Senate confirms Blackmun for Supreme Court seat
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved Judge Harry Blackmun, Nixon’s third pick, 17-0, signaling likely early Senate confirmation for the Rochester, Minnesota, nominee. Blackmun thanked the committee and noted the positive, thorough questioning of all members during hearings.
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Reds Force Further Retreat Near Phnom Penh
Vietnamese Communist troops pushed Cambodian defenders two miles closer to Phnom Penh along the Phnom Penh Saigon highway. The government urged troops to hold out for 10 more days, while skirmishing along Highway One moved 27 miles southeast of Phnom Penh. Cambodian forces withdrew under constant harassment, with the initiative remaining with the enemy.
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Conviction of Thien Foe Unconstitutional SAIGON
South Vietnam Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a military court conviction of Tran Ngoc Chau, 46, a foe of President Nguyen Van Thien, was unconstitutional. The ruling clears the way for his release from a Mb year prison sentence imposed March 5 for pro Communist activities.
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Antiwar Demonstrators Seal Off United Nations Building
More than 1,000 antiwar protesters, including high school and college students, gathered at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza and forced security to seal off the U.N. building in New York. Law students from Columbia and New York led the march toward the U.S. mission to the U.N. as police repelled attempts to breach gates amid scattered injuries and arrests.
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Nixon seeks waiver for White House protest permits
The Nixon administration will ask a federal court to waive the 15 day waiting period for capital demonstrations. The move aims to show support for orderly dissent amid campus protests and the Kent State killings. Assistant Attorney General William Ruckelshaus will argue the delay is unfair after President Nixon’s Cambodia speech.
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House to Back Nixon's Cambodian Order
President Nixon’s move to send U S troops into Cambodia seems headed for indirect House support in the first congressional test of the commitment. An amendment by Rep Paul Findley seeks to bar ground combat troops in Cambodia except as President approves to protect U S lives in South Vietnam. Top House leaders from both parties back the amendment as Nixon says the Cambodia drive aims to save U S lives in South Vietnam.
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Room for Improvement in Congress Study Finds Gaps
An independent ethics study released in New York on Tuesday urges reforms for lawmakers. It calls for restrictions on lawyers serving as legislators and for those with bank stock to avoid banking committees. The report notes 12 of 3 members on the House Banking and Currency Committee had banking ties and that about 37 percent of lawyer Congressmen kept practicing law while in office during a three year span.
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Dr Finch Parole Request Denied
The Galifortia Adult Authority rejected two parole requests by Dr Herward Mineh for the 1960 first degree murder of his wife Harbara Jean in West Covina. Finch, 32, remains imprisoned with no parole eligibility until 1972 while his former mistress Carola Tregall, paroled in 1965, has since returned to work as a medical records employee.
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Apollo 13 Crew Visits Grumman Bathed Page Facility
After splashdown the Apollo 13 astronauts Lovell Haise and Swigert visited Grumman Servspace Corp in Bethpage New York to thank the engineers who built the craft. The trip highlighted gratitude from the crew to the 15 000 employees involved in the mission nose.
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