American Tourist Dies as Artillery Duel Rages Near Dead Sea
A 25-year-old American woman Shirley Anderson of Rochester New York was killed and a companion Eileen Bennett 27 of California injured when a Russian 122 millimeter shell hit Kalya Beach near the Dead Sea during an Israeli Jordanian artillery clash. An Arab taxi driver also wounded. The women had been teaching in the Congo and were traveling home.
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Rochester
N.Y
Gordon Anderson
Monroe County
Eastman Kodak Co
Belgian Congo
Eileen Bennett
California
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Kinshasa
Congo
American Community School
Israel
Holy Land
United States
Jerusalem
Dead Sea
Qalya Beach
Jordan
Kalya
Abdullah Bridge
Jordan River
Air Force expert shifts to minor-cost projects after C5A briefing
A. E. Fitzgerald, who raised a $2 billion cost jump for the C5A cargo plane, testified again to Congress that he is now assigned to review costs for small programs such as a bowling alley and mess halls. He said he was moved from major weapon cost control after his November testimony.
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UPI
Air Force
Congress
A.E. Fitzgerald
Pentagon
Fitzgerald
Management Systems
House
Senate Economic Committee
Sen B. Jordan
Idaho
Nixon schedules NSC meeting on arms talks with Soviet Union
The United States informed the Soviet Union it will be ready by late July to begin strategic arms limitation discussions. President Nixon called an NSC meeting for Wednesday and a news conference for Thursday to discuss arms talks and the Safeguard ABM program amid strong congressional opposition.
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UPI
Nixon
National Security Council
United States
Congress
Edward W. Brooke
R-Mass
Senate
Ronald Ziegler
Local notes mix politics and community events in Lompoc
Glimpses of Gene McAllister with a white beard appear amid Flower Festival prep in the Chamber of Commerce room. Lompoc residents celebrate a $70 property tax refund while local sports and national arms talks mix with MIRV and ABM debates involving Brooke Fulbright Laird Rogers and Ziegler.
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Gene McAllister
Chamber of Commerce Board Room
Lompoc
Bob Cruikshank
County appoints Norbert McNamara mental health director
County supervisors on Monday approved the appointment of Dr. Norbert J. McNamara as the mental health director at 28032 dollars a year. He comes from the U S Public Health Service and aided in setting up the county program years ago and will report by August 1 if possible.
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Norbert J. McNamara
McNamara
U.S. Public Health Service
San Mateo County
Raymond D. Johnson
Curtis Tunnell
Santa Maria
Tunnell
Johnson
Santa Barbara County
Dedication Planned for New City Park at Junction of Highways 1 and 246
The Parks and Recreation Commission set a dedication for Ed Ingram Park on Thursday June 26 at 2 p.m. City dignitaries from Van denberg AFB Martin Marietta and the Gresco Plant will attend along with those involved in park formation. Mayor MacClure to speak. Mrs Ed Ingram to unveil memorial plaque. The park features include an eight space lot a pergola municipal history and a Titan missile. The commission also noted one vandalism incident in 30 days a door ripped from the J M Park concession stand with repairs estimated at 40 to 45 dollars.
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Ed Ingram
Parks and Recreation Commission
Vandenberg Afb
Martin-Marietta
Gresco
Robert MacClure
J-M Park
Extension of taxes now seems certain
The House Ways and Means Committee voted to repeal the 7 percent investment tax credit and to extend the income tax surcharge. It approved a one year extension of federal excise taxes on telephone calls and automobiles and planned to extend the surtax, with officials stating no doubt about final approval before the June 30 deadline. Republicans warned of inflation and pledged firm stand on Nixon proposals.
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UPI
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Ways and Means Committee
Nixon
Ways and Means
Hale Boggs
D-La
Gerald H. Ford
Ford
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Congress
Powell undecided on seeking lost seniority after ruling
Rep. Adam Clayton Powell said he has not decided whether to seek restored seniority or back pay after the Supreme Court ruled fellow house members had no right to exclude him. He spoke at his Bahamian retreat and planned to return to Washington to discuss the matter.
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Bimini
Bahamas
UPI
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N.y
Supreme Court
House
Powell
Washington
Rep
Harlem Democrat
House Says No Pay Regardless Of Court Powell Ruling
UPI reports anger in the House as members vow not to fund back pay for Rep. Adam Clayton Powell despite the Supreme Court ruling that he was eligible to serve. Powell says restoration of chairmanship or back pay is secondary to reinforcing the principle of three branches of government.
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Powell
House Committee
House Education and Labor Committee
Bimini
Democratic Party
Wilbur Mills
Hale Boggs
Supreme Court
Adam Clayton Powell
United States
Congress of
Henry Williams
Arthur Kinoy
Herbert Reid
Roses Worth Seventy-Two Dollars Vanish From Yard
Henry Sanders offered a free Paris trip to anyone who snitches on the rose thief after 17 bushes valued at 72 dollars disappeared from his Wrexham front yard. The burglar took two hauls, clipping and stealing the plants, while Sanders defended his rock garden and joked about manure being used to feed the roses.
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Wrexham
Wales
UPI
Henry Sanders
Paris
Sanders
Democrats and Republicans battle for California Assembly control
In Salinas California Democrats rally around a former State Senator while Republicans ride the popularity of a County Supervisor in a special election to decide control of the Assembly. A Democratic win would leave the chamber at 40 to 40, challenging Gov Reagan's programs. a Republican victory would give the GOP a 41 to 39 edge and enable governing majorities.
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Salinas
Calif
Communist summit adjourns plan for bigger future meeting
The 13 day Moscow summit ended with delegates endorsing a proposed larger conference including both Communists and anti imperialist forces. The Dominican Republic alone balked saying the plan was too mild. Officials suggested the gathering could be years away and include non Communist left groups pledged to fight imperialism.
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UPI
Sergei Lapin
Tass
Dominican Republic
China
R. Arismendi
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