Republicans Not Pressed On Missile Policy
Five new Republican senators say they feel no strongarm pressure over Nixon’s antimissile program. AP survey shows 47 opposed, 43 in favor, 10 undecided on ABM. Senators Goodell Matthias Cook Schweiker Saxbe defend independence. Laird sought to temper critique without success.
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Senate
Associated Press
Charles E. Goodell
New York
Goodell
Charles Mathias
Maryland
Marlow W. Cook
Kentucky
Richard 8. Schweiker
Pennsylvania
William B.saxbe
Ohio
Pentagon
Laird
Columbus
Oho
Air Force Museum
Golden Spike Centenary Reenactment At Promontory Summit
Promontory Summit Utah marks the centennial reenactment of the golden spike ceremony to connect the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads. Officials including Transportation Secretary Volpe and AA railway president Thomas Goodfellow will attend as re-enactors and notable railroad leaders gather at the site where the first transcontinental line was completed in 1888.
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Utah
Summit
Union Pacific
Central
John A. Volpe
Thomas Goodfellow
Association of American Railroads
Southern Pacific
Central Pacific
Careful Study Planned On Viet Cong Peace Proposals
The United States told North Vietnam and the National Liberation Front it would discuss elements of the Paris Viet Cong ten point plan. Secretary of State Rogers called parts unacceptable but said some features offer exploration. Rogers will confer with Vietnamese leaders in Saigon to judge if the plan signals real progress toward peace.
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United States
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Paris
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South Vietnam
NFL
Vietnam
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Nguyen Xuan Phong
Demilitarized Zone
Laos
Ger
Florida
Ziegler
Saigot
Ohio State Uni
Marines Strike South Of Da Nang In Heavy Assault
U S Marines fighter bombers and artillery battered about 600 North Vietnamese troops south of Da Nang. After a daylong bombardment, 129 enemy bodies were counted. Marine losses were six killed and 12 wounded. The action involved about 1,500 riflemen and three tanks.
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Saigon
U.S
da Nang
Col
William J. Zaro
San Antonio
Tex
Ka Nang
An Hoa
Quang Nam
South Vietnam
Zap in North Dakota Sparks Townwide Bash
Students from across the nation and Canada arrive for Zap in Zap ND to gather in Beulah area towns. The event fills two bars with beer, reopening stores selling Zap sweatshirts sleeping bags and fleishkuechle while mayor Norman Fuchs watches a chaotic scene as volunteers manage a growing crowd. Police stay distant to avoid trouble as the party runs late.
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Zap
Civil Rights Commitment Predicted by New EEOC Chairman
William H. Brown, named chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, predicts the Nixon administration will show a substantial civil rights commitment by year end. He invites public scrutiny to ensure progress against employment racial bias, amid prior Senate opposition from Everett M. Dirksen.
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Washington
Equal Employment Opportunities Commission
William H. Brown
ITI
Brown
Philadelphia
Nixon
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
Tinois
Difford L. Alexander Jr
Nixon Advisers Confer Welfare Overhaul Plans
President Nixon meets with Vice President Agnew and advisers at his Biscayne Bay home to discuss welfare reforms and a forthcoming message to Congress. Attendees include Rep. Rogers B. Mortos, A G Mitchell, H E W Secretary Finch, White House aides, and Kissinger. A student delegation protested missile defenses nearby as another group supported Nixon ABM stance.
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Frank Cormier
Associated Press
Key Biscayne
Fla
Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Rogers C. B. Mortos
Maryland
Republican National Committee
Ronald L. Ziegler
Congress
John N. Mitchell
Biscayne Bay
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissin
University of Miami
Secret Service
College Scene Quiet After Campus Crisis and Riots
A week of turmoil ends as scholars and politicians discuss the campus crisis. In Woodville New Hampshire Judge Martin Loughlin sentences 45 Dartmouth students to 30 days and $100 fines for criminal contempt over the occupation of the administration building.
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Dartmouth
Woodville
N.H
Grafton County
State Supreme Court
Martin Loughlin
Students For A Democratic Society
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By Larry Feinstein
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