Radical Change Since Pentagon Papers Seen in Vietnam War
AP writer notes three years after the Pentagon Papers the war’s course shifted with a policy reversal withdrawing combat troops and expanding Vietnamization, while hostilities widened into Cambodia and Laos. The pace and aims reflect a repeating, unsettled perception among both Vietnamese and Americans in Indochina.
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Associated Press
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U.S
Pentagon
Cambodia
Laos
Nixon
United States
Vietnam
Indochina
Selective Strikes Announced Against Three Railroads
The United Transportation Union representing over 265,000 train and engine crews said it will begin selective strikes in two weeks against Union Pacific Southern Railway System and Chicago and North Western Railway Co. at 6 am July 16 to support a new national contract on wages and working conditions.
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Cleveland, Ohio
United Transportation Union
UTU
Union Pacific
Southern Railway System
Chicago and North Western Railway Co
U.S. District Court of Appeals
Washington
Railway Labor Air
Laos drive effects in doubt over intractable reading
The Garden City Telegram reports that solid readings on the Laos drive’s effects would take six months. In the northernmost 1st Military Region Americans view the situation as worse, citing limited gains in disrupting the trail and enemy activity. About 10,000 North Vietnamese troops are said to be in Quang Tri province near the zone, including 6,000 infiltrated since May 1.
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Lie
Vietnam
Laos Panhandle
Cambodia
Hanoi
U.S
David Hackworth
Laos
1St
Quang Tri Province
Payment Guaranteed Amid Unclear Negotiations
The fragment references a pledge of guaranteed payment to settle obligations, though details are incomplete. No names, dates, or places are readable to specify parties or amounts. Further readable text is required for concrete entities or outcomes.
FTC orders six month warning on cigarette ads
The Federal Trade Commission with a 3-1 vote required tobacco firms to add a clearly displayed Surgeon General health warning to ads within six months. Six firms were cited for inadequate or absent warnings, while others claimed ads already show warnings. The action follows past bans on radio and television advertising and a long history of FTC restrictions from Congress.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Gerald Thain
FTC
Bureau of Consumer Protection
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Liggett and Myers
Brown and Williamson
RJ. Reynolds
P. Lorillard
Phillip Morris
Thain
R.I. Reynolds
Winston-Salem
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Reynolds
Surgeon General
Congress
Nixon Signs Record $5.14 Billion Education Bill
President Nixon projects a historic 5.14 billion education funding bill after a decisive House vote of 317 to 16 and Senate approval of 75 to 5. Supporters say the measure exceeds the president’s request by 393 million, but sponsors expect his signature.
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