Earl Foster
Birmingham
Grant’s Creek
Tuscaloosa
David Lorenzo Pogue
Dickinson
Fulton
Ernest Walker
Selma
Uniontown
Arthur Brand
Ashley Brazzell
Montgomery
U.S. 31
Clifford Finley
Anniston
Oxford
Midwest Tornadoes Kill Five Injure 30 in Missouri Belt
A series of tornadoes Sunday night in Missouri's lead mining belt southwest of St. Louis killed five people and injured more than 30. In Old Mines a twister destroyed nearly a dozen homes. Roy Pratt, 45, and his 8 year old son Francis died, while seven Pratt family members were injured.
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Old Mines
Missouri
St. Louis
Roy Pratt
Francis
Pratt
Color TV Radiation Standards Pondered
Washington moves toward maximum emission standards for new television sets under the Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act. A technical advisory committee will meet in Washington to review recommendations for TVs and discuss X-ray equipment and microwave oven standards.
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John D. Morris
New York Times
Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Department
Consumer Protection and Environmental Health Service
Congress
Enemy Siege Unbroken In Two Months At Ben Het Camp
North Vietnamese forces attacked the Ben Het Special Forces camp and two outposts in the central highlands. The camp remained surrounded and under daily artillery bombardment by about 2,000 enemy. One American was killed and five U.S. artillery personnel wounded as 30 mortar and recoilless rifle rounds struck the camp. North Vietnamese troops also attacked nearby government outposts hours after B 52 strikes. Government reports tallied 34 enemy KIA, with one civilian irregular killed and 11 wounded. The siege has stretched two months with air power and ground probes failing to break it.
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Saigon
Central Highlands
Ben Het
U.S
Market activity mixed across commodities and livestock
NY markets show overall decline in stocks while Chicago wheat surges. Corn and soybeans edge mixed as oats and hogs rise, with slaughter steers easing. Local ads note Frigidaire Sales and Service for 20 years and Robinson Furniture on Second Avenue with contact 353-2370.
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Chicago
Frigidaire Sales and Service
Robinson Furniture
Second Avenue
Ady
Judy Garland dies from liver ailment in London
London reports confirm Judy Garland died at 47 from liver cirrhosis. Scotland Yard says sudden death with no foul play. autopsy planned. Garland, born Frances Gumm in 1922, rose from vaudeville to fame as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz and faced years of illness and tabloid scrutiny.
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Rodney Pinder
Associated Press
London
Judy Garland
Miss Garland
Dorothy
Mickey Deans
Scotland Yard
Phillip Lebon
Deans
New York
Gina Dangerfields
Judy
Pentagon to draft 29 500 in August amid troop withdrawals
The Pentagon announced plans to draft 29 500 men in August and allow Army strength to fall by 13 008 as Nixon aims to withdraw troops from Vietnam. Pope Paul VI warned of a diffused lack of confidence in his papacy, noting dangers masking the Church's troubles.
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Washington
Pentagon
Vietnam
Vatican City
Paul VI
Warren Burger Is Sworn In As Chief Justice
Warren Earl Burger was sworn in as the 15th chief justice at 10 42 am marking Earl Warren’s 16 year retirement. President Nixon addressed the court praising Warren’s fairness integrity and dignity while noting continuity with change.
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Washington
Warren Earl Burger
United States
Earl Warren
Nixon
High Court
Warren
Burger
Warrens
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Grand Rapids, Minn
Warren Burger
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