House Nearing Vote On Cambodian Combat Funds Ban
Washington AP report on Democratic House leaders cautious optimism for today’s vote to ban U S spending on combat activities in Cambodia and Laos. Senate already approved. if passed Nixon would have 10 days to halt bombing or veto.
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Washington
U.S
Cambodia
White House
Administration
Carl Albert
House
Laos
Senate
Otter
Nixon
Congress
U S Bombers Hit Enemies In Cambodia Battle Near Phnom Penh
Communist forces press a twin pronged advance nine miles southwest of Phnom Penh guarding a key road junction. US planes bomb enemy concentrations through the night as heavy fighting surrounds Kompong Tuol bridge. Government forces deploy around Kampong Kantuot while air strikes back defenders. Highway 4 had been the supply route to Kompong Som. the highway reopened June 19 after two weeks of fighting. A government depot six miles from Phnom Penh was blown up by Communist sappers with several tons of bombs and shells destroyed.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Kompong Tuol
Kampong Kantuot
Highway 4
Kompong Som
Saigon
Strike Triggers Power Shortages in Australia
In Sydney, widespread outages limit households to two bulbs and slash elevator service as 500,000 industrial workers stay home amidst an electrical workers strike. Separate notes discuss a nine day prisoner release plan and ongoing Senate debt, social security, and appropriation actions shaping U S policy.
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Sydney
Australia
Joint Military Commission
Saigon
International Commssion of Control and Supervision
Dean Says He Assisted In Cover-Up
Former attorney general Dean testifies that he learned of Nixon denial of White House involvement only from TV and would have opposed it He recalls meeting with Haldeman and Ehrlichman and says he reported wiretap talk by G Gordon Liddy in 1972 and warned against further discussion during meetings in the Justice Department office
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Nixon
Dean
Gordon Strachan
Staf
H.R. Haldeman
White House
Strachan
Haldeman
Charles W. Colson
Colson
Watergate
G. Gordonett
John D. Ehrlichman
Ean
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Justice Department
Liddy
Atorney
United States
Two California Boys Admit Starting Rolling Hills Brush Fire
In Los Angeles, two youths ages 12 and 13 admitted igniting an explosive powder in a vacant lot that sparked a brush fire. The blaze destroyed 11 homes, damaged 10 more, and scorched about 900 acres, with damage estimated at 2 million dollars. Police traced the names to the boys from a note found at the scene. They remain in parental custody as juvenile authorities decide next steps.
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Los Angeles
Rolling Hills
TV Writers Ready To Go After Strike
The Writers Guild of America agreed to a four year contract with the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers ending a 16 week strike. The pact includes residuals for movies and programs sold for cassette and pay per view. NBC delayed fall premieres two weeks. ABC and CBS expect their dates to hold. By Sunday 285 independent producers, about half of prime time shows, had signed.
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Los Angeles
Writers Guild of America
Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers
NBC
ABC
CBS
Guild
Gunman Opens Fire At North Carolina Base Hospital
At Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro two airmen were killed and three wounded when a casually dressed man with a .22 semiautomatic opened fire in the emergency room and later the X ray area. He fled in a blue and white car. The gunman’s motive was unknown and a wide search continued.
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FBI
Air Police
Larry 8. Smith
Phillips
Maine
Luis Santiago
New York City
Smith
Santiago
Wayne Memorial Hospital
Anthony P. Leonetti
Westerly
John R. Hayes
Rochester
Mass
Robert Halverson
Redmond
Wash
Col. Wells
Halverson
Wells
Threat on Nixon Life Prompts All-Points Bulletin
The Secret Service issued an all points bulletin to U S enforcement agencies seeking Harold Kenneth Culp for threatening President Nixon. The threat appeared in a June 6 letter and a warrant was issued by the U S marshal in Miami on June 7.
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Washington
Secret Service
U.S
Nixon
Harold Kenneth Culp
Miami
Fla
Special Meeting At Commodore Fire Department
Commodore Volunteer Fire Department and its auxiliary unit will hold a special meeting Tuesday evening June 26 at 7 30 p m at the fire hall.
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Commodore
Commodore Volunteer Fire Department
Moon rock given to Indonesian president during Asia tour
Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan Ronald Evans and Harrison Schmidt arrived in Jakarta to present a moon rock to President Suharto. Cernan called the rock a symbol of unity for mankind as the trio prepare to lecture at the Indonesian Institute for Outer Space Research during a broad Asian Pacific Africa tour.
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Jakarta
Eugene Cernan
Ronald E. Evans
Harrison Schmidt
Suharto
Cernan
America
Singapore
Indonesian Institute For Outer Space Research
Asia
Pacific
Middle East
Africa
Deadly blaze near Canal Street claims 29 victims
The Charters and Iberville bar near the Marriott in New Orleans killed 29 people and left 15 injured as flames surged quickly. Witness Linn Quinton described escaping via a left corner window while others could not jump. Marriott staff and police reported vacant upper apartments and a crowd watching fire crews lower bodies.
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Linn Quinton
Houston
Tex
Quinton
Bill Larsen
Metropolitan Community Church
Charters and
Iberville
Canal Street
Marriott Hotel
Marriott
Kenneth Meynard
Leaders Cite Peace For All People
Brezhnev and Nixon praised joint efforts toward a durable world peace after historic talks. They stressed avoiding force and building a new era of peace for all peoples while noting Soviet American cooperation on a safer international stage. The two leaders met with space astronauts and a TV star before departing El Toro.
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Nixon
Brezhnev
United States
Soviet Union
Charles Conrad Jr
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
Chuck Connors
Eggs At One Dollar A Dozen Foreseen By Industry
The Associated Press reports eggs at $1 a dozen and higher poultry prices loom as industry spokesmen warn the 60 day price freeze and volatile feed grain market squeeze farmers. Georgia Poultry chief Abi Massey says producers face losses and possible cutbacks. California’s Bruce Hettle predicts hens sold as stew meat, risking a black market and fewer eggs. Prices and shortages depend on federal action and grain export trends. East Texas farmers report drowning hundreds of thousands of chickens as flocks dwindle and feed costs soar.
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Associated Press
Abi Massey
Georgia Poultry Association
Bruce Hettle
Poultrymen’s Cooperative Association
California
Cost of Living Council
Senate Agriculture Committee
East Texas
Los Angeles Grain Exchange
Mally
Leo Johnson
California Cattlemen’s Association
United Egg Producers
Doyle Free
Nebraska Poultry Industry Inc
Texas
T.C. Moore
Seguvia
Tex
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Omaha World-Herald
Omaha
Leonid Brezhnev
San Clemente
Camp David
Paris
N.C. Hospital
Blaze
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