Heat Wave Grips Tennessee Valley With 102 Degree Peak
Tennessee Valley endures a scorching spell with highs near 102 as Alabama cities report 100 to 103 degrees. Chinook like heat costs chickens in Cullman County while beaches fill in North Alabama. Air conditioner demand surges. Mobile radar warns of a possible tornado in Washington and Clarke counties.
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Wagerville
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President Orders DOD Investigation
President Nixon forms a blue ribbon panel to review the Department of Defense structure, R and D programs, and procurement. Gilbert W. Fitzhugh of Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. to lead the study. Ziegler says the panel will be the most comprehensive review since the Hoover Commission reports of 1947 and 1953. Further panel details were not disclosed.
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Nixon
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Secretary of Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Gilbert W. Fitzhugh
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Ronald L. Ziegler
Laird
Hoover Commission
White House
Laird Pushes Pentagon Study Amid Cost Criticism
The review proposal for a Pentagon study follows growing concern over weapon system costs and shifts in military influence. Laird aims to loosen McNamara era centralization yet preserves control, emphasizing trusted aides and clear guidelines to prevent a return to service rivalries.
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Laird
Nixon
McNamara
Dave Packard
Robert ‘S.’ McNamara
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Army
Defense Secretary
Moise Tshombe Dies in Algeria at 49
Moise Tshombe former Congo premier and Katanga leader died in his sleep of an apparent heart attack in Algiers at age 49. An autopsy was planned. Born November 10, 1919, in Musumba, Tshombe rose from provincial leader to premier after Katanga’s 1963 collapse, then faced exile and isolation in his final years.
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Margin Dips Over Surtax
The AP reports narrow House support for Nixon’s surtax extension with both parties backing it but Democrats divided over a long extension until tax reform is resolved. The plan targets a 10 percent surtax through year end and 5 percent through mid-1970, aiming to curb inflation despite Senate opposition seeking meaningful tax changes.
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House
Nixon
Senate
Viet Cong warns of prisoner reprisals over alleged murders
The Viet Cong said it holds Americans as prisoners of war and vowed certain and inescapable revenge for the deaths of more than 100 Viet Cong prisoners in three incidents attributed to American and South Vietnamese forces.
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Hong Kong
Viet Cong
Markets in New York Stocks Rise in Slow Trading
In slow trading on the New York market investors showed gains as cotton slipped while Chicago commodities fell on liquidation. Wheat moved lower while corn and oats edged higher on steady demand and late buying in soybeans. Hog prices rose 25 to 50 cents on 4,000 hog receipts, topping 28.00, and slaughter steers gained 25 to 50 cents with 7,000 head receipts, top 34.25.
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New York
Chicago
Israelis Raid Deepest Since 1967 Ruptures Aswan Power Line
Israelis claim a deep raid into Egypt ruptured a high tension line between Cairo and the Aswan Dam. Egypt denied knowledge of the raid and a Cairo spokesman said he contacted authorities and power experts in Egypt.
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El-Walid Salameh
Bomb Blast Shocks Cardiff Post Office in Wales
Police reserves were mobilized across Wales after a time bomb exploded at the Cardiff post office a day before Prince Charles investiture. Authorities blamed Welsh nationalist extremists and reported a three foot hole in the wall with no power failures.
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Caernarvon
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Cardiff
Prince Charles
Here
Prince of Wales
Caernarvon Castle
Confession Evidence Admitted In West Virginia Fire Case
Susie Bailey and her brother Rodger face a preliminary hearing over a fatal June fire that killed their parents and 10 siblings. The court admitted Susie's signed confession claiming she poured gasoline in every room but the bathroom and planned the arson with Rodger.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Susie Bailey
Susie
Rodger
E. L. Roush
Charles
Bombing Forces Vietnamese Troop Pullback Reported
Associated Press reports from Ben Het Special Forces camp say 1,000 to 3,000 North Vietnamese troops around the camp temporarily pulled back after massive U.S. bombing. Officers describe the retreat as a temporary effect of the bombardment.
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Saigon
USS
Ben Het
Ben Het Camp Under Fresh South Vietnamese Push
Government says seven battalions of new South Vietnamese troops moved to encircle Ben Het while North Vietnamese regiments retreated to harass the camp. A 20 day sweep claimed 254 enemy killed with 21 South Vietnamese dead and 107 wounded.
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Associated Press
Oliver Noonan
Ben Het
Central Highlands
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