SACB Lives but Power Reduced
The Senate voted to keep the Subversive Activities Control Board but stripped its expanded powers granted by Nixon. A 1 to 47 vote blocked funding for its new activities, while 47 to 40 failed to kill the agency entirely. House and Senate negotiators must resolve differences.
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Washington
Nixon
Justice Department
Senate
SACB
House
Don Edwards
D-Calif
Sen
Sant Jervin Dy
DNC
Supreme Court
Ervin
Hitchhikers Hurt Near Nashville and Fatal Split
Two college age hitchhikers Stephen Fry and Joseph Davis were beaten and stabbed after a ride along I-40 near Nashville by a motorist and female companion. Davis suffered a stab wound and haircut, while Fry’s condition was not updated. In Somerville, a Fayette County crash on Highway 64 killed five, including Huth McQueen and two daughters Loretta and Donna. three other children were injured, and investigators await final charges.
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Metro
Stephen Chauncey Fry
Marietta, Ga
Joseph K. Davis
Atlanta
Interstate 40
Here
Somerville
Memphis
Lisa Holland
Larne Holland
Fayette County
Democrats Out in Nashville as Administration Changes
Two more Democrats in Tennessee state government are told to step aside for Republican appointees. Grundy Quarles, an employee since 1959, will leave as director of the Office of Property Services on Sept 1. David Hassler, brother of Shirley Hassler, exits his role as rural road supervisor for Pickett County in the State Highway Department. Quarles previously served as state purchasing commissioner under Gov. Frank Clement and directed the property services office.
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Nashville
UPI
Grundy Quarles
Office of Property Services
David Hassler
Shirley Hassler
State Highway Department
Hassler
Pickett County
Highway Department
Quarles
Frank Clement
Engineers Brace Rain Weak Dam Near Morehead KY
Army engineers lime shore up a partially built earthen coffer dam on the Licking River as floodwaters near a crest. About 1,500 people evacuated. 1,000 area divers warned, 66 percent left. Officials say they will stay to monitor and may establish a controlled bench if waters rise further.
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Morehead
Licking River
Army
Thomas Hudgenders
Army Corps of Engineers
Appalachian Mountains
Kentucky
Hudgenberg
Cave Run
Final Preparations For Apollo 15 Countdown Begins
The Apollo 15 mission enters its final flight preparations at Cape Kennedy with a 6:30 a.m. EDT start for a 8:34 a.m. liftoff. David Scott Alfred Worden and James Irwin face a 67 hour lunar stay and Worden a six day orbit, as engineers address a power fluctuation on Endeavour and astronauts ready to wear spacesuits during lunar module jettison.
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Cape Kennedy
API
Apollo U
David R. Scott
Alfred M. Worden
James RB. Irwin
Scott
Irwin
Worden
Endeavour
The
Space Agency
United States
Moon
Agnew Learned Of China Visit Only Before TV Announcement
Washington officials report Vice President Agnew was kept unaware of President Nixon s plan to visit China until moments before Nixon announced it on television. Nixon limited knowledge to a few top aides and foreign ambassadors as secrecy surrounded the diplomatic move. Agnew was abroad and only informed shortly before the broadcast. He previously called a Chinese invitation a propaganda win for Beijing.
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Washington
Agnew
U.S
Peking
United States
No Draft Until October Stalled by Congress Delays
Washington reports Congress has not resolved differences on extending the draft law, delaying inductions until October. House Senate conference committee postponed a meeting amid slow headway. The draft law expired in June and no men have been inducted since. A contested amendment would set a nine month withdrawal of U.S. troops from Vietnam after the extension, a deadline filibustered by some unless fixed. Congress plans a month-long recess starting August 4.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Vietnam
Foreseeable Deaths On Astrology Prophecy Proved True
Wanda Donlin a clerk at Philadelphia Department of Licenses and Inspections had drawn up astrology charts for coworkers and warned one coworker her chart forebode a violent death for herself. Police found her battered body in her apartment Sunday night with wounds consistent with a war injuries.
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Philadelpeua
UPI
Wanda Donlin
Department of Licenses and Inspections
Inzteenter City
Steelworker Wins Small Victory in Ohio Plant
WELAND Ohio UP I report Pugliese a steelworker at Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp in Weland was suspended for refusing to dump oil solvents and other wastes into the Cuyahoga River. The United Steel Workers Union threatened a wildcat strike prompting reinstatement with back pay.
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Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
Cuyahoga River
United Steel Workers Union
Pugliese
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Don Daniels
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Eeriaport
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Ringsport
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DIAL
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Caltex
Frankfurt
Germany
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Anderson Ford Inc
Lynn Garden Drive
Kingsport, Tenn
Weland, Ohio
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