Nixon Faces Charges and Filibuster Talk as Cambodian Policy Stirs
President Nixon is charged with violating a ban on expenditures for Cambodian operations and faces Republican leaders debating a compromise amendment to avert a Senate-Nixon clash. Senate and White House discussions focus on constitutional authority and preserving presidential power amid Laos and domestic unrest.
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Scott
Pennsylvania
White House
Nixon
Kent State
Jackson State
Lawyer Says Army Stacking Deck in Vietnam Slayings Case
Ae McGee tells UPI he broke silence claiming the Army stacks the deck against the men charged over an incident on March 16, 1968 in My Lair South Vietnam. He says hundreds of civilians were allegedly slaughtered by American soldiers. Doher ty is named among those charged with seven other enlisted men and four officers.
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McGee
UPI
My Lair
South Vietnam
Doherty
Army
Ft. McPherson
3Rd Army
Guerrillas Step Up Shelling Amid Vietnam Truce End
U S and South Vietnamese troops resume offensive operations after a 24 hour truce as guerrilla shelling reaches an 11 day high. South Vietnam reports 456 civilian deaths from terror attacks last week, the most on record. North Vietnam calls for continued fight against U S imperialists. Phnom Penh reports early dawn artillery near Tram Khnar as government forces press Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops. The Buddha’s birthday truces end with 166 clashes, one American killed, 15 wounded, 141 Communist dead, 10 South Vietnamese dead, 73 wounded. Later, a court case notes defense complaints about lack of Army cooperation and pretrial publicity.
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UPI
U.S
Vietnam
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Phan van Dong
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh
Phnom Penh
Tram Khnar
Federal budget to slip back into deficit this year
Washington reports that the federal deficit will return despite a year of surplus. Budget Director Mayo acknowledges balance cannot be kept for the current year ending June 30 as revised estimates predict a deficit after earlier projections of surpluses. Corporate tax receipts blamed on a slow economy.
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UPI
Federal Ledger
Robert P. Mayo
Hot Springs
Johnson
Nixon
Treasury
David M. Kennedy
Kennedy
Sheriff Candidates Meet in Lompoc Forum
Six of seven sheriff hopefuls faced voters at Lompoc High School in a Junior Alpha Club sponsored forum. Candidates John Carpenter Frank Lopez Merlin McCune Stanley Otremba David Sanchez Thomas Thornton spoke on crime prevention training and community relations with Lopez absent for part of the session.
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Maynard Steffen
Junior Alpha Club
Lompoc High School Little Theater
Frank Lopez
John W. Carpenter
Stanley Otremba
Merlin Mc
Lompoc High School
Little Theater
Merlin McCune
David Sanchez
Thomas H. Thornton
Harry Looney
Harry Crompe
Lopez
Otremba
Sanchez
Carpenter
Sheriffs Department
Lompoc Valley
Sheriff's Department
Thorton
New County
FBI
Assembly Education Committee backs busing ban measure
The Assembly Education Committee narrowly approves a constitutional amendment banning school busing without parental consent and sends the bill to the Elections and Reapportionment Committee. The panel, split along party lines, also blocks a companion bid requiring fewer votes in the full Assembly.
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Sacramento
UPS
Assembly Education Committee
Kenneth Cory
Garden Grove
Floyd Wakefield
ReSouth Gate
Cory
Ments Committee
Wakefield
Victor V. Veysey
Brawley
Assembly
Willie Brown Jr
San Francisco
Finch Placed Undergoes Neurological Tests at Walter Reed
Secretary Robert H. Finch of HEW was hospitalized at Walter Reed Army Medical Center for numbness and weakness in his left arm and hand. He spent a comfortable night and showed continuing improvement, with tests continuing to determine the cause.
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Washington
UPI
Robert H. Finch
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Finch
Nixon
HEW
Southeast Asia
Army
John G. Veneman
Veneman
Petition for Santa Maria marriage conciliation court studied
The Lompoc Valley Ministerial Association’s petition signed by 81 people to create a marriage conciliation court in Santa Maria was sent to Administrative Officer Raymond D. Johnson for study and report. Supervisors noted possible jurisdiction by the Superior Court and cited high divorce rates in districts 4 and 5. Separately, the board backed a Lom poc request urging immediate state action to acquire and build the State Highway 1 freeway segment near the city after debate.
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Lompoc
Francis H. Beattie
Buellton
Tunnell
Beattie
Wilson aims third term as first consecutive three term PM
London UPI Prime Minister Harold Wilson ordered Labour leaders to speed up a manifesto promising prosperity under Labour. If reappointed for five more years he would be the first British premier to serve three consecutive terms, a feat not achieved since Pitt the Younger and Gladstone. Peter Shore led officials drafting the document as Barber urged Conservatives to mount a strong effort to unseat Labour.
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London
UPI
Harld Wilson
Labor Party
Wilson
William Pitt the Younger
William Ewart Gladstone
Peter Shore
Anthony Barber
Labor
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