Compromise May Speed SALT Vote
The White House backs a softened SALT amendment by Sen. Jackson to gain Senate support for the interim arms pact with the Soviet Union. Critics remain divided as Fulbright questions prudence while Jackson and Scott push for strategic equality and limits on offensive weapons.
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Russia
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Soviet Union
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J.W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Foreign Relations Committee
Fulbright
House
WAC Uniforms Modernized to Boost Enlistment
Washington AP report on the Women's Army Corps plan to restyle uniforms and broaden roles to attract more recruits and support an all volunteer Army by next summer. Gen Mildred Bailey says 13,320 WACs will grow to 15,900 by June and 24,000 by 1978. New fashions include feminine, comfortable wear and a black beret with patent leather shoes. Roles expand to radar tech, missile repair, electronics, and heavy equipment, while skirt length remains unchanged.
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Women's Army Corps
WAC
Mildred C. Bailey
Bailey
Wacs
House
Armed Services
Defense Department
Australia Bans Skyjacked Film Over Hijacking Depictions
Australia bans the U S film Skyjacked to prevent hijacking ideas as Customs Minister Donald Chipp cites explicit depictions of hijacking and hostage taking. Major airlines and the Australian Federation of Air Pilots urged restriction with Civil Aviation Minister Robert Cotton's support.
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Canberra
Australia
Customs, and Excise
Donald Chipp
U.S
Australian Federation of Air Pilots
Civil Aviation
Robert Cotton
Senate on handgun bill resumes amid Sierra clashes
Senate advocates push registration and licensing of handguns despite two losses as amendments surface. Democratic leaders weigh Shriver nomination for vice president while credits fight over no fault auto insurance and state law reforms unfold in Washington and San Francisco.
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Senate
Judiciary Committee
San Francisco
National Conference of Commissioners On Uniform
Evel
Burglar-Reopened Delicatessen Netted $272 in One Night
Two unkempt burglars smashed a rear door at Karl Grohs Delicatessen in Vancouver at 2 30 a m. They offered cut rate goods like salami at $1 a foot and left with profits after ringing up $272 in sales. Grohs found blood at the scene and later learned the full story. Customers recalled odd lighting and a disheveled crew as the event unfolded.
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Vancouver
B.C
Karl Grohs
Grohs
Grohl
Soft Drink Tax Ruling Delayed By Missouri Court
In Jefferson City Judge Riley postponed a ruling on placing a 1 cent tax on 16 ounce soft drink bottles on the November ballot to fund conservation. The Citizens Committee for Conservation filed about 164,000 signatures. officials say the petition seeks a constitutional amendment. The proposal would raise roughly $18 million annually for habitat preservation and conservation work.
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James T. Riley
Cole County Circuit Court
Citizens Committee For Conservation
Ted Scott
Buffalo
James C. Kirkpatrick
Kirkpatrick
Robert Jones
Riley
State of
Missouri
Cullen Coil
The
Conservation Committee
Conservation Commission
McGovern Seeks Labor Backing Amid Miami Campaign
George McGovern travels to Miami to attack Nixon labor record and accept union endorsements as AFL-CIO shifts to nonendorsement. He tests support from the Clothing Workers and Meat Cutters unions while meeting black labor leaders planning a coalition against Nixon. Shriver poised for vice presidency as Eagleton vows no renomination.
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McGovern
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Vietnam
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New England
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George Meany
Richard Nixon
Enthusiasm Grows For Shriver Nomination At DNC
The Democratic National Committee f.m, endorses Shriver amid unity hopes in the uphill fight against Nixon. Credentials challenges from five states are resolved. Illinois favors Daley slate while Ohio backs Morris Jackson over Frank King. Eagleton withdrawal noted as Shriver emerges to accept.
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Eagleton
99 Year Old Visitor Remembers Change at Camp Meeting
Elijah P. Robinson, aged 99 from Licking, revisits a Mexico area camp site where he stayed in a tent. He recalls growing up near Thompson Station, working on the Wabash railroad at 16 for $1.10 a day, and notes the old home place has returned to the wild. He will turn 100 on Sept. 15 and has many local relatives. He mentions visiting 97-year-old B. B. Daniel of Stribling House and recounts his 1894 marriage to Lou Gallup, with six of their ten children still living.
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Robinson
Mexico
Levi James
Thompson Station
Licking
Wabash
Daniel
Stribling House
Lou Gallup
New Lock Aimed At Hijackers
United Air Lines adopts a new rear exit door lock for Boeing 727 aircraft. The device, activated by aerodynamic pressure, cannot be overridden in flight and will be installed on all 150 jets. It targets hijackers who parachute from rear doors.
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Chicago
United Air Lines
United
Five-gaited stake winner at Boone County Fair
Hayfield's Mogul won the five-gaited stake at the Boone County Fair Horse Show Saturday night. Owned by Miss Jean Segalbohm and shown by Art Simmons, the victory marked a top finish for the pair in a strong field.
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Boone County Fair
Hayfield
Jean Segalbohm
Art Simmons
Handgun Bill Amendments Voted Down
The Senate defeated a bid to ban private possession of all handguns 84 to 7 and rejected a plan to require registration and licensing of all firearms 78 to 11. Bayh favored a limited approach while Kennedy pressed for broader controls after Wallace shooting. Hart backed Kennedy’s amendment but doubted long gun registration’s value.
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Senate
Adlai Stevenson
ITI
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Adlai Stevenson II
D-ill
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Senate Judiciary Committee
Bayh
Hart
Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Edward Kennedy
Smoke Pall Over Moscow From Bog Fire Expands
A blue gray smoke plume drifts over Moscow from peat bog fires about 75 miles east. Trud reports 2,500 acres burned as more than 1,000 workers with heavy machinery fight outbreaks that recur when extinguished. No casualties or damage figures given. Heat and drought blamed. area closed to foreign reporters.
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Moscow
Trud
16 Year Old Driver Helps Bank Robbery Escape
Stanley Kansas AP report retells how 16 year old Billy McCorkendale pulled over to aid a supposedly disabled police car, was forced at gunpoint into driving the suspects, and after a high speed chase steered into a service station and leaped out. Four men fled with about $5000, with two arrested as the getaway unfolded near Overland Park. The bank holdup occurred at ETA Osawatomie. The boy had just earned his license last week and said he would think twice before stopping again.
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Billy McCorkendale
U.S. 69
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McCorkendale
Overland Park
Clyde Henry Hayes
City
William Mallory
Alden Weber
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