Vietnam War Escalation Report Warns of High Enemy Activity
A Pentagon communique warned of intensified enemy actions as elections approach. U.S. troops in Vietnam were placed on increased readiness, with 220,000 troops confined to bases. Bombardments damaged ammunition dumps at Cam Ranh Bay, Da Nang, Lai Khe, and other sites, while clashes along the DMZ left Vietnamese and North Vietnamese casualties.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Lai Khe
Saigon
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Demilitarized Zone
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Hearing Date Set for Con Con Review in Missouri
The first in a series of joint Senate House committee hearings on a constitutional convention will be held in St. Louis on August 31. Subsequent dates are to be announced as Sens Bradshaw and Schechter with Rep Devoy plan an informal cross party study, since the House abandoned joint committees.
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General Assembly
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Springfield
Maurice Schechter
Crewe Coeur
Robert Devoy
Brookfield
Newspaperboy Discovers Body in Camdenton
A newspaper carrier found the body of 31 year old Jim Downing near Camdenton's Little League park along a pickup truck. The sheriff's office reported the death as of now undetermined pending investigation.
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Sheriff's Office
Jim Downing
Downing
Nixon wage price fight hits courts and streets
Labor leaders press plans to challenge Nixon wage price freeze through courts Congress and picket lines if needed while government moves to ease mortgage rates. AP reports a multi city roundup of political and legal reactions across Washington Chicago San Francisco and more with varied implications.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Wage-Price Freeze Gathers 6600 Government Enforcers
A 90 day wage price and rent freeze has created a loose 6600 strong federal staff from Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation IRS offices and Office of Emergency Preparedness to field questions and enforce compliance. Justice Department lawyers stand ready for any legal action while the Cost of Living Council oversees enforcement from a central office near the White House.
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Nixon
Justice Department
Cost of Living Council
Office of Emergency Preparedness
ORP
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IRS
Department
OEP
George A. Lincoln
Treasury
John B. Connally
White House
Appellate Court to Hear Contempt Case in Tate Trial
Los Angeles AP report says an appellate court will review a contempt citation against former reporter William Farr for refusing to disclose a source in a story about Charles Manson tied Hollywood murders. Farr, once with the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner and later district attorney aide, faced a court order on the source.
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Sharon Tate
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William Farr
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Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
Charles Manson
Hollywood
Bandit Kills Store Manager in Brooklyn Robbery
Four masked robbers hit a Bohack supermarket in Flatbush Brooklyn taking 781 dollars from registers. Higgins, 58, filling in for the manager, failed to recall the safe combination and was shot by one bandit. The four fled in a waiting car.
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Thomas V. Higgins
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Flatbush
Brooklyn
Talk of Bond gubernatorial bid roils Missouri politics
Missouri whispers link State Auditor Kit Bond to a 1972 run for governor. The debate centers on whether a Bond victory would force an auditor’s vacancy and allow Warren Hearnes to appoint a Democrat, or whether Bond could serve as governor while appointing a Republican to complete the term. Bond disputes the vacancy claim and cites timing, while questions linger about residency voting records and potential disqualification lobs from both parties.
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Kit) Bond
Fred W. Lindecke
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Post
Bond
R.J. (Bus) King Jr
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Hearnes
John C. Danforth
Danforth
Conference drift shapes dollar decline in Europe
London reports the IMF may set a September 15 London meeting date to discuss currency value changes as the Group of 10 moves toward multilateral readjustment. Officials note Japan and the United States have dropped objections, while Britain rejects a seven percent pound rise and aims to keep the dollar-pounds under control amid Britain’s weak economy.
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United States
Group of 10
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Nixon
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Edgar Benson
Rinaldo Ossola
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Britain
Dissident students seize NSA Congress in Colorado clash
In Fort Collins, black and Chicano delegates briefly took over the NSA's 24th Congress, toppled the speaker stand and ripped delegate signs during a dispute over reparations of $50,000. David Morales urged the group to leave as podiums fell. A caucus of blacks and Mexican Americans followed, with talks continuing without a solution.
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National Student Association
Congress
NSA
National Association of Black Students
Dave Ifshin
David Morales
University of Texas At el Paso
Morales
Ed Schwartz
Trishin
Schwartz
Prosecution Team Named for Ellsberg Pentagon Papers
LOS ANGELES AP The Justice Department appointed Assistant U.S. Attorney David R. Nissen to head a three man team prosecuting Dr Daniel Ellsberg on unauthorized possession of the Pentagon papers. Nissen will lead the criminal division staff in Los Angeles with the case opening January 4. Other team members were not announced.
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Justice Department
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David R. Nissen
Daniel Ellsberg Ton
Met Beret
Nissen
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Internal Security Division
San Fernando Dishes Jiggle Again Today
Aftershocks from the Feb 9 quake rattled San Fernando Valley dishes with a 3.1 magnitude tremor centered in Sylmar. Seismologists from Caltech said aftershocks run about 2.5 and cause no reported damage. The main quake registered 6.6, killed 64 and caused extensive damage.
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Los Angeles
San Fernando Valley
Sylmar
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena
Los Angeles Area
Volkswagen to raise prices on 1971 models in U.S.
Volkswagen of America said it would announce later today price increases for its 1971 models that arrived in the United States after President Nixon raised the import duty from 3 percent to 10 percent on August 15. A spokesman said the hikes reflect the duty increase and comply with the 90 day wage price freeze.
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Volkswagen of America
United States
Nixon
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