Senate Doves Push For Cuts to Defense Spending
Senate critics vow to press for curbs on defense spending and overseas commitments as the Pentagon's 20 billion authorization bill faces renewed debate. Sen. Cooper seeks an amendment limiting aid to Laos and Thailand and avoiding a Vietnam style escalation, while Proxmire urges a 10 billion cut. Thailand plans to negotiate a gradual reduction of 49,200 U.S. troops.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Pentagon
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
United States
Thailand
Laos
William Proxmire
Dwis
Nixon
Congress
Melvin R. Laird
Mike Mansfield
Cooper
Lyndon B. Johnson
Gulf of Tonkin
U.S
Vietnam
Soldier Seizes Arms Fleeing West Germany Defects to East
A Bundeswehr soldier Olaf Foertsch 26 robbed Fritzlar Army depot took 42 pistols one rifle one machine gun and some optics then fled by jeep toward East Germany. He forced a companion soldier to ride along but pushed him out at the border. The abducted trooper Rathgeber was found injured and hospitalized. Foertsch crossed into East Germany at Hoenbach and was detained by East German troops as West German police urged him back.
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BOMN
UPD
Fritzlar
East Germany
Bundeswehr
Defense Ministry
Gefreiter
Olaf Foertsch
Pfc
Karl Friedrich Rathgeber
Foertsch
Frankfurt
Hoenbach
Ludwig Gummert
Crailsheim
Hans Joachim Kruse
Hamburg
Robert Kuendiger
Bonn
D’ Ok Testo
Five Given Top Award By Asians
Four Asians and Dr. Robert Chandler Jr. won the 1969 Ramon Magsaysay Awards at Manila ceremonies. Ahangemange Tudor Ariya ratne of Ceylon received community leadership honors. Hsu Shih-chu of Nationalist China earned recognition for rural health services. Mitoji Nishimoto of Japan was honored for journalism and educational broadcasting influence. Kim Hyung Seo of South Korea was cited for leading land reclamation efforts for refugees and landless people. The International Rice Research Institute in Laguna Province, near Manila, was cited for seven years of interdisciplinary teamwork improving agricultural culture.
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Manila
UPI
An International Institute
Japan
China
South Korea
Ceylon
Robert Chandler Jr
International Rice Research Institute
Ahangemange Tudor Ariyaratne
Hsu Shih-chu
Taiwan
Mitoji Nishimoto
Aras
Kim Hyung Seo
Laguna Province
Instituteell
Japan seeks return of Kurile islands before peace
Foreign Minister Kiichi Aichi declared the Soviet occupation of Etorofu and Kunashiri illegal and said no peace treaty could be signed until the territorial dispute is resolved. He announced a three week trip to Moscow and the United States to push the claim.
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Kyoto
Japan
UPI
Kiichi Aichi
Soviet Union
Occi
Pacific
Moscow
United States
Etorofu
Kunashiri
Tax reform bill faces Senate trap over tax cuts timing
Washington experts warn the Nixon administration to trim tax cut provisions to avoid political damage as Treasury Secretary Kennedy prepares proposals for the Senate Finance Committee. The 368 page reform bill would cut taxes for most while ending income tax for 5.2 million poor, but would raise $6.9 billion by 1979 yet give away $9.3 billion in cuts.
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Washington
UPID
Nixon
Senate
Treasury
David M. Kennedy
Senate Finance Committee
Sage
Congress
White House, Treasury and
Bureau of the Budget
White House
Daniel P. Moynihan
House
Finance Committee
Russell B. Long
D-La
Funeral Rites Set For Plane Victims in Utah
Funeral services are planned in Orem and Salt Lake City for three victims of a light plane crash near Red Rock Summit west of Las Vegas. Darryl Martin Stewart 30 of Orem and Gordon Gilbert Stewart 21 of Provo will be buried at Edgemont Cemetery after services at the 25th Ward Chapel in Orem, while Robin Julian 20 of Salt Lake City will be buried there after services at the 33rd Ward Chapel in Salt Lake City.
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Utah
Red Rock
Darryl Martin Stewart
Orem
Gordon Gilbert Stewart
Provo
25Th Ward
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Edgemont Cemetery
Edgemont
Robin Julian
Salt Lake City
33Rd Ward
Las Vegas
Red Rock Summit
Stewart Brothers
Gilbert S. Stewart
Gerald
Neil
Harold
Alden
Nevada Ready Mix
Vegas Valley Drive
Grant Stewart
Tom
Richard Stewart
Stewarts
David R. Stewart
Stephen G. Stewart
Allen Stewart
Virginia Kerkendall
Tamara Sue Stewart
Nancy
Lynette
Travis
Miss Julian
Stanley W. Julian
Ronald W. Julian
Kim B. Julian
Reuther chides other unions in Labor Day message
UAW President Walter P. Reuther chided other unions for not meeting social change with stronger action in a Labor Day address from Detroit.
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Reuther
Detroit
UPI
United Auto Workers
Walter P. Reuther
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