Gravel Censure Thought Unlikely Amid Pentagon Papers Case
Senate elders have many options to discipline Sen Mike Gravel as he faces possible discipline for disclosing the Pentagon papers. Majority leader Mansfield says no censure or apology planned. others urge action, but most expect no move until public concern subsides.
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Pentagon papers show LBJ advisers eyed attacks to lift South Vietnam morale
Two months before the Tonkin Gulf incident the Nixon era documents reveal President Johnson's aides debated striking North Vietnamese torpedo boats to boost South Vietnamese morale. The Reuters report notes high officials feared defeat, prompting calls to act in Laos or Vietnam, with broader anxieties about China and the USSR.
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Metcalfe Dies Exposed Nazi Party Journalist in Chicago Times
John Charles Metcalfe, 66, the journalist who exposed the American Nazi party in a 1937 Chicago Times series, died Tuesday in San Antonio Texas. Born in Germany, he came to the United States after World War I and began with the Associated Press in 1925. He wrote a syndicated verse column titled Portraits until 1963.
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Wheeler battled to curb Vietnam war actions in 1968
The St Louis Post-Dispatch cites Pentagon papers showing Gen Earle Wheeler, then chairman of the joint chiefs, fought to block limits on military action in Vietnam. He opposed omitting the buildup and urged restraint in bombing North Vietnam, aiding a version of the report that favored his stance. The period ended with President Johnson announcing a limited halt to bombing on March 31, 1968.
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Warns About Foreign Dumping In Wheat Markets
J C Carpenter vice president of Midcontinent Farmers Association warned a Senate Sub committee that foreign dumping harms U S farmers. He urged adequate pricing provisions in the International Wheat Agreement of 1971 and ratification with price negotiations and members rights and obligations in international trade.
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Mariner 9 Faces Three Month Mission Shortfall
Pasadena California AP reports a design error in Mariner 9 aboard the Jet Propulsion Laboratory caused the altitude stabilization system to use nitrogen too quickly. The unmanned craft may still begin its Nov 13 orbit but extended Mars mission could drop from nine to six months if nitrogen burn cannot be reduced.
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