Independent agency created to run Post Office as reform passes
The Senate approved a postal reform plan 76 to 10 to create an independent Postal Service replacing the Post Office Department. The bill, advancing to conference with the House, would allow the new agency to set rates, bargain with unions, and issue up to 10 billion dollars in bonds. An 8 percent pay raise for postal workers is included, retroactive to April 16 per Javits, raising annual costs to about 538 million dollars.
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Post Office Department
House
U.S. Postal Service
Nixon
Congress
Winton M. Blount
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Weather Outlook Heat and Humidity Through Friday
Today's forecast calls for hot, humid conditions with highs in the upper 90s. Tonight will be fair and warm with lows around the 60s. Thursday looks sunny, hot, and humid with highs between 90 and 95. Friday remains fair and not so warm. Yesterday's high reached a record value and this morning's low stood at 75.
2 Million Men Affected by 1971 Draft Lottery
Washington AP reports a national lottery assigns numbers to birthdays for the 1951 cohort. The first group to be called will include July 9, 1951 births with the lowest numbers, as capsules are drawn to fill Pentagon manpower needs amid troop withdrawals from Southeast Asia. Secretary Melvin Laird predicts further draft reductions.
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Washington
Draft Lottery Rules Explain Timeline For Attendees
The article outlines how the two month U S raid into Cambodia relates to a draft lottery. Men with December draft numbers keep them for life. Each year a new prime draft pool forms and lottery selection begins anew. Men stay draft eligible until age 26 and move to less vulnerable categories over time.
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U.S
Cambodia
Scrambled lottery dates and numbers used by draft officials
Selective Service scrambled both birth dates and lottery numbers to avoid bias after critics claimed last year’s results favored late-year birthdays. Dates were placed in red capsules Monday in a computer‑generated random sequence from 25 options, ensuring a scrambled order separate from the numbers.
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Selective Service
Senate backs Cooper Church amendment 58 to 37
Washington AP Anti war senators rebuke Nixon for Cambodia invasion as Cooper Church amendment passes 58 to 37. Vote signals push to curb future U S troop operations in Southeast Asia amid House Senate divergence on military aid bill and looming conferees. Nixon calls incursion a success and vows negotiated peace. Ohio’s Young and Saxbe vote for measure.
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Cambodia
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Senate
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Whit House
John Sherrman Cooper
Ol' Daly
Indochina
California
White House
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Southeast Asia
Gulf of Tonkin
Olf
George & McGovern
Souths Dakota
Mark 0
Hatfield
Oregon
Ohio
Stephen Young
William Saxbe
Nazis Threaten Antiwar Senators Rally Planned in Capital
The American Nazi party calls antiwar senators traitors fit for execution naming George McGovern J W Fulbright and Mark Hatfield as treasonous targets. The message from Arlington Va claims Nixon will pull troops from Cambodia and vows to kill traitors. FBI and Justice Dept said unaware. rally planned in Washington.
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Washington
American Nazi Party
George McGovern
D-S.d
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Mark C. Hatfield
R-Ore
National Socialist White Peoples Party
Arling
Eight Americans killed as two U S helicopters shot down near Cambodia
AP reports two U S UH-1 choppers fell under enemy fire just inside South Vietnam near the Cambodia border. Eight Americans died, five were wounded, in a clash linked to a broader fighting pattern around Phnom Penh and Siem Reap.
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Cambodia
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Siem Reap
Neak Luong
Mekong River
Phnom Jenh
National Airlines jet hijacked to Havana from New Orleans
A National Airlines jet bound from San Francisco to Miami with 39 persons aboard was diverted to Cuba. The flight stopped in New Orleans after Las Vegas and Houston. The pilot radioed a Havana weather request eleven minutes after takeoff. The DC B carried 42 passengers and a crew of seven.
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National Airlines
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Cuba
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San Franccisco
Las Vegas
Houston
New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
California grape growers seek mediation amid union boycott
California table grape growers facing a five year AFL-CIO led boycott say they will back mediation urged by Governor Reagan. Spokesmen claim to represent over 60 percent of the state's growers and warn of harvest disaster in the San Joaquin Valley beginning in 10 days, with 70,000 grape pickers in the state. Cesar Chavez and United Farm Workers may respond after studying proposals. church bishops back organizing efforts.
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San Joaquin Valley
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