Draft Snag Likely Until September
Washington AP reports the House delay to extend the military draft, with antiwar senators preparing to filibuster once passed, as Congress takes a vacation until Sept. 6. Officials warn the old law expired June 30 and a revival would require action to draft deferments while a lottery plan prepares numbers and birth dates for 19-year-olds.
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Rules Committee
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D-Miss
Colmer
Rules
Conference Committee
Syrians Force Lebanese Plane To Land In Damascus
The Beirut bound Lebanese Airlines Boeing 720B with 105 aboard was forced to land in Damascus by Syrian air controllers who claimed it strayed from its route. No passengers were detained. the plane continued to Amman and returned to Beirut while tensions with Jordan escalated after regional upheavals last month.
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Hussein
Benghhazi
Sudan
Carman Baby Born in Vandalia Parents Announce
Mr and Mrs Carman of Vandalia announce the birth of a son in St. Louis. The child named Michael Dean Carman is the first of their two children, with a two year old sister Grenta.
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Carman
Vandalia
St.uy Ia
Rem le
Michael Bean
Gr Penta
Navajo Nora Begay Crowned Miss Indian America at Sheridan
Nora Begay a 22 year old Navajo from Kaibero Utah was chosen Miss Indian America at All American Indian Days in Sheridan Wyoming. A BYU sophomore she was chosen from 30 candidates representing 27 tribes with AP Wirephoto.
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Kaibero
Utah
Sheridan
Wyo
Brigham Young University
Provo
State Agency Reports Are Rated Poor
A Missouri study by Dr. Randal G. Downing finds most state agency reports poor in clarity and relevance. The commission urges Gov Hearnes to create a joint legislative executive panel to set reporting standards and overhaul state information coordination under the new office of administration.
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University of Missouri
D.W. Gilmore
Kansas City
Little Hoover
Warren E. Hearnes
Legislative Executive Commission
Randal G. Downing
School of Business and Administration Research Center
Odd Fellows Donate to Dug Out Fund in Mexico Lodge Meeting
At the Mexico Odd Fellows Lodge 99 meeting on July 29 the group voted to donate $100 to the Khoury league Dug Out Fund. John Baker of Centralia 100F 603 was honored with the first degree. Visitors included Past Grand Patriarchs George Weist and Kenneth Stuller from Centralia, Perry Lodge 603, and Auxvasse Lodge members William Wyss and Paul Dean who led the social hour.
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Odd Fellows Lodge
Mexico
John Baker
Centralia
George Weist
Kenneth Stuller
Centralia Lodge
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Auxvasse
William Wyss
Paul Dean
US Postal Service Faces Multi hundred Million Shortfall
The U S Postal Service warns it will be about 430 million dollars short of funds this year due to a $1 billion wage agreement and a smaller congressional appropriation. Options include higher rates, a congressional subsidy, or a mix, with talks ongoing among mailers and lawmakers.
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U.S. Postal Service
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Post Office Department
Postal Service
Postal Rate Commission
James W. Hargrove
Hargrove
Mrs Nixon May Attend Historic China Trip
Washington AP report states First Lady Pat Nixon is unsure if she will accompany President Nixon to Communist China. She said she would like to go but has not been invited yet and plans are not definite. A China invitation was not confirmed by officials.
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Pat Nixon
China
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Patterson to join Duke as policy institute professor
Eu gene Patterson, longtime editor of the Washington Post and Pulitzer winner, will join Duke University as a professor in the new Institute of Policy Sciences and Public Affairs this fall. The Adel, Georgia native and University of Georgia graduate won the 1966 Pulitzer for editorial writing and became Post managing editor in 1968.
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Washington Post
Atlanta Constitution
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Duke
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New Institute of Policy Sciences and Public Affairs
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University of Georgia
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