Nixon proposes draft lottery and reforms to Selective Service
President Nixon calls for a year of Selective Service reform with a random lottery to select draftees, younger-first calls, reduced vulnerability period, and continued deferments for undergraduates and certain graduates. Congress and the NSC would review local boards to curb inequities while maintaining medical student deferments. Kennedy endorses the plan.
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L. Mendel -Rivers
D-S.c
gHouse Armed Services Committee
Nixon
Rivers
Congress
National ‘Security Council
Selective Service System
Edward EM. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
FBI Obtains Warrants in Baltimore Kidnap Case
FBI officials announced warrants against Edward Lee Dull and Marie Calvert in a Baltimore kidnapping case. The 22 year old Anne Katherine Jenkins was released after a $10,000 ransom was paid by her father Richard Thomas Jenkins of Waterloo Iowa. Jenkins was held three days and reportedly mistreated, with details varying between sources.
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Baltimore
FBI
Anne Katherine Jenkins
J. Edgar Hoover
Washington
Edward Lee Dull
Hoover
Marie Cal
Richard Thomas Jenkins
People Mutual Savings and Loan Association
Waterloo
Iowa
North Calvert Street
Miss Jenkins
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Edwin R. Tully
Tully
California Senate selects Way to lead after Burns ouster
Way wins a 21 vote secret ballot to become president pro tempore, replacing Burns amid party rifts. McCarthy and Schrade fail to secure tighter control on the rules committee while Kenrick and Teale retain seats. Republicans back Way though Burns retains a minority position as party cohesion shifts.
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Burns
Way
John F. McCarthy
Jack Schrade
San Diego
McCarthy
Burgener
Joseph M. Kenrick
Long Beach
Stephen P. Teale
West Point
Rules Committee
Schrade
Yorty Zone Probe Rejected as Bradley Runoff Nears
Los Angeles County Grand Jury rejected a request by Mayor Sam Yorty to reopen a San Fernando Valley zoning probe into alleged mayoral candidate Thomas Bradley involvement. The panel found no basis to revisit the issue. Absentee ballots in the May 27 runoff exceed prior records, with 11,424 returned of 11,796 mailed. Francis Lederer, fired by Yorty last year, endorsed Bradley. Lederer also joins Bradley in calling for ethics and disclosure reforms.
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Los Angeles
Sam Yorty
San Fernando Valley
Thomas Bradley
Rex Layton
Yorty
Bradley
Joseph Lederman
Grand Jury
Criminal Complaints Committee
James Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Layton
Francis Lederer
Vernon
Fortas Faces Looming Impeachment Pressure and Silence
Washington grapples with the Fortas crisis as questions about a Wolfson foundation fee and possible impropriety remain unanswered. Congressional hints of impeachment grow alongside calls for Fortas to quit or resign, while Chief Justice Warren may be briefed on sensitive information.
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Fortas
Justice Department
Congress
John N. Mitchell
Warren
Washington
Justice Fortas
Johnson
Life Magazine
Louis E. Wolfson
Wolfson
Bar
House
Marine recruit fled drill abuse claim in desert escape
A 19 year old San Diego Marine Recruit Depot trainee says drill instructors beat him during training and he fled after rough handling for not saluting. He describes slapping, punching, and being forced to crawl on asphalt before leaving April 14 for Wichita.
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Needles
San Diego Marine Recruit Depot
Desert
Krenning
San Diego
Wichita
William Krenning
The
Arines
Teamsters Strike Two Soft Drink Bottlers
About 120 Teamsters locals 848 and 896 walked off at two bottling plants in Vernon and South Gate in a wage and fringe benefits dispute. Officials warned the strike could spread to six more firms in Los Angeles and Orange Counties, affecting 1,300 workers after fruitless talks with the Food Employers Council. The union rejected a package totaling a 63 14 cent an hour rise over three years.
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Teamsters Union
Canada Dry
Vernon
South Gate
Teamsters Officals
Los Angeles
Orange Counties
Noguchi Hearings Resume For Reinstatement As Coroner
Hearings on Dr. Thomas T. Noguchi pedestrian appeal to regain his post as Los Angeles County chief medical examiner and coroner proceed at 9 30 a m in Room 740 New Hall of Records. The two week session follows his firing over alleged erratic conduct as salary 31104 per year is cited. Noguchi’s attorney Godfrey Isaac argues the dismissal stemmed from county intrigue and misunderstanding.
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Thomas T. Noguchi
County Civil Service Commission
Hall of Records
Noguchi
Board of Supervisors
Godfrey Isaac
Testimony in RTD Bus Sale Probe Reveals Surplus Listing
Southern California RTD officials and employees testified in the Los Angeles County Grand Jury probe into the sale of 50 surplus RTD buses. The inquiry focuses on a potential criminal conflict of interest involving former RTD General Manager Dale W. Barratt and Raymond W. Gareau. The buses were sold in July to Interstate Warehousing Services for 2200 dollars each, with Barratt and Gareau allegedly listing top buses for sale. The Chicago firm then handed the buses to Salt Lake City Lines, where Barratt allegedly served as president.
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Southern California Rapid Transit District
Los Angels County Grand Jury
RTD
Dale W. Barratt
Raymond W. Gareau
Interstate Warehousing Services, Inc
Chicago
Barr
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Dull
John E. Calvert
Ann Katherine Jenkins
Hugh Burns
Senate
California
Clair W. Burgener
Robert S. Stevens
West Los Angeles
Milton Marks
Eugene McAteer
San Francisco
Marks
Sen
Howard Way
Deny Yorty
Joseph M. Tydings
Maryland
John Krenning
Kan
California Highway Patrol
Mojave Desert
Darwin Richardson
Food Employers Council
Canada
Lord Calvert
Calvert Dist. CO
N.Y.C
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