House Rules Clears Aid Bill Targeting Viet Nam Supporters
The House Rules Committee approved for floor action an administration proposed bill banning aid to the enemy in Viet Nam and making interference with U S military traffic a crime. Chairman Edwin Willis said the measure targets militant Communist groups, while critics say it curbs dissent. Fate remains uncertain with no Senate action planned and Speaker McCormack expressing sympathy but not committing a vote date.
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Controlling News on War Denied by Pentagon Official
Washington, UPI. Defense information chief Arthur Sylvester rejected Sen. Joseph Clark’s charge that Vietnam war reporting is manipulated. Clark accused Pentagon of shaping coverage with a traveling news corps. Sylvester called the accusation libelous and said reporters could not be bought by a free plane trip to Viet Nam.
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Viet Nam
Protestant Clergy Oppose Red China U N Admission
Rev Daniel A Poling reports a nationwide survey with 71.4 percent of Protestant clergymen opposing admitting Red China to the United Nations and U S recognition of Beijing. The poll shows 93.7 percent oppose expelling Taiwan from the United States to satisfy Communist China. Nearly 30 000 clergymen responded.
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Peking
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Nixon urges 25 percent Viet Nam force rise and port blockade
Nixon addresses the American Legion urging a 25 percent increase in U S military strength in South Viet Nam and a possible economic quarantine on North Viet Nam. He pitches mining Haiphong Harbor if diplomacy fails, and backs strong anti Communist actions amid calls to curb Supreme Court power. Legion resolutions push investigations of protest groups and tighter bans on Communist propaganda.
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