Railpax Under Heavy Fire
Railpax chairman David W Kendall faced sharp Senate criticism as lawmakers from western states urged funding withdrawal and questioned route choices. Kendall defended a phased restricted system prioritizing high ridership routes while critics warned of service gaps across Wyoming and rural states and urged detailed justification before future funds.
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Washington
Railpax Board
David W. Kendall
Senate Appropriations
National Railroad Passenger Service Corp
Kendall
Mike Mansfield
Dmont
Railpax
Mansfield
States
Washington, D.C
Boston
Manafield
Gale McGee
D-Wyo
Railpax Corporation
Congress
Wyoming
Missouri Senate approves no fault divorce law
The Missouri Senate passed a no fault divorce bill 20 to 11 sending it to the House. Sen. Albert Spradling praised 70 years of study, while opponents warned of easy divorces and loss of sanctity. The bill would allow divorce if a judge finds a marriage irretrievably broken and abolish grounds like adultery or drunkenness.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Senate
House
Albert M. Spradling
Cape Girardeau
American Bar
Spradling
J. F. Patterson
D-Caruthersville
Omer H. Avery
D-Troy
Noel Cox
Rozark
Sprathing
Senate
Raymond Howard
D-St. Louis
Earl R. Blackwell
Hillsboro
Maurice Schechter
Dcteve Coeur
Missouri House
State Mediation Board
Snow Closes Roads Delays Voting Across St Louis Area
A spring snowstorm dumped up to 12 inches across parts of Illinois and Missouri. Roads clogged, schools closed, and voting slowed in the St Louis area with about 14 000 ballots cast by 9 a m as officials warned of more snowfall and stricter travel conditions.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
Finois
Illinois
Collinsville
Scott Air Force Base
Belleville
Vichy
Springfield
Ill
Columbia
Vandalia
Salem
Lambert-St. Louis
National Weather Service
Henry Koch
St. Louis Area
Mexico City
Nixon to announce faster U.S. troop pullout plan
Senator George Aiken says Nixon has accelerated Viet Nam troop withdrawals to about 18,000 monthly for two weeks and will formalize the rate when addressing the nation. He notes a peak of 543,000 in 1969, now around 300,000, with continued air support likely. Senate action calls for complete withdrawal within a year after war prisoner exchanges and MIAs are resolved.
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Nixon
Aiken
Washington
U.S
South Vietnam
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Senate Republicans
Metromedia Radio News
Senate
Democrats
Vietnam
Sen
Jack Miller
Iowa
South Vietnamese Raiders Hit North Vietnamese Base in Laos
An elite South Vietnamese unit of about 200 Hac Bao troops crossed into southern Laos by U S helicopters and attacked a North Vietnamese regiment south of Khe Sanh. Initial reports say 15 NVA were killed and five AK47s plus four crew-served weapons were captured. Casualties for the South Vietnamese were light. The raid followed a prior 26 hour operation near Khe Sanh and the A Shau Valley. The United States pulled out troops from Khe Sanh today, abandoning the Marine base for the second time in three years.
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Saigon
Laos
Hac Bao
Black Panther
Khe Sanh
Black Panthers
South Vietnam
A Shau
Mai Loc
Quang Tri Province
Hue
1St Infantry
Sfill
Soviets Open To Cooling Tensions At Home and Abroad
White House Kremlinologists note Brezhnev and Gromyko gave more conciliatory remarks at the Communist Party congress signaling possible but limited willingness to ease international tensions. Officials cite Soviet economic troubles and the need to improve relations with the United States while signaling cautious support for peaceful coexistence and cooperation.
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Washington
White House
Brezhnev
Gromyko
Party
Indochina
Mideast
Soviet Union
United States
Nixon
Middle East
Berlin
Vienna
Vietnam
Moscow
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Settlement Proposal Aims 1 Billion Alaska Native Claims
The Interior Department bills propose a 1 billion dollar settlement for Alaska native land claims plus 40 million acres. Secretary Morton sent the measure to Congress as part of a plan to resolve claims of about 55 thousand Eskimos Aleuts and Athabascans. The package funds 25 million yearly for 20 years totaling 500 million to a new Alaska Native Development Corp and up to 500 million from a 2 percent royalty.
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Washington
Interior Department
Secretary of the Interior
C. B. Morton
Alaska Native Development Corp
Army Ordered To Produce All My Lai Testimony For Col. Henderson Trial
The military judge granted a defense motion to obtain all prior My Lai testimony in the Col. Oran K. Henderson case. Henderson, 50, commanded the 11th Infantry Brigade during the My Lai incident and faces cover-up charges. Prosecutors said transcripts would be made available as possible. The pretrial hearing before Col. Peter S. Wondolowski continued.
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Army
My Lai
Col. Henderson
Ft, Meade
Oran K. Henderson
Henderson
Frank Dorsey
Henry Rothblatt
New York
Peter S. Wondolowski
Carroll Tichenor
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Hugh Scott
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New Hampshire
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Arkansas
South Dakota
Commission On Higher Education
Troy
Norman J. Merrell
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Deaver
Florida
Curtis Street
Hawthorne
Ben Wybrant
Richard Vance
Henry M. Jackson
Defense
Melvin Laird
Jackson
Thailand
Alaska
Russia
Morton
Cans
11Th Infantry
William L. Calley Jr
Ft. Benning
Wedger
Col. Oran K. Henderson
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