Soviet Leaders Lead Mourners at Soyuz 11 Funeral
In Moscow the top Soviet leaders formed a guard of honor for the Soyuz 11 cosmonauts as a long mournful line of Muscovites filed past the coffins. Brezhnev Podgorny and Kosygin led officials paying tribute beside the three spacemen killed returning from a 23 day space flight. The government announced a heroes' funeral plans.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
Nikolai Podgorny
Alexei Kosygin
Soviet Space Tragedy Burial Held For Three Astronauts
The bodies of Lt. Col. George Dobrovolsky Vladislav Volkov and Viktor Patsayev lie in state at Moscow Central Army House as a national day of mourning unfolds. Coffins rest on a catafalque under black drapings while mourners pass to funeral music. Authorities investigate the Soyuz 1 deaths and whether the oxygen system failed during reentry.
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Red Square
Kremlin
George Dobrovolsky
Vladislav Volkov
Viktor Patsarev
Moscow
Central Army House
Earth
Kazakhstan
Lawrence Adopts Half-Cent Sales Tax For Police and Fire
Lawrence voters approved a city option half cent sales tax to fund 26 new police officers and 15 new firefighters, with tax collection starting today alongside the state 3 percent levy. Public hearings were held in Topeka, and merchants received new tax tables. The state collects the tax and passes all proceeds to the city, with first funds not due until September 15.
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Peggy Jennings
Jennings
Lawrence
Manhattan
Topeka
Erv Hodges
State Department of Revenue
Dennis Karlsen
Pentagon Papers reveal JCS opposed Viet Nam aid in 1954
Selections show JCS warned Eisenhower that assisting South Vietnam was a risky gamble while Dulles pressed for a small push to stabilize. The 150 page advisory buildup volume notes early optimism faded by 1961 as terrorism and large scale actions eroded hopes for Saigon’s independence. Kennedy then expanded advisers and Special Forces presence before prioritizing physical security.
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U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
South Vietnam
Eisenhower
Pentagon
Associated Press
John Foster Dulles
U.S
Saifon
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Ngo Dinh Diem
Vietnam
California government operates without budget for 1971-72
California enters the new fiscal year without a signed budget and authority to spend. The state runs on credit as a compromise budget of over 7 billion dollars is crafted for Reagan to sign. Union leaders urge workers to stay on the job while warning the situation cannot continue. The notice ends with a brief bank holiday reminder.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Reagan
Loren Smith
California State Employes Association
CSEA
Smith
Supreme Court frees papers. Vietnam notes emerge
The Associated Press cites Gravel based on the Pentagon papers showing Johnson advisers debated a prelanding attack on North Vietnam to boost South Vietnamese morale two months before the Tonkin Gulf incident. The Times notes Kennedy turned Eisenhower era risk into a broader strategy.
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Associated Press
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Tonkin Gulf
Johnson
North Vietnam
the Times
John F. Kennedy
Eisenhower
Local Retail Hours Listed for Several Stores
Cloudy and continued cool conditions noted. Full details on page 5. Russell Stover Candies and Key Rexall featured. Gilson Discount Center announces new store hours from 9 to 10 daily and 9 to 6 on Sunday.
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Russell Stover
Rexall
Gilson Discount Center
White House Calls Viet Cong Plan Mixed
The White House labeled the Viet Cong peace proposal as containing positive elements and clearly unacceptable parts. Press secretary Ronald L. Ziegler said no details would be released on which points fit each category and emphasized opposition to any settlement that leaves South Vietnam under Communist control. He noted the U.S. negotiating stance would be presented at the Paris talks, with the next session a week away.
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Washington
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
U.S
South Vietnam
Ziegler
United States
Paris
Cloudy Days Predicted for Lawrence Area Weather
Mostly cloudy skies and cool temperatures continue in Lawrence as a slow moving cool front hangs in. East to northeast winds at five to 15 mph bring an unusual pattern and a chance of widely scattered showers with highs in the 80s and overnight lows in the 60s.
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Lawrence Area
Reds Tie POWs To U S Pullout Plan
Paris talks yield a Viet Cong plan offering to free all prisoners if the United States withdraws forces by year end. Xuan Thuy and Mrs Nguyen Thi Binh present the proposal, with U S officials weighing its effect on South Vietnam and a potential cease fire tied to a deadline.
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Paris
United States
U.S
Xuan Thuy
David K.E. Bruce
Nguyen Thi Binh
Washington
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Mrs. Binh
Nixon
Saigon
First Combat Troops Begin Vietnam Withdrawal
Saigon AP reports a major cutback as 40 U.S. Army units totaling 6,095 men withdraw from combat in Vietnam. The action marks the eighth phase of Nixon's plan, with the 1st Brigade of the 5th Infantry Division and the 73rd Airborne Brigade among those leaving. The 173rd Airborne, requested on May 5, 1965, completes its withdrawal by August end while many veterans will be reassigned within Vietnam.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Vietnam
Nixon
5Th Mechanized Infantry Division
173Rd Airborne
Bien Hoa
Police Rout 100 Indians In Chicago
Chicago police using rifles and tear gas drove about 100 Indians from an abandoned missile site on the Lake Michigan shore after a dawn clash. Authorities say 17 were seized. four people including three police officers and a park employee were injured. Michael Choas, the group's leader, denounced the action as inhumane.
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Chicago
IAP
Lake Michigan
Michael Choas
District
Army
Ground Broken for Airco CO2 Plant in Kansas
Ground breaking for a 200 ton per day automated liquid carbon dioxide plant by Airco Industrial Gases, division of Airco, Inc., on K-10 east of Lawrence. The site leases land from CFCA, with rail and truck delivery to bottlers and processors across Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Iowa.
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Airco Industrial Gases
Airco, Inc
Murray Hill
Cooperative Farm Chemicals Assn
K-10
Lawrence
Airco
CFCA
Charles H. Simpson
Chamber of Commerce
Eldridge House
Simpson
John F. Tierney Jr
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