Senate debates women in services and keeps B1 bomber alive
The Senate upheld flexible training for women in the services while preserving the B1 bomber program. Amendments to halt AWACS, Minuteman III, or ballistic missile defenses were rejected. Supporters argued for modernization and NATO alignment, while opponents pressed cost and strategic risks.
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Hathaway
Senate
Secretary of Defense
Dewey Bartlett
Rokin
Pentagon
George McGovern
D-S.c
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
John C. Stennis
Senate Armed Services Committee
Soviet Union
Thomas Ff. Eagleton
D-Mo
NATO
Europe
McGovern
John Glenn
Ohio
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Rockefeller Commission to Release CIA Report on Domestic Spying
The Rockefeller Commission prepared a lengthy report on CIA domestic spying and possible assassination plots. Vice President Rockefeller said the public release timing was uncertain while Senator Church noted the panel may avoid drawing conclusions about direct CIA involvement.
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CIA
Ford
Commission
Frank Church
Senate Intelligence Committee
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Church
Idaho
Rockefeller
Senate Committee
Economic indicators show April gains and rising confidence
Durable goods orders jumped nearly 3.5 billion dollars or 9.8 percent in April. Housing starts rose yet stayed below 1974 levels, mortgage lending climbed, and March housing sales hit a post September high after tax credit. Industrial output dipped slightly, consumer goods rose, employment and personal income increased, and the Conference Board reported higher consumer confidence with a buying plans index near 88.
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Federal Reserve Board
The
Conference Board
Governor Boren Urges Change in Attitudes at Breakfast
At a breakfast meeting State Rep. Roy Hooper presided as Governor Boren spoke on selflessness and ethics. He urged leaders to consider others, ignore the lure of wealth, and keep self-respect above worldly success. The event followed hymns prayer and scripture reading.
Unemployment Rates Rise Amid Recession Strains in May
May unemployment edged higher for all household heads and married men with jobless rates at 6.3 and 5.8 percent respectively while adult women held at 8.6 percent. Whites rose to 8.5 percent and blacks stayed at 14.7 percent with black teen unemployment easing slightly to 39.9 percent. The rise came mainly from construction finance and service sectors and total manufacturing kept 18.1 million employed.
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Treasury
William E. Simon
Interstate Commerce Commission
House
Ways and Means
Dow Jones
Fire Department Dispatches Reported Alarm Times
Lowton Fire Department logs show alarms at multiple locations with times including 7:00 am on a Thursday, 12:36 am on Friday, 6:00 am at 1604 Gerkshire for smoke, 6:05 am at 313 Artington for a house fire, and 6:00 am at Sixth and C for a wash gown incident. The year total of dispatches reached 677.
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Lowton Fire Department
Mission Bivd
Foise
Gerkshire
Artington
Imnor
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Sears
Dad
Wilen
Weam
Syle
Kim
Egular
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Sears, Boebuck and CO
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SAVE
Sears, Roebuck and CO
Simon
Irwin Kellner
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Dennis the Menace
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