Nixon to make secret Pentagon study available to Congress
President Nixon said he will provide Congress the full 47 volume Pentagon Vietnam study on a top secret basis after publication fears. The White House cited distortion risk from incomplete data. The Sun-Times printed parts of the study amid government court orders against the New York Times, Washington Post and Boston Globe.
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Associated Press
Nixon
Congress
Pentagon
White House
Chicago Sun-Times
New York Times
Washington Post
Boston Globe
Ogden R. Reid
R-N.y
John E. Moss
D-Calif
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Freedom of
Sun-Times
State Department
Ngo Dinh Diem
North Vietnam
Far East
Roger Hilsman
Dean Rusk
Hilsman
New York
Columbia University
School of International Affairs
Diem
United States
The
Johnson
Citizens Commission of Inquiry
U.S
Vietnam
James F. Hoge Jr
John F. Kennedy
Nixon cites Truman secrecy test in MacArthur case
Nixon compared Truman era handling of classified records to current Vietnam War disclosures. He argued publication could threaten political security and highlighted Times reports based on Wake Island talks. The piece cites Nixon’s past critique and the ongoing court fight over confidential papers.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Truman
Nixon
Korea
the Times
MacArthur
Wake Island
Poodle Pups Sell Fast in Decatur Want Ad
Mrs. Floyd Stovall of 1208 Fremont St. SW sold her poodle pups after placing a Decatur Daily Want Ad and received more than fifteen calls from buyers. The pups included a black male ten weeks old priced at 35 dollars and a female at 25 dollars. Call 3551309 or 3534612 for items in future ads.
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Floyd Stovall
Fremont St
Decatur Daily Want
Mother Must Lose Weight or Face Jail in Probation
MIAMI AP The judge orders Mary Louise Peterson a 38 year old mother of six to shed 60 pounds in five months as a condition of three year probation after guilty verdicts for disorderly conduct and resisting police. She weighs 315 pounds at trial and says she has reduced to 310 while on a protein diet and must reach 250.
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Miami
Mary Louise Peterson
Criminal Court
Murray Goodman
Goodman
Senate votes to limit debate on draft extension withdrawal plan
The Senate voted 65 to 27 to limit further debate on a bill to extend the draft and require total U S withdrawal from Indochina in nine months if American prisoners are freed. In Montgomery, the Senate Conservation Committee delayed action on a bill altering the state water pollution control agency.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Indochina
Montgomery, Ala
Senate Conservation Committee
On This Date 1931 Wiley Post Harold Gatty Flight Takeoff
Historic note recalls Wiley Post and Harold Gatty leaving New York in Winnie Mae to circle the globe. The entry appears in the Daily Calendar among other features. Weather mentions mild days and cool nights with highs around 88 and lows near 60.
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Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
New York
Winnie Mae
No Roadblocks, Says McBride
Morgan County Sheriff John McBride announced no roadblocks will be used to stop motorists with small amounts of alcohol unless targeting major distributors or drunk drivers. He cited a $152,251.60 budget, funded by the Morgan County Commission, with most new money covering salary, new cars and uniforms and a first night patrol reducing rural burglaries.
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Bill Cornwell
Morgan County
John McBride
McBride
Decatur Lions Club
Morgan County Commission
Sheriff's Department
Expansion At Hospital Set
Decatur General Hospital revealed over four million dollars in expansion and remodeling plans. Projects include a 215000 remodeling of psychiatric therapy facilities and a 1 million technical facilities upgrade to begin this fall, plus a 3 million north wing replacement and a two floor patient care expansion.
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Decatur General Hospital
Hospital Board
Raymond Britain
F.S. Hunt Sr
C.D. Cottingham
Ray Guier
Appalachian Regional Commission
Guier
State Department of Public Health
Defendant In Yablonski Slayings Pleads Guilty
Claude E. Vealey, co-defendant in the 1969 Yablonski family murders, pleaded guilty to murder in Washington Pennsylvania. He said the killings were paid for by a man named Tony and described a pre dawn break in and execution at the Yablonski home. The confession, given without leniency promises, referenced Tony repeatedly but did not identify him.
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Washington, Pa
Claude E. Vealey
United Mine Workers
Joseph A
Jock
Yablonski
Tony
Vealey
Yablonskis
UMW
W. A
Tony” Boyle
Timely question on who elected the New York Times
Columnist James Reston cited by the Decatur Daily questions U S involvement in Vietnam amid disclosures while Boyle and UMW officials denied involvement in slayings. The union offered a $50 000 reward for the murders of Yablonski and his family, deemed a terrible tragedy.
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New York Times
The
Times
James Reston
U.S
Vietnam
Decatur Daily
Boyle
UMW
Brother Yablonski
Yablonski
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