Times fights court bid to seize secret Vietnam papers
The New York Times goes to federal court to block government efforts to inspect 7000 pages of a 47 volume Pentagon study on Vietnam policy. The case raises First Amendment questions about safeguarding confidential sources and the handling of classified material.
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NEW York
The
New York Times
Pentagon
U.S
U.S. Dist
Murray I. Gurfein
Times
Asst
U.S. Atty
Michael Hess
Dered
the Times
United States
Vietnam
Defense
Robert S
Washington
House
Nixon
House Foreign Operations and Government Information
Departments of State, Justice and Defense
White House
Ogden Reid
R-N.y
Humphrey reveals Johnson anguish over Vietnam escalation
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey says as vice president he watched Lyndon Johnson anguished by decisions that escalated the Vietnam war. He cites a Pentagon study cited by the New York Times as showing a lack of candor in public statements and says he would have altered his 1964 campaign if he had known of the troop buildup plan.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Lyndon B. Johnson
Humphrey
Pentagon
New York Times
Minnesota Democrat
Times
Johnson
U.S
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Sen
Barry M. Goldwater
Goldwater
Three Escapees Steal Forestry Pickup From Honor Camp
Hocking sheriff and city police were alerted at 2 51 am today that three Hocking Honor Camp escapees stole a state forestry department pickup. Suspects were Raymond Hedges 34 Charles West 32 and Olsen Grady 55. Vehicle license 15859 and descriptions note their prior convictions in Fairfield Guernsey and Summit counties.
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State Forestry Department
Raymond Hedges
Circleville
Laurelville Rt. 1
Fairfield County
Charles West
Guernsey County
Olsen Grady
Summitt County
Fair Weather Spreads Across Nation After Southeast Storms
Mild weather moves over most of the United States after severe storms hit the Southeast and North Central States. Concord, North Carolina area suffered injuries to three people as the hardest hit region.
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Concord
N.C
Fogs and cool start give way to warm Friday forecast
The Hocking Valley saw a chilly 45 degrees with dense fog in low areas. By 11 a.m. temperatures reached 75, compared with Wednesday's 77. Frigid start gives way to sunshine and a near 90 degree high expected Friday.
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Hocking Valley
Tornado Touches Down in Rural Cabbarrus County
A tornado touched down in rural Cabbarrus County and caused damage while another twister about 100 miles east downed power lines.
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Cabbarrus County
Secret Papers Among $100 Million In Mail Thefts
Robert F. Kudak testified before the Senate subcommittee on a mail theft ring that stole about $100 million in valuables from U S registered mail. He said he read some secret papers but did not sell them, burning or discarding them. Kudak described fences in New York and New Jersey and warned of threats to his safety as investigators probe the alleged conspiracy.
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Washington
Senate
Robert F. Kudak
U.S
New York
New Jersey
Kudak
Senate Permanent Investigations Subcommittee
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Senators announce $10000 grant for Tri-County Agency
Sens. William Saxbe and Robert Taft announced approval of a one year program administration and senior opportunities and services grant totaling $10,000 for the Tri-County Community Action Agency based in Logan serving Hocking Athens and Perry counties.
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William Saxbe
Robert Taft
Tri-County
Sewage Plant Near Completion Expands City Disposal Capacity
The city sewer plant expansion aims to finish by July 1 under Roy Loomis with a 1.2 million gallon capacity. General contractor L. R. Skelton & Co. of Columbus works on the $580000 project started last fall to meet 10000 population needs around 1995.
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Roy Loomis
Harry Burgess
L. R. Skelton & Co
Columbus
Antiwar Amendment Lacks Support in House and Senate
In Washington the Nedzi-Whalen amendment to halt war funding after December 31, 1971 faces a House vote with 150 to 170 supporters. Senate action also denied cutoff plans, with Hatfield McGovern failing 55 to 42 and a June 1, 1972 deadline rejected 52 to 44, while Saxbe and Taft joined the majority.
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Washington
House
Senate
U.S
Indochina
Southeast Asia
Lawton M. Chiles Jr
D-Fla
North Vietnam
Mark O. Hatfield
R-Ore
George S. McGovern
D-S.d
Ohio
William Saxbe
Robert Taft Jr
George McGovern
Mark Hatfield
Saxbe
Taft
Coal Strike Spreads in Southeastern Ohio
The Ohio Coal Association announced a wildcat strike by United Mine Workers spreading across Southeastern Ohio soft coal fields. A Thursday survey showed 13 mines in Belmont, Harrison, Guernsey and Monroe counties closed by pickets, with district 6 members and a few West Virginia Panhandle mines involved.
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ST. Clairesville
Ohio
Ohio Coal Association
United Mine Workers
Association
Belmont
Harrison
Guernsey
Monroe
UMW
West Virginia Panhandle
Columbus Youth Rescued After Hillclimb Attempt
A Columbus youth named John DeAndero was rescued from a rocky hillside along Rt 93S near Scott's Creek falls after a hillclimb incident mid day Wednesday. Logan fire crews used a ladder truck to help him descend while three companions chose another route with no trouble. Sheriff's officials noted earlier complaints of rock throwing toward passing cars, later resolved as rocks were loosened during the ascent. All four men, in their early 20s, had been camping in a trailer near Neshoro.
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Hocking Sheriff's Department
John DeAndero
Columbus
Rt. 93S
Scott's Creek Falls
Sheriff's Department
Logan
DeAndero
Paul Hartman
Neshoro
South Viets Repulse Red Attack Near DMZ
North Vietnamese forces attacked below the DMZ with flame throwers and were repulsed with U S helicopter gunships artillery and fighters. Casualties included 63 NVA dead and nine Marines killed as 5 000 allied troops push a northern drive to block infiltration and protect coastal lowlands.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
Khe Sanh
Dmz
Nixon seeks $155 million to curb drug abuse
President Nixon asked Congress for 155 million dollars for 1972 to tighten enforcement, fund treatment and rehabilitation, and expand international anti narcotics efforts. He announced a new White House office on drug abuse prevention and a program to detox GI addicts before discharge.
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Congress
Vietnam
Pentagon
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America
Special Action
White House
House
Gerald R. Ford
Ford
South Vietnam
Thailand
Turkey
Mexico
France
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