Tower urges flexible policy on Cambodia troop use
Sen. John G. Tower returning from Southeast Asia said the United States should keep a flexible policy to send U S or South Vietnamese troops back to Cambodia if communists retreat to sanctuaries. He expects American withdrawal by July 1 and South Vietnamese pullout near that date, noting his views as an individual senator.
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Los Angeles
UPI
John G. Tower
Southeast Asia
U.S
Cambodia
Texas Republican
Tower
Saigon
ARVN
Vietnam
U. S
America
Mansfield presses U.S. funding of Thai troops in Cambodia
Senator Mansfield argues against funding Thai troops in Cambodia and warns the conflict has spread beyond Vietnam. The Byrd amendment may modify Cooper-Church financing and a separate Cranston measure calls for Nixon to reveal withdrawal timetables.
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Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
Nixon
Cambodia
U.S
South Vietnam
Scott
D-Calif
Vietnam
Retired Couple Robbed by Two Bandits in Motel
A Las Vegas couple, Joseph and Cordelia King, were robbed at knifepoint on Sunday as two men forced entry into their motel room at 008 Las Vegas Blvd South. The suspects, about 5'10", 26, and 115 to 160 pounds, tied King and stole $842 cash, rings, watches, and other items totaling $1,192.
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Las Vegas
Las Vegas Blvd
Joseph Nelson King
Cordelia King
King
Sims Case Opens Before U S Grand Jury
United States Grand Jury expected to take up the case of Jerry Sims, 40, of 900 Monroe. Sims was arrested last Thursday on a US commissioner's warrant charging sale of heroin and is confined in Clark County jail.
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United States
Jerry Sims
Monroe
Sims
Clark County
Hijackers Seize Czech Jet in West Germany and Seek Asylum
Eight hijackers armed with pistols and knives forced a CSA Ilyushin airliner from Karlovy Vary to land in Bavaria. The group, including two married couples and a two year old, claimed political asylum as police surrounded the plane. After about four hours, the aircraft returned to Prague with passengers and crew aboard.
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Mernberg
Germany
UPI
Czechoslovak State Airlines
CSA
West Germany
Karlovy Vary
Karlsbad
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Nixon survey on campuses fuels political tensions
A Nixon administration study team with John Campbell Chris DeMuth Jeff Confortel Checker Finn Bill Casselman Lee Huebner Don Murdoch and Hugh Sloan visited campuses including Duke UNC Berkeley Texas UCLA NYU Rutgers Columbia Wisconsin Washington Montana State Ohio State and others. The survey drew nonpolitical critics and sparked broader debate about campus views and government outreach.
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John Campbell
Chris DeMuth
Jeff Confelt
Checker Finn
Bill Casselman
Congressional Affairs
Lee Huebner
Don Murdoch
Office of Economic Opportunity
Hugh Sloan
Duke University
North Carolina Central College
University of North Carolina
Claremont College
University of California At San Diego
Northeastern University
University of California At Berkeley
University of Texas, Los Angeles Valley Junior College
Reid College
University of Washington
Montana State University
Ohio State
University of Wisconsin
Edgewood College
Princeton
Rutgers
Columbia
Connecticut College
the Coast Guard Academy
New York University
Outbuilding Burns On Laramore Street
Fire at 4 15 p m yesterday destroyed a shed beside a carport damaged the carport and the car front end and caused smoke damage to a house at 980 Laramore Street. The home is occupied by Mrs Patti Beckmeier. Inspectors consider accidental ignition by juveniles exploring the shed as a possible cause.
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Laramore St
Patti Beckmeier
Argentina's Ongania Ousted As Military Junta Reassumes Power
The June 8 1970 coup restored the armed forces to political control in Buenos Aires. Lanusse Guavi and Rey signed the communique stating Ongania was deposed. The crisis followed clashes between liberal and nationalist factions over civilian governance and economic policy.
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Alejando Lanusse
Grenadiers Regiment
Plaza de Mayo
Buenos Aires
Don Juan Carlos Ongania
Lanusse
Guavi
Rey
Navy
Adm
Pedro Guavi
Air Force
Maj
Carlos Rey
Argentina
Rwe
House Votes Own Fact-Finder Asia Commission
The House authorized a 12 member own fact finding group to probe all aspects of the Southeast Asia war and report within 45 days. The vote to authorize the tour was 223 to 101, with McCormack directed to appoint a balanced panel. Rep Hall denounced the move as wasteful window dressing while Rep Bingham urged broader representation. 246 to 80 defeated that amendment.
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Washington
UPI
House
Nixon
Southeast Asia
John W. McCormack
Honolulu
Rep. Durward G. Hall
R-Mo
Southeast Asia Commission
Hall
Mynah
Jonathan B. Bingham
D-N.y
Hawk
Dove
Rep
G. G. Sonny Montgomery
D-Miss
National Guard
Barkley Hijacking Profile Highlights FAA View
UPI reports Ruthor G Barkley matched the FAA hijacker profile to a T while he commandeered a TWA 727 for eight hours. A weapons detector and marshal might have stopped him at Phoenix gate 486. Barkley, 49, later indicted on piracy and interfering with an aircraft. FBI witnessed his capture aboard the plane.
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Washington
UPI
Ruthor G. Barkey
Federal Aviation Administration
U. S
FAA
Barkley
Phoenix
U.S
Brian P. Gettings
James
Ciano
FBI
Oren Lewis
Alexandria
Trans World Airlines
Eastern
Pan American
Continental
Sky Harbor
Las Vegas
N. M
Dulles International
TWA
Dulles
Dale C. Hope
Goldwater Calls for War Powers to End Tactical Dilemmas
Senator Goldwater says President and Joint Chiefs should have war powers as needed. He argues that overreliance on air superiority has led to needless frustration and strategic constraints, urging clearer authorization for decisive actions.
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Joint Chiefs
Power rate rise hearings focus on infrastructure and costs
The PSC hears that population growth forces extensive construction and higher funding needs for power facilities. Johnson warns the 1960s construction pace will double in the early 1970s amid gas reserves declines, inflation, and financing challenges. Hearings may run to Friday with a July decision. protests included a local law firm and Robert J. McNutt.
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PSC
Reese Taylor
Commission
Power Company
Morris, Walker and Phillips Law Firm
Robert J. McNutt
Governors Tout VISTA Reforms At Intermountain Conference
Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Alaska will gain more say in federal anti poverty programs after a conference that opened yesterday. Governors Rampton Burns Williams Haydon Evans Camacho Anderson Hathaway attended in an exchange of ideas led by Rampton.
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Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Alaska
Rampton
Burns
Williams
John M. Haydon
American Samoa
Daniel J. Evans
Carlos G. Camacho
Guam
Forrest H. Anderson
Montana
Stanley Hathaway
Wyoming
Horseplay with shotgun fatal for young girl in Florida
In Davie Florida a 10 year old girl Katherine Stapleton was killed in an accidental shooting by her 15 year old brother Harold while the trio were playing with a family shotgun. Harold fired from a second story window as Katherine and her twin Thomas left for school.
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Davie
Fla
UPI
Katherine Ruth Stapleton
Broward County
Ed Stack
Harold Jack Stapleton
Stapleton
Katherine
Thomas
Harold
Stack
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