Khrushchev Buried At Modest Moscow Grave Site
Nikita Khrushchev was buried in a remote corner of Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow after a simple service. Sergei Khrushchev delivered the eulogy as a seven-foot wreath and a red crepe coffin cover marked the funeral. Only a small crowd attended and a single famous mourner, poet Yevtushenko, appeared publicly at a wake.
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Moscow
UPI
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Kremlin
Pravda
Communist Party
Sergei
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Nina Petrovna
Nikita Sergeyevich
Novodevichy
Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Josef V. Stalin
Yevtushenko
Nikita
Calley refuses to testify at Medina court trial
Lt. William L. Calley Jr. refused to testify at Capt. Ernest L. Medina’s court martial arguing he could be retried. Medina’s attorney said he would contend Calley alone was responsible for the My Lai massacre. Bailey warned Calley’s testimony could not be compelled.
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FT. Mcpherson, Ga
UPI
William L. Calley Jr
Ernest L. Medina
Medina
Calley
My Lai
Ft. Benning
F. Lee Bailey
Cailey
Bailey
Business leaders press to keep cost of living council in place
Archie K Davis leader of the US Chamber of Commerce urged keeping the Cost of Living Council after the 90 day wage price rent freeze. He and 11 business chiefs planned to tell President Nixon they back his moves and favor a return to a free market when possible. Meany push for independent board stance noted.
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Washington
UPI
Archie K Davis
US Chamber of Commerce
Cost of Living Council
White House
Nixon
Davis
AFL Cio
George Meany
Board of Labor, Business
Treasury
John B. Connally
Paul W. McCracken
Council of Economic Advisers
Meany
House
Ways and Means Committee
Cranston vows to press filibuster over draft extension
Sen. Alan Cranston says the 75 day lapse proves the draft law is unnecessary and will continue blocking stalled legislation to extend selective service until June 30 1973. The measure seeks a $2.4 billion across the board pay raise effective Oct. 1 and would raise a colonel's pay from 24850 to 26389 annually.
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Washington
UPI
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Senate
Hugh Scott
Congress
Cranston
Mike Mansfield
Nixon
Laos Guerrilla Forces Backed by CIA Size 30 000
Transcript of Senate testimony reveals the CIA has secretly trained and funded about 30,000 guerrilla troops in Laos since 1962. Ambassador Godley says SGU battalions comprise roughly 330 to 360 men and operate throughout Laos except near Vientiane.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Laos
Senate Armed Services Committee
G. Martiie Godley
SGU
Godley
Vientiane
United States
Israeli Fire on Syrian Jet Raises Golan Tensions
Israeli gunners fired on a Syrian MIG 17 over the Golan Heights two days after an Egyptian Sukhoi 7 jet was shot down over the Suez Canal. Israel says it fires to deter, no Egyptian retaliation expected, as UN and Security Council moves unfold.
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Attica
N.Y
UPI
Attica State Prison
State Correction
Russell G. Oswald
Oswald
Elmer Huehn
Heulhn
Nelson A. Rockefelle
Puerto Rico
New York City
United Press International
Golan Heights
Suez Canal
Middle East
Israel
U.N. Truce Supervisory Commission
Jerusalem
Vietnamese force wipes out cache and guns near DMZ
South Vietnamese Black Panther units destroyed a Communist supply cache near the Laotian border and seized three Soviet 122mm guns. The operation, part of a 13,000 strong sweep across 625 square miles below the DMZ, included recovery of 27 enemy bodies and ammunition. U.S. bombers supported with six missions totaling over 500 tons. American troop strength in Indochina fell to 215,800, the smallest weekly withdrawal in seven months.
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Saigon
UPS
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Khe Sanh
Laos
U.S
Indochina
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Nikita Khrushchev
Kenneth A. Howard
Scott
Montana
House Senate
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Jean M. Fueller
Vandenberg Afb
Col
Garth Dettinger
Vafb
Col. Fueller
Vandenberg Hospital
2Nd Air Force
Barksdale Afb
Amman
United Nations Security Council
Jordan
Beirut
al Hayan
Sudan
Cairo
Anwar Sadat
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