Senate clears gun control bill facing uncertain House fate
The Senate approved its first gun control measure since 1968 by 68 to 25 after three days of debate. Amendments for stricter controls were rejected. The bill aims to close a loophole in the 1968 law banning Saturday night specials but leaves private ownership and many guns unregulated. Experts note the nation’s gun prevalence and crime links, with calls for broader legal change and changing public attitudes.
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United States
Senate
House
Congress
Martin Luther King Jr
Robert Kennedy
Birch Bayh
Indiana
Sen. Kennedy
George Wallace
Alabama
A Phony Cease Fire in White House Press Relations
The piece argues that the notion of a temporary cease fire between the Nixon administration and the press is false. Newsmen have long asked tough questions and reported unwelcome facts, not as a campaign but as their duty, and a change in tone should not trade truth for an implied bargain.
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White House
Richard Nixon
Spiro Agnew
Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
United Kingdom
Europe
Continent
the Times
London
Bonn
Paris
Editorial Research Nixon's Image Abroad
London observers describe Nixon as a clever realist rather than an idealist and view him as a safer choice than a more idealistic or less calculating leader. Europeans praise his foreign policy moves while noting concerns over Vietnam and Cambodia.
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London
Nixon
England
Rere
the Spectator
The
Guardian
Moscow
Peking
Richard Nixon
Ican
China
Soviet Union
Cambodia
Laos
India
Pakistan
Vietnam
Weekly
Victor de Metternich
Military officers face lenient discipline for shoplifting at PXs
Washington reporting on a pattern where high ranking officers caught shoplifting from military PXs face exoneration or light punishment. Among 23 cases reviewed, only one retired colonel faced court, while 17 were dropped and five chewed out. A notable case involved Col. Robert P. Gould at Andrews AFB for a $4.75 tape.
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Robert P. Gould
Partridge Family Sound
Andrews Air Force Base
Brass officers dodge scrutiny in light-fingered claims
Jack Anderson recounts incidents where retired generals and top officers faced soft handling after alleged petty thefts at Fort Myer and other bases. Examples include a general denying stealing tape, a major forgetting to pay for cigars, and a rear admiral's wife threatening exposure. The piece also notes a security box in Admiral Moorer’s golf cart and a defense bureau push to glorify brass via 366 military magazines.
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Pentagon Pipeline
Thomas Moorer
Joint Chiefs
Moorer
U. S
Saigon
Defense Department
Engineer
Army Corps of Engineers
GOP Seeks Wallace Backers With 1972 Platform Probes
Washington report says Republicans study George Wallace Democratic planks to court his backers in the 1972 race. Connally met Wallace in Alabama. plans discussed include Wallace at the Miami Beach convention. MacGregor outlines focus on defense, New York and Pennsylvania, and a more dynamic convention format with shorter speeches and targeted outreach.
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Washington
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Treasury
John B. Connally
Wallace
Miami Beach
George McGovern
South Dakota
MacGregor
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Nixon
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Thompson urges charges against Jane Fonda over Hanoi broadcasts
Georgia congressman Fletcher Thompson asks the Justice Department to consider charges against Jane Fonda for her North Vietnam tour and broadcasts. The piece questions the impact of her antiwar activism and argues that silencing her could be more harmful than allowing voice in Hanoi or Hoboken.
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Georgia
Fletcher Thompson
Justice Department
Jane Fonda
North Vietnam
Thompson
Ms. Fonda
Hanoi
Hoboken
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McGovern
Eme
Mber
Gould
Air Force
By Jack Anderson
Fort Myer
Mark McIntyre
Bolling Air Force Base PX
G. E. Miller
Sixth Fleet
Cmdr
W. T. Crawford
Springfield
Navy
Merry
North American Newspaper Alliance
Clark MacGregor
Committee For
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Illinois
New Jersey
Michigan
Ohio
Texas
Missouri
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New Mexico
Guam
Hawaii
Mike Gravel
Fonda Concern
By Ralph Novak
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Berry’s
NEA
Haiti
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