Balaguer declares blocking of Wessin coup in Dominican Republic
President Joaquin Balaguer announces he has blocked retired Gen Elias Wessin y Wessin in another attempt to topple his government. Balaguer says Wessin under arrest may be deported as other military figures are implicated in the right wing plot.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Joaquin Balaguer
Elias Wessin Y Wessin
Juan Bosch
Balaguer
Wessin
Air Force
Imbert MacGregor
MacGregor
Bosch
Col
San Isidro
Pro- Bosch
United States
Hector Garcia-Godoy
Miami
United States Begins Major Withdrawal From Vietnam
The last American units on Vietnam borders and the 173rd Airborne Brigade started withdrawal, part of Nixon's troop-cut program. About 40 Army units totaling 6,095 troops leave combat zones by August end, while casualty figures show further disengagement with 21 Americans killed last week.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Vietnam
Nixon
5Th Mechanized Infantry Division
Demilitarized Zone
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Son Plain
Centra Coast
173Rd Airborne
Americal
da Nang
California Faces Budget Freeze as Year Opens Without Funds
California begins the 1971-72 fiscal year with no budget and no legal authority to spend. About 183,000 state workers are urged to work as volunteers while a four Democrats two Republicans conference committee negotiates a $7 billion-plus plan for Reagan to sign, amid threats to cut up to $600 million. The CSEA supports staying on the job for now.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Conference Committee
Loren Smith
California State Employes Association
CSEA
Smith
North Carolina Adopts Modern Streamlined Constitution
North Carolina replaced its 1868 constitution with a modern document approved last November. It guarantees equal protection and free speech, removes outdated racial provisions, and shifts language to direct declarative sentences. The General Assembly fast-tracked an emergency bill to align laws with the new text and is revising statutes to meet its technical changes.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
General Assembly
General Assembly of
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