Senate backs Nixon initial victory on troop cut plan
The Senate rejected a unilateral 30 percent U.S. troop cut in Europe by a 63 to 37 vote, signaling White House backing for Nixon in his clash over Western troop reductions. Mansfield weighed the Nelson proposal as a softer alternative, with further talks expected as Congress eyed the showdown.
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Ashington
Senate
U.S
Europe
Field
White House
Nixon
Mansfield
Siege Ended After 17 Days at Firebase 6 South Vietnam
A 17 day siege by North Vietnamese forces targeted Firebase 6 near Ben Het southeast of Saigon. Elsewhere allied forces report 132 enemy killed across southern to northern Vietnam. Recon planes tracked strikes north of the DMZ with unclear results. In Laos on the Bolovens plateau 8 killed, 4 wounded and 30 missing after Sunday fighting.
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Ben Het
Vietnam
A Shan
Demilitarized Zone
Laos
Vientiane
Bolovens
Rail walkout ends as freight, mail, commuters move again
Congress approves partial pay raise and Nixon signs law to end rail strike. AFL-CIO unions order 13,000 members to return to work. Penn Central reports freight trains rolling within an hour. Amtrak plans most trains on schedule. four routes delayed to Thursday. Postal embargo on bulk long distance mail lifted.
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Congress
Nixon
Chamberlain
Afl-Cio Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen
Penn Central
Amtrack
National Passenger Rail System
San Diego
Los Angeles
Portland
Ore
Seattle
Carbondale
Chicago
Resor Demotes Koster Over My Lai Inquiry
Secretary of the Army Stanley Resor demoted Maj. Gen. Samuel Koster and removed a high decoration for failing to adequately investigate the My Lai massacre. Koster, former West Point superintendent, was reduced to brigadier general and dismissed as division commander during the March 1968 incident.
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Resor
Army
My Lai
Koster
Monetary Chief Opposes Hike In Interest Rates
Washington AP report outlines Federal Reserve Chairman Arthur F. Burns opposing higher rates to fix the dollar. He argues domestic price stability and international policy coordination better restore the dollar’s value amid a currency crisis linked to the Nixon era anti inflation plan.
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Monetary Chief
Washington
Arthur F. Burns
Federal Reserve Board
Burns
Europe
Nixon
United States
Sill To Host Reserve Units
More than 6,000 military reserve and National Guard personnel will be at Fort Sill from June 5 to August 28 for their annual giving support. Local units will participate alongside Fort Sill staff during the summer deployment period.
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National Guard
Fort Sill
Sill
Technical amendments to state income tax eyed in Oklahoma City
Senate President Pro Tem Finis Smith unveiled a package of "technical amendments" to the new income tax law claiming at least a $1 million relief for big business. Provisions would empower the Tax Commission to set new withholding rates and create a heads of household class for single earners supporting dependents, while savings and loan firms and pollution equipment installers could deduct dividends as business expenses.
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Lahoma City
Senate
Finis Smith
Oklahoma
Porty
Savings and Loan Associations
Smith
House
Rex Privett
Tax Commission
Senate Debates SST Funding as Vote Nears
Senate debate on reviving the $85.3 million SST fund continued two hours before a late vote on following the House's decision to renew SST funding. Senator Warren Magnuson cited a proposed $200 million start-up cost estimate, disputing Boeing figures and amid environmental concerns.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Associated Press
Senate
Warren Magnuson
Department of Transportation
Boeing
Travel vouchers for Vinzant district paused by Budget Office
Oklahoma City AP report notes four travel vouchers from District Attorney Bob Vinzant’s Claremore district held up by the state Budget Office. Vouchers cover March for Vinzant and three aides. total $801 for 73 road days and 6 843 miles. Attorney General Derryberry says approval required from his office.
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Alahoma City
State Budget Office
Bob Vinzant
Claremore
Vinzant
Edwin Doyle Carden
Sidney D. Wise
Pryor
Carl W. Longmire
Asst. Dist. Atty
Harold Morgan
Vinita
Craig County
Wise
Mayes County
Carden
Rogers County
State
Attorney General’s Office
Atty
Larry Derryberry
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